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Soho Bites Podcast

By: Dominic Delargy
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  • A surpisingly large number of films have been set in Soho - that one square mile which has, for decades, been the beating heart of bohemian, cosmopolitan London. In each episode of Soho Bites, we talk to a special guest about a different Soho film and accompany it with a shorter, thematically linked item which may or may not be film related. Written, produced & presented by Dominic Delargy Based on an original idea by Dr Jingan Young https://twitter.com/BitesSoho https://sohobitespodcast.com/donate https://sohobitespodcast.com/review
    Dominic Delargy 2019-23
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  • Soho Bites 47: Monsieur Ripois (1954)

    Soho Bites 47: Monsieur Ripois (1954)
    Feb 1 2024
    Bienvenue dans le premier épisode de 2024.Monsieur Ripois (1954) was directed by René Clément and stars the French heart throb, Gérard Philipe along with the English beauties, Joan Greenwood, Natasha Parry & Valerie Hobson. It was based on the 1912 novel, Monsieur Ripois et la Némésis by Louis Hémon.The film was released under several other titles including “Lovers, Happy Lovers” & “Knave of Hearts” and was made in both English and French with the two versions being shot concurrently.We talk about Monsieur Ripois to the actor and director Jason Morell, whose mother was Joan Greenwood, one of the stars of the film. Listen out for some seventy year old hot gossip!Also on the French theme, we revisit an episode of Mural Morsels to hear about the notorious bohemian French poet, Paul Verlaine. This was an interview I did with another poet, Niall McDevitt, back in 2020 who has since sadly passed away. We’re using this interview with the blessing of his partner, Julie Goldsmith.Read this article by Jason Morell about dear old mum.Follow Jason on the Twitters.Here’s a little extract from the film.Of course our friends at Reelstreets have watched M. Ripois and you can look at some of the locations from the film HERE.Julie Goldsmith, the partner of the late Niall McDevitt, is a sculptor. You can see some of her work on Instagram and on her website.Niall’s obituary in The Irish Times.Buy tickets for the event at the South Bank - A Niall McDevitt...
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    1 hr and 2 mins
  • Soho Bites 46: Don't Open 'til Christmas (1984)

    Soho Bites 46: Don't Open 'til Christmas (1984)
    Dec 21 2023

    Ching ching etc - it's the Soho Bites Christmas special.

    Having just left behind the wholesome world of Jessie Matthews and 1930s musicals, it feels right to descend into the grubby underbelly of Soho with the festive fiasco, Don't Open 'til Christmas.

    The "plot" such as it is, is a basic one. A crazed serial killer is roaming the west end murdering men dressed as Santa Claus. If there's a worse Christmas film (not including anything by Hallmark) we'd be very interested to hear about them.

    Written, produced & directed by a rotating motley crew of exploitation regulars, the film apparently took two years to make which is possibly the most shocking thing about it.

    Our guest for this episode is the magnificent David McGillivray who has not only written about this film in the past but also knew many of the people involved.

    David's Twitter and his IMDB listing.

    Buy David's books, Doing Rude Things and Little Did You Know.

    Thanks to Danny Cox for the countdown of festive Santa murders.

    If you really want to see Don't Open 'til Christmas, you can find it on YouTube.

    Thank you for listening.

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    Check out our spin-off series Mural Morsels
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    54 mins
  • Soho Bites 45: Friday the Thirteenth (1933)

    Soho Bites 45: Friday the Thirteenth (1933)
    Dec 20 2023
    Jessie part three.For this, the third and final instalment of our mini-series about the 1930s' biggest UK film star, Jessie Matthews, we met up with Dr Jennifer Voss of De Montford University to talk about Friday the Thirteenth (1933).NB: this is the Friday the Thirteenth from 1933, directed by Victor Saville with a large ensemble cast including Jessie as well as her husband, Sonnie Hale, Emlyn Williams (who also wrote the script), Gordon Harker, Edmund Gwenn, Eliot Makeham, Frank Lawton and the lovely Ursula Jeans plus many more. It is not the silly 1980s slasher film of the same name.Friday the Thirteenth consists of seven separate stories which all come together at the end when our many protagonists find themselves aboard a bus which is involved in a fatal accident. To talk about Jessie, her life & career we're joined again by Rob Baker, Jade Evans and Dr Lawrence Napper.For this episode we also meet David Drummond who knew Jessie for the last thirty years of her life and dated her daughter! For many years, David ran a shop in the West End selling theatre and film related memorabilia & ephemera. Sadly the shop is no longer there but you can still visit the Pleasures of Past Times website.Our thanks to Professor Sean Street who provided some of the archive audio in the programme.Watch this 1981 BBC documentary about Jessie Matthews.Jessie appeared on This is Your Life in 1961.Jessie's biographer, Michael Thornton wrote this appalling, salacious, muckraking and probably untrue article for the appalling, salacious, muckraking Daily Mail which I have...
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    1 hr and 9 mins
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