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Basil and Nigel are certainly atmospheric in their roles. Always worth a second, third or fourth watch, for sure..

Good one, dude! Love outtakes from the oldies---not easy to find. I've been catching up on my Sherlock Holmes lately, so I might be obliged to write a few words in here.

Hmmmmmm.....

I you want to start a cozy mystery thread, Marv--I'll be there to post vociferously. In fact, don't even limit it to "mysteries". There's plenty of other kinds of "cozy" English series that deserve commentaries. Stuff like The Darling Buds of May, All Creatures Great and Small, Larkrise to...

Atta boy, Howie. You are a man of singularly proportional worth.

Well, Marv. It didn't take us long to shake some coconuts out of the trees here...

Howie, Howie, Howie... You've known me long enough to know I don't do DVDs or other forms of tech beyond what I watch in my very comfortable recliner that affords me access to cable and streaming services. My viewing universe is limited to that and sitting on my porch to watch squirrels happily...

Wow. I'm like 145 years old and I've never heard of Kirk Alyn as a Superman character. Nice bit of trivia. Live long and learn.

I hear ya, Marv. Health is always an issue at our age. I've slowed my postings in other threads mainly due to the influx of endless screen caps seemingly replacing any coherent discussion---satiric or straightforward. I really don't need to see frame-by-frame shots eating up all the space on a...

I am! But I thought this thread had gone the way of the hoola hoop. I've watched some real nostalgic corkers thinking "Heck, this would be a great one to write up on Marv's thread..." As you know, I don't care if I see movie on Blu-Ray, Sun Ray, Aldo Ray or X-Ray. If it's good, it's good.

It's nice to be back in the thread. I've got a Bulldog Drummond I'm anxious to see...

Film Commentary Charlie Chan and the Golden Eye (1948) I've never seen a Charlie Chan movie where the character is portrayed by Roland Winters. I'm sure author Earl Derr Biggers, if he had his druthers, would prefer Sidney Toler as his title guy. I know I do. When I think Sidney Toler, I think...

No matter how many times I've watched "The Thin Man" (which is more times than I have fingers), I always discover something new that I've missed before. Myrna Loy's Nora Charles is the quintessential 'modern' woman of the 30's, and no one is more erudite on the subject of liquor than William...

Jeez...I feel bad that the last post on here for a while is my dumb Hardy Boys reading habits. Zzzzzz. I promise to get some new mystery commentaries fired up here soon, Marv. I've got a small trove saved up.

Howie--You need to find the original Grosset & Dunlap printings that have hard covers that look like either of these two: They're not easy to find--maybe in a used book store or on Ebay. All my originals were handed down to me from my older brother--some with the dust jackets, and I did...

I got caught up in watching Murder, She Said (1961) last night--Margaret Rutherford's first outing as Agatha Christie's Miss Marple. I had every intention of doing a film commentary about it*, but decided to just lay back and enjoy the film without the nuisance of taking notes. The...

I always learn something new from you, Marv. I never knew of the Mr. Wong series--a veritable fortune cookie of a discovery. I find it fascinating the portrayal Boris Karloff as a wily Asian--all done up with slick black hair, round glasses and moustache (at least not fu manchu style) in the...

I agree, Jeff! I bought a number of those updated, blue-spined books simply because of the exciting cover art. Many also had pen & ink illustrations running throughout. As a kid, I copied (or tried to) many of these using my plastic-bodied Shaeffer ink pen with blue black cartridges...

Yeah that is kinda curious, Jeff. As perhaps matter of thread interest, the authors of the Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew mystery books were Franklin W. Dixon and Carolyn Keene, respectively--of which neither person actually existed. These books, along with those of Tom Swift and myriads of other...

My wife and I enjoy the PBS mystery series "Father Brown" with Mark Williams in the title role. Imagine my surprise when I saw that there was actually a Father Brown film "The Detective" (1954) with Alec Guinness. Peter Finch played the infamous thief Flambeau. The difference between that flick...

No way, not after that pic of Barbara Hale. I'm sure that made Perry Mason's legal briefs a bit tighter.

True dat--not easy! I'm not quite the maven on these old mysteries as some of you guys-- I only got a couple. Damn good quiz though, Marv. I may have to copy your effort and create one for 77 SS. Yeah, I think I will. In the meantime, I'll chew some Feen-a-mint, 'cause god knows I'm full of it...

Film Commentary Nancy Drew, Detective (WB 1938) I saw that this film was part of TCM's Amateur Sleuth series that Marv pointed out earlier. Since we've been talking about the Hardy Boys in a different thread, I thought it was a good segue to the Stratemayer Syndicate that churned out these...

Bah. Humbug.

Not to mention some of us are in way different time zones. For example--Jeff, I think you're about 7 days apart from Carmel, Indiana's zone.

Well I hope, Marv, that the new thread doesn't siphon interest from this one. You've worked pretty damn hard to get this thread off the ground and generating a fair level of response. I'd hate to see it turn into a vacant lot with the only activity being tumbleweeds blowing across.

Dude, you way undersell yourself. I find your comments fascinating. I even learn big words from you. Even more astounding--I've discussed some of your posts with my wife--who, I assure you, is not the most receptive person to this genre of conversation. So get in there and swing the bat. If you...

Film Commentary Perry Mason "The Case of the Lucky Legs" (1935) Many pardons for commenting on two Perry Mason films in a row in this thread. I try to be more diverse as a rule, but was so impressed with my first exposure to Warren William's characterization of Perry Mason from "The Curious...

Gee whiz, Rob...I'm at a loss for words for once. You are most kind.

Any format that allows me to wax poetically about "The Ghost and Mr. Chicken", I'm all in. Just funnin', Robert--don't toss me off the thread...