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Kino Quickies

By: Dominic Delargy
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  • Screenings of 1930s "quota quickie" films plus Q&As with expert guests at the Kino Cinema in Bermondsey, South London. Come along, watch a film, have a drink and join in the discussion. Two days later it appears as a podcast. ***UPDATE*** The Kino was unexpectedly shut down in January so season three of Kino Quickies has been postponed. We will be hosting a one-off SOLD OUT screening of "The Gaunt Stranger" at The Garden Cinema, WC2 on October 8th.
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  • Kino Quickies 13 - The Gaunt Stranger (1938) with Adrian Smith

    Kino Quickies 13 - The Gaunt Stranger (1938) with Adrian Smith
    Oct 30 2023
    For our first film at a venue other than the Kino, Bermondsey, we were delighted to be hosted on October 8th 2023 at the gorgeous Garden Cinema for our screening of The Gaunt Stranger (1938). Based on a novel by Edgar Wallace, The Gaunt Stranger is the story of a mysterious criminal called "The Ringer" who, although supposedly dead, has threatened to kill a corrupt lawyer called Maurice Meister at a specific time and date.Directed by Walter Forde with a screenplay by Sidney Gilliat, The Gaunt Stranger has a small place in history for being the first film to be produced at Ealing studios by Michael Balcon. It stars Mr Jessie Matthews himself, Sonnie Hale, along with Patrick Barr, Alexander Knox, Wilfrid Lawson and the ever fragrant & delightful Patricia Roc.Our guest for the Q&A was Dr Adrian Smith of the University of Sussex - not this Dr Adrian Smith of the University of Sussex or even this one but this one.Adrian is on Twitter, has two podcasts - The Wild, Wild Podcast & Second Features and recently published a book about the late Norman J Warren.Buy your very own copy of the
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    47 mins
  • Kino Quickies 12 - Scrooge (1935) with Ming Ho

    Kino Quickies 12 - Scrooge (1935) with Ming Ho
    Dec 21 2022
    Scrooge (1935) was the subject of our Christmas special and the last Kino Quickie of the season.It's the first ever talkie version of A Christmas Carol and stars Seymour Hicks, a man who had played the part hundreds of times before, on both stage and screen.It's not this Seymour Hicks though.Our guest for the Q&A was the playright and screenwriter, Ming Ho.Follow Ming on Twitter.The Kino Cinema was packed to the rafters which made the second half of the Q&A all the more enjoyable as it was given over to some festive community singing led by a top secret mystery special guest.The best way to watch Scrooge (unless you happen to catch it on Talking Pictures TV or TPTV Encore) is to buy the DVD of the 1951 Alastair Sim version from Renown Films, because the Seymour Hicks version is included as a bonus extra feature.Ming's research for the Q&A went above and beyond and she turned up all sorts of interesting nuggets of information much of which was found in THIS BOOK. Unfortuantley it's extremely expensive at the moment but is available to read in the BFI Library.She also stumbled upon this - a record of the time Seymour Hicks's beloved wife and business partner, Ellaline Terris, appeared on This is Your Life.Your hosts at Kino Quickies screenings are Dom Delargy and Dr Lawrence Napper.Subscribe to our other film related podcast, Soho Bites and our non-film related one Mural Morsels.Watch Lawrence's online talk about quota quickies - its title is controversial! Quota Quickies: the worst films ever made? Follow Lawrence on Twitter.Follow Kino Quickies on Twitter and
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    44 mins
  • Kino Quickies 11 - Death on the Set (1935) with Richard Farmer

    Kino Quickies 11 - Death on the Set (1935) with Richard Farmer
    Dec 9 2022
    The cups all those millions of fans out there of the Kino Quickies mascot, Henry Kendall, runneth over this day, because Death on the Set treats us to a double dose of him.Our Henry plays two unlikeable men - a very unpleasent film director and his drunken and disreputable lookalike - who are locked in a cycle of crime.It's based on a book by Victor MacClure which is now out of print but you can buy it online if you sell all of your belongings.Our guest for the Q&A is Richard Farmer, a researcher at Bristol University. He is currently researching UK film studios as part of a wider project called Studio Tec.During the Q&A we displayed two interesting maps which show the locations of all the film studios in and around London in the 1930s. See them here on the website of the late, great Roland-François Lack.Follow Richard and the Studio Tec project on twitterYour hosts at Kino Quickies screenings are Dom Delargy and Dr Lawrence Napper,Book tickets for Scrooge - THE LAST KINO QUICKIE OF THE SEASON HERESubscribe to our other film related podcast, Soho Bites and our non-film related one Mural Morsels.Watch Lawrence's online talk about quota quickies - its title is controversial! Quota Quickies: the worst films ever made? Follow Lawrence on Twitter.Follow Kino Quickies on Twitter and Facebook for updates.Join our MAILING LIST and never miss a screening again.Here's a very good article explaining what Quota Quickies are from the
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    1 hr and 8 mins
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