Kino Quickies

I Lived With You (1933) - a comedy starring Ivor Novello, based on a play that he wrote - is the third film in this second season of Kino Quickies.

Novello plays a homeless Russian prince who meets Gladys Wallis (Ursula Jeans) in the maze at Hampton Court and moves in with her family. His presence in this normal family home has chaotic effects on the whole household. Also starring Ida Lupino as Glad's sister, Ada and Eliot Makeham & Minnie Rayner as her parents, the film was directed by the most prolific director in UK film history, Maurice Elvey.

Our guest for the Q&A is the author John Snelson, who has written extensively about the performing arts and has a new book coming out soon about the history of British musicals.

I Lived With You has been released on DVD by Renown Films. Currently, however, all the copies available online are really expensive, so hopeully it will turn up on Talking Pictures TV and TPTV Encore soon.

Your hosts at Kino Quickies screenings are Dom Delargy and Dr Lawrence Napper,

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The Last Journey (1935), the first film in season two of Kino Quickies, is a seat-of-the-pants, nail-biting thriller set aboard a runaway train, directed by Bernard Vorhaus.

It stars Hugh Williams as Gerald Winter, Godfrey Tearle as Sir Wilfred Rhodes, Judy Gunn as Diana and Julien Mitchell as Bob Holt, the train driver whose suicidal mania is causing such a to-do.

Our guest for the Q&A is Dr Martin Stollery who knows a thing or two about editing as he wrote British Film Editors .

Your hosts are Dom Delargy and Dr Lawrence Napper,

Book tickets for all future Kino quickies screening at our ticketing site.

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 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 Cinema History Blog.

Well that was fascinating but now I want to find out more.

Don’t forget to subscribe to the Kino Quickies podcast. It comes out a few days after each screening.

They don't just screen ninety year old films at the Kino - they show recent ones too! Keep up to date with their Twitter, Instagram and website.

Our sound engineer for this one (and the voice of "1930s man") was Robin Warren AKA Robin The Fog - follow him on Twitter.

We are delighted to have received support from Talking Pictures TV - the UK's best TV station. You can find them on your television on these channels: Sky 328, Freeview 82, Freesat 306 and Virgin 445 and register for their online catch-up service,

The second film in the Kino Quickies season, screened on March 27th 2022, was Death at Broadcasting House from 1934.

In the futuristic and glamorous surroundings of the BBC's brand new headquarters, an actor is murdered while performing in a radio drama, live on air, before the unsuspecting ears of millions of listeners.

Our specially invited expert guest for the post show Q&A was Dr Josephine Botting, curator at the BFI National Archive

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Your hosts are Dom Delargy and Dr Lawrence Napper

Death at Broadcasting House was based on a novel of the same name by Val Gielgud and Holt Marvell. The book is now out of print and very expensive to buy second hand - however, the story was serialised for the Sydney Morning Herald in 1934 and you can read this (unfortunately low quality) scan of that serialistion HERE.

The film is available to buy on DVD from our friends at Network Distribution.

In the film, one of the key plot points is the that the murder happens to be recorded on a new piece of technology called a Blattnerphone, although the device itself is never shown in the movie. The audience at the Kino was treated to a picture of one. You can see that and hear an example of an actual Blatterphone recording HERE

The Inventor of the Blattnerphone was Ludwig Blattner - an interesting man who was a major player in early UK film.

Book tickets for any of the films in the Kino Quickies season HERE

Jo Botting runs monthly screenings of interesting, obscure and rare vintage films on Tuesday evenings at the BFI. Details HERE

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Our in-house Quota Quickie expert, Dr Lawrence is giving an online talk on April 7th about.... yes you guessed it.... Quota Quickies! It’s called, Quota Quickies: the worst films ever made? and you can register for free HERE

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Here's a very good article explaining what Quota Quickies are from the Cinema History Blog

Well that was fascinating but now I want to find out more

Don’t forget to subscribe to the Kino Quickies podcast. It comes out a couple of days after each screening.

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The third film in the Kino Quickies season, screened on April 10th 2022, was The Phantom Light from 1935.

An early film from director, Michael Powell, this is the story of spooky goings on in an isolated lighthouse off the remote Welsh coast.

Our specially invited expert guest for the post show Q&A was broadcaster, composer and silent accompanist, Neil Brand.

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Your hosts are Dom Delargy and Dr Lawrence Napper

The film is available to buy on DVD from our friends at Network Distribution.

Book tickets for any of the films in the Kino Quickies season HERE

On April 7th, our very own Lawrence Napper gave an online talk for Westminster Libraries called, Quota Quickies: the worst films ever made? If you missed it, all is not lost as it will soon be posted to YouTube. Watch this space for more details.

Follow Lawrence on Twitter

Follow Kino Quickies on Twitter and Facebook for updates.

Here's a very good article explaining what Quota Quickies are from the Cinema History Blog

Well that was fascinating but now I want to find out more

Don’t forget to subscribe to the Kino Quickies podcast. It comes out a couple of days after each screening.

They don't just screen ninety year old films at the Kino - they show recent ones too! Keep up to date with their Twitter, Instagram and website.

Twiddling the knobs for this recording was Robin Warren AKA Robin the Fog - investigate him on his website and follow him on Twitter.

We are delighted to have received support from Talking Pictures TV - the UK's best TV station. You can find them on your television on these channels: Sky 328, Freeview 82, Freesat 306 and Virgin 445 and register for their online catch-up service, TPTV Encore

You can hear the trailer preview episode of the Kino Quickies HERE.

The next Kino Quickies screening is Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1936) on April 24th. Our special guest will be writer & researcher, Jade Evans. Don’t forget to BOOK!

The fourth film in the Kino Quickies season, screened on April 24th 2022, was Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street from 1936.

Directed by George "King of the Quickies" King and starring Tod Slaughter, it's the well known story of the murderous barber who polishes off his victims who are then processed into pie filling by his next door neighbour. Yum!

Our specially invited expert guest for the post show Q&A, Jade Evans, had a minor disaster the night before the screening when she tested positive for the dreaded Covid. Luckily, we had the technology to enable her to attend remotely via the wonders of the internet and the sound quality was only slightly affected.

Follow Jade on Twitter or Instagram and find links to her research HERE.

Your hosts are Dom Delargy and Dr Lawrence Napper

None of the prints of Sweeney Todd, as far as we can tell, are in perfect condition but if you'd like to watch a scratchy copy online, you can do that HERE.

And this British Pathe short feature starring Tod Slaughter is hoot!

Book tickets for any of the films in the Kino Quickies season HERE

Subscribe to our other film related podcast, Soho Bites.

On April 7th, our very own Lawrence Napper gave an online talk for Westminster Libraries called, Quota Quickies: the worst films ever made? If you missed it, all is not lost as it will soon be posted to YouTube. Watch this space for more details.

Follow Lawrence on Twitter

Follow Kino Quickies on Twitter and Facebook for updates.

Here's a very good article explaining what Quota Quickies are from the Cinema History Blog

Well that was fascinating but now I want to find out more

Don’t forget to subscribe to the Kino Quickies podcast. It comes out a couple of days after each screening.

They don't just screen ninety year old films at the Kino - they show recent ones too! Keep up to date with their Twitter, Instagram and website.

Twiddling the knobs for this recording was Robin Warren AKA Robin the Fog - investigate him on his website and follow him on Twitter.

We are delighted to have received support from Talking Pictures TV - the UK's best TV station. You can find them on your television on these channels: Sky 3...