FilmGirlGail

@filmgirlgail

I ❤️ #classicfilms Sharing #nowwatching Some vintage, some not so vintage Plus some #classictv & #whatimreading and puzzles I’m doing All with ☕️
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We’ve gone back in time to the previous regeneration and Jon Pertwee’s first episode, “Spearhead from Space”. My brother just texted me to say that it was the first one filmed in colour and on location due to a BBC strike. It also introduces Nicholas Courtney as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart becoming a series regular, instead of a guest actor, and Caroline John as Dr Liz Shaw, a brilliant scientist who’s an expert on meteorites and has degrees in several fields. As always, the first story after regeneration is amusing as the Doctor usually behaves erratically due to some brain fog, gets used to his new body, finds his fashion, and finds old friends who don’t recognise him. The Doctor is found and taken to hospital by some UNIT soldiers looking for a mysterious formation of meteorites. He has been exiled to late 20th century Earth by the Time Lords, but as he arrives back, so do the Nestene Conciousness, an extraterrestrial disembodied intelligence who control the Autons, life size plastic dummies, with weapons in their hands. They later appeared in “Terror of the Autons” in the following season, and in “The Runaway Bride” with David Tennant and Catherine Tate as Donna. One of my favourite Jon Pertwee stories. #doctorwho #spearheadfromspace #jonpertwee #brigadierlethbridgestewart #drlizshaw #lizshaw #nicholascourtney #carolinejohn #1970 #autons #thenesteneconsciousness #nestene #nesteneconsciousness #bbcstrike #filmedonlocation #filmedincolour
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1 day ago
New puzzles have arrived!!! @jigsawstoreau was having a sale so I got some new ones and from now on will keep a flow going with new puzzles in and old puzzles out! So here’s an unboxing for you! They are lots of sizes of puzzles - 360 to 1000 pieces. Firstly @newyorkpuzzleco “City Bear” - a more modern style than I usually get. Then, I do love a snow scene, love this 500 piece snow people from @cobblehillpuzzles Then a first for me from @djeco_toys , although I’ve bought them as gifts before, I do love a colourful seahorse which will be fun and only 360 pieces so will be easy to complete one evening. Then an ode to home with a beautiful @ravensburgerglobal 1000 piece of Tower Bridge at sunset. And finally a fun Ravensburger of Chaos in the Gallery!!! Looking forward to doing all of these - but always the question, which one to do first!! #puzzle #puzzlelover #jigsaw #jigsawpuzzle #jigsawpuzzleaddict #jigsawpuzzlesofinstagram #jigsawunboxing #unboxing #unboxingreel #unboxingreels #cobblehill #newyorkpuzzlecompany #citybear #snowpeople #seahorse #towerbridge #chaosinthegalleria #500piece #500pieces #1000pieces #1000piecepuzzle #djeco #350piece #loveapuzzle #newyorkpuzzleco #newpuzzles #cutepuzzles #ravensburger #ravensburgerpuzzle #puzzart
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1 day ago
Onto some Jon Pertwee Doctor Who with “Planet of the Spiders” and back to UNIT base with Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart, Mike Yates, Sergeant Benton and Sarah-Jane Smith (Nicholas Courtney, Richard Franklin, John Levene and Elisabeth Sladen). However it’s Jon Pertwee’s final adventure. Mike Yates invites Sarah-Jane down to a Tibetan retreat set up in the English countryside as he thinks something suspicious is going on. Whilst there, they discover that a group is using the meditation to form a bridge with a mysterious alien power from Metebelis 3 where spiders rule over the 2 legs. At the same time the Doctor and the Brigadier were consulting with a telepath in possession of the blue jewel which Jo has sent back, and the aliens are after it to have complete control of all mankind. Already driving in Bessie and the baddie has taken Doctor’s Whomobile hovercraft with the Doctor chasing in his gyroscope! This one still had the plastic wrap on so we haven’t watched this in quite a while. #jonpertwee #sarahjanesmith #elisabethsladen #nicholascourtney #brigadierlethbridgestewart #mikeyates #sergeantbenton #richardfranklin #classicdoctorwho #doctorwho #classic70s #classic70sshow #mydoctor #1970s #1970stv #1970stvshow #kidofthe70s #kidsofthe70s #johnlevene #planetofthespiders #thedandy #thedandydoctor #doctorwho #doctorwhofandom #hovercraft #bessie
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2 days ago
My DH said he wanted to watch a Cary ❤️ Grant film and I’m always happy to oblige!! Cary Grant is the most represented actor in my collection!! So we’ve chosen this lovely Hitchcock film with Cary ❤️ and Ingrid ❤️ Bergman - I wish they had done more than two films together!! I ❤️❤️❤️ this film “Notorious” - Cary, Ingrid, Hitchcock and Claude Rains. It is 1946 and Bergman’s German father is jailed for 20 years for espionage so the FBI engage her to go to Rio and infiltrate the German science and espionage ring there, being led by Alexander Sebastian (Rains) whom Alicia had known via her father. Cary Grant plays Devlin, her agent, but they fall in love. Classic Hitchcock and at the time the longest screen kiss, although for the censors, which only allowed 3 second kisses (and twin beds in married people’s bedrooms), Hitchcock had to constantly break it off, but kept them kissing each other on the face or neck and come back to a proper kiss for two and a half minutes! #cinemalegends #cinemalover #nowwatching #whatimwatching #nowwatching🎬 #classicfilm #classicfilmfan #filmjunkie #filmimwatching #oldmovies #classichollywoodstars #classichollywoodactress #classichollywoodactor #oldhollywood #vintagehollywoodactress #vintagehollywoodstars #carygrant #ingridbergman #alfredhitchcock #notorious #caryandingrid #vintagehollywood #oldhollywood #oldhollywoodstars
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3 days ago
Just sorting Doctor Who classic DVDs. Tom Baker’s pile just pips Jon Pertwee’s to the post!! I think my brother has all the available classic DVDs so his collection beats mine. Although Tom Baker and Peter Davison were “my” doctors growing up, when we lived in Sydney in the 1980’s, @abcaustralia showed Doctor Who every weekday at 6 or so, so I’m well acquainted with the dandy Doctor, Jon Pertwee and love him too. Especially his cloaks and modes of transport - Bessie the vintage car, the hovercraft, etc. When I read his biography, “Moon Boots and Dinner Suits”, he mentioned that because he loved gadgets like this, they incorporated it into the show. The 20th anniversary episodes of “The Five Doctors” were taped off the telly and amongst my watched videos around that time. I love the mash up of four of the original doctors (with Richard Hurndall playing William Hartnell’s original Doctor), with his granddaughter Susan, the Brigadier and Patrick Troughton, Jon Pertwee and Sarah Jane, K9, Peter Davison with Tegan and Turlough, plus guest appearances from Jamie and Zoe, Liz and Captain Yates, the Master, and the Cybermen, Daleks, the Yeti, etc. We also had the Doctor Who board game, which I’m pretty sure my brother still has, which we played a lot! Planning to pop on some Jon Pertwee adventures this week. #mydoctorwho #doctorwho #doctorwhofandom #classicdoctorwho #tombaker #peterdavison #jonpertwee #williamhartnell #richardhurndall #thefivedoctors #sarahjanesmith #k9doctorwho #80sgames #doctorwhogame #doctorwhoboardgame #nowwatching #whatimwatching #boardgamesofinstagram #boardgames #80sboardgames #nowwatching🎬 #classictv #britishtv #grewupinthe80s #grewupinthe70sand80s #80schild #80schildhood #genx #genxers
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3 days ago
I do love puzzling but this “World of Charles Dickens” my SIL @kandangafarmstore gave me last year is very hard!! Second time I’m tackling it. Slowly slowly on this one!! So many buildings and characters to find! #nowpuzzling #charlesdickens #dickenspuzzle #dickens #london #victorianlondon #historical #historicalpuzzle #1000piece #1000pieces #laurenceking #barryfalls #elenicaulcott #puzzle #puzzlelover #jigsaw #jigsawpuzzle #jigsawpuzzleaddict #jigsawpuzzlesofinstagram #loveapuzzle #newpuzzles
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4 days ago
Following on from yesterday’s post, I had been thinking about watching “Mystery, Alaska” for a while, so I’ve got it on now. I love this film with Russell Crowe as John Biebe, sheriff and pond hockey player in Mystery, Alaska. Mary McCormack is his wife Donna and team mates include Scott Grimes, Kevin Durand and Ron Eldard with the Mayor played by Colm ❤️ Meaney and the Judge played by Burt Reynolds. Charles Danner (Hank Azaria), a ex-Mystery resident writes an article in Sports Illustrated about their pond hockey team that plays itself every week and then arrives in town to let them know that a top NHL team is going to come and play them. Love this film and I don’t even follow sports!! Besides Wimbledon 🎾 It has drama and comedy, friendship and fun, swear words and nudity, love and infidelity, sex and hockey! #russellcrowe #hankazaria #burtreynolds #marymccormack #colmmeaney #kevindurand #scottgrimes #roneldard #mysteryalaska #pondhockey #underdog #sportsfilm #cinemalegends #cinemalover #nowwatching #whatimwatching #nowwatching🎬 #classicfilm #classicfilmfan #filmjunkie #filmimwatching #oldmovies
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6 days ago
So last night I was rewatching one of the best ever episodes of “The Graham Norton Show” with guests Jodie Foster, Russell ❤️ Crowe, Ryan Gosling and Greg Davies for the nth time. Russell and Ryan were promoting “The Nice Guys” so I tried to find it to watch but I don’t have the streaming service for. So I searched for Russell and saw he’s a guest in “Republic of Doyle” S3 Ep 1 so decided to watch it, I’ve not watched the series at all. Immediately recognised two of his co-stars from “Mystery, Alaska” (which I ❤️❤️❤️) in the episode - Kevin Durand and Scott Grimes - who are also with him in “Robin Hood” and “A Winter’s Tale” (which I also ❤️❤️❤️) as well as Alan Doyle who appeared in the last two films as well as collaborating with Russell in music writing. I love it when friends keep appearing in films together!! #russellcrowe #kevindurand #scottgrimes #alandoyle #republicofdoyle #robinhood #awinterstale #mysteryalaska #friends #jodiefoster #grahamnortonshow #grahamnorton #gregdavies #filmconnections #movieconnections #besteverepisode
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7 days ago
I bought this last year when I saw Dr Michael Mosley and his wife Dr Clare Bailey at the Brisbane Convention Centre but it’s been sitting on the shelf. I have been doing a few of his “Just One Thing” suggestions as I used to listen to the podcast, but now time to read, absorb, learn and improve. You don’t have to do all of them, just pick a few, try them out, if they don’t work for you, choose another as they are all bite size improvements. #learnandimprove #simplechanges #drmichaelmosley #michaelmosley #drclarebailey #clarebailey #justonething #nonfiction #favouriteauthor #britishauthor #medicalauthor #nowreading #whatimreading #whatimreadingnow
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8 days ago
We don’t have the two parter “The Sontaren Strategum” which followed “The Ark in Space” but we do have “Genesis of the Daleks” so we are watching that now, a classic Doctor Who with Tom Baker, Elisabeth Sladen and Ian Marter as Sarah-Jane and Harry. The Timelords interfere and land the Doctor and his companions on Skaro where war has been going on for decades and Davros, the Kaled race’s top scientist has further ideas on how they will go forward. #daleks #skaro #davros #doctorwho #nowwatching #genesisofthedaleks #classicdoctorwho #tombaker #kaled #elisabethsladen #sarahjanesmith #ianmarter #harrysullivan #classictv #classic70s #classic70stv #whatimwatching #nowwatching #classicdoctorwho #childhoodtv #thegenesisofthedaleks #terrynation
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10 days ago
Because I don’t have enough books to read 😂 I bought some more!! These 3 arrived yesterday but which to read first? As I finished Steven Johnson’s “Enemy of All Mankind” I allowed myself to buy another of his - “Wonderland - How Play Made the Modern World” looking at the history of innovation and how it has been influenced by the pursuit of wonder, novelty and keeping yourself amused. Then Erik Larson’s “The Devil in the White City”. I very much enjoyed Larson’s “The Splendid and the Vile” looking at Churchill’s exact first year of being Prime Minister during World War II. This book looks at the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair, one of the wonders of the age, and the two men whose fates it linked - one an architect and the other a serial killer. Architect Daniel H. Burnham designed White City and handsome doctor H. H. Holmes lured scores of young women to their deaths from it. Lastly “Random Harvest” by James Hilton. This is the fourth book of his that I own and corresponds to the film which I love with Ronald ❤️ Colman and Greer ❤️ Garson but I’ve never read it. It is the last day of World War I and amnesiac soldier Smith (Ronald Colman - who did actually serve on the battlefields of World War I before being injured and invalided out) wanders out of the sanitarium he is at and into town. There he meets actress Paula (Garson) who takes him under her wing and then he leaves on the train with her. They marry and live happily, having a baby, when Smith goes into town where he is hit by a cab and regains his former memories, forgetting all about Paula and their son, so he returns home to his family business. A true tear-jerker of a film which I ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️. I have three other of Hilton’s books and films which I love - “Goodbye Mr Chips” starring Robert ❤️ Donat and Greer ❤️Garson, “Knight Without Armour” starring Robert ❤️ Donat and Marlene 🌟 Dietrich and “Lost Horizon” starring Ronald ❤️ Colman. Large cuppa tea and I’ll pick one to read. Which one would you choose? #randomharvest #ronaldcolman #greergarson #stevenjohnson #eriklarson #wonderland #nonfiction #nonfictionbooks #nonfictionreads #thedevilinthewhitecity #fiction #fictionbooks #whatimreading
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10 days ago
Ooh I love Saturday deliveries!! “Random Harvest” is a favourite film of mine starring Greer ❤️ Garson and Ronald ❤️Colman based on the James Hilton book. However I haven’t read the book so was very happy to find it on @ebayau and it arrived today. I have three other books by James Hilton, and the corresponding films: “Goodbye Mr Chips” starring Robert ❤️ Donat and Greer Garson 😢 “Lost Horizon” starring Ronald ❤️ Colman “Knight Without Armour” with Robert ❤️ Donat, Marlene 🌟 Dietrich and John Clements which I only discovered last year and I enjoyed the film and book very much. #newbook #whatimreading #jameshilton #randomharvest #greergarson #ronaldcolman #robertdonat #marlenedietrich #johnclements #filmandbook #bookadaptation #bookadaptations #cinemalegends #cinemalover #nowwatching #whatimwatching #nowwatching🎬 #classicfilm #filmjunkie #oldmovies #classichollywoodstars #authorsilove #booksbooksbooks #bookstagram #booksilove #booklover #britishauthor #oldhollywood #vintagehollywoodstars #vintagehollywood #oldhollywood
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11 days ago