shadowplay

Found in a Portobello charity shop. Unpriced. I asked, and they said 50p, so I said yes. Since I had to clear my 1000 postcards out of my office at work, I decided to decorate the Shadowplayhouse with them, along with various posters, fliers, book pages. A portrait of Van Heflin’s head will fit right […]

What is this? If you know, you know. I can say that it is connected to Neil Brand’s Laurel & Hardy tour, which had its Edinburgh gig last night at the Queen’s Hall, and which we attended. Followed by a lunch today with the Great Man. I proposed a Thing. He liked it. We may […]

AF = Aldo Fabrizi. Well, I started fulfilling my promise to see more Mario Monicelli. VITA DA CANI (IT’S A DOG’S LIFE, 1950) was co-directed by MM and Steno, and I double-featured it with VARIETY LIGHTS, maybe a mistake as the two are very similar: Italian music-hall comedy-tragedies with two directors. VDC is a sort […]