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Sep 12, 2018 - 1:49 PM
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Bob DiMucci
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TWO-WAY STRETCH focuses on prisoner "Dodger Lane" (Peter Sellers). After almost 3 years inside, Dodger, "Jelly" (David Lodge), and "Lennie" (Bernard Cribbins) have it cushy--the milkman sneaks food and drink into them while Dodger's attractive girlfriend "Ethel" (Liz Fraser) distracts the guards on visiting day so that the visitors can pass stuff over the wire to their loved ones. But Dodger has planned the perfect robbery. He intends to break out of prison, steal a fortune in diamonds, and break back into prison before anyone notices. With only a few days left on his sentence, and the perfect alibi, what could possibly go wrong?
Liz Fraser was still learning to drive at the time the film was made. In a scene where Ethel follows an army convoy in an Aston Martin, she kept stalling as she set off on cue, so ropes were attached to the front of the car, out of shot, and it was towed.
Robert Day directed this 1960 comedy, which has an unreleased score by Kenneth V. Jones.
Irene Handl, Vivienne Martin, and Liz Fraser in TWO-WAY STRETCH
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Thought she was great in Carry on Cabby.
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Sep 12, 2018 - 3:22 PM
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Bob DiMucci
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In CARRY ON CABBY, Speedee Taxis is a great success, which means its workaholic owner "Charlie Hawkins" (Sidney James) starts neglecting "Peggy" (Hattie Jacques), his wife. Suddenly a fleet of rival taxis appears from nowhere and starts to steal all the fares. The rivals are Glamcabs, and they have a secret weapon. All their drivers are very attractive women.
Kenneth Connor plays "Ted Watson", Hawkins sidekick. Watson is involved with "Sally" (Liz Fraser), who tends bar at the cab-driver’s café). CARRY ON CABBY was the seventh Carry On film, and Liz Fraser's third. She would not appear in another one until 1975, reportedly because of her outspokenness on set.
Gerald Thomas directed this 1963 comedy, which was scored by Eric Rogers.
Liz Fraser and Sidney James in CARRY ON CABBY
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Sep 12, 2018 - 3:43 PM
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Bob DiMucci
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In EVERY DAY'S A HOLIDAY, several teenagers take jobs at a seaside resort for the summer. TV producers decide to film a talent show at the resort, and the teenagers all decide to compete. Members of the pop group Freddie and the Dreamers play cooks and do a couple of songs, as do The Mojos, and some other acts of the period. A subplot consists of two young men competing for the same girl, whose auntie wants to take her back home.
Michael Sarne stars as "Tim Gilpin", who casts his romantic net rather widely. His dalliance with the holiday camp's ripely sexy secretary "Miss Slightly" (Liz Fraser) prospers, given her enthusiasm for sex (made evident early in the film), and her equally evident eventual inebriation.
James Hill directed the 1964 film, which had some uncredited background score by Tony Osborne. Decca Records released four songs from the film on an EP, but it has not been reissued on CD.
Michael Sarne and Liz Fraser in EVERY DAY'S A HOLIDAY
The film was released in the U.S. in early 1965 under the title SEASIDE SWINGERS. Mercury Records released a 10-track song-track LP in the States, but it has not been re-issued on CD.
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Sep 12, 2018 - 4:27 PM
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Bob DiMucci
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THE FAMILY WAY was a compassionate look at the troubles of two young newlyweds, "Arthur" (Hwyel Bennett) and "Jenny" (Hayley Mills), whose marriage has yet to be consummated. John Mills co-stars as Arthur's father, "Ezra Fitton," a working class guy from Lancashire, very coarse and rough in his ways, but underneath his exterior beats a kind heart. Barry Foster is "Joe Thompson," for whom Arthur works. Liz Fraser plays his wife, "Molly Thompson," who delivers a truly terrific put-down to her husband, after he and Arthur duke it out and Arthur is fired.
The Boulting Brothers, John and Roy, co-directed the 1966 film. Paul McCartney made his film scoring debut on the picture, providing a lush score for the film. According to Steven C. Smith's biography of Bernard Herrmann, he was asked to advise McCartney on how to score his first picture. Instead of a fee, the Boulting Brothers gave Herrmann a Marc Chagall painting. The McCartney score, which was heavily promoted, undoubtedly helped the film financially. However, Howard Sounes' biography of Paul McCartney credits George Martin with doing most of the composing. The score was released on a London Records LP, which was re-issued on CD by Varese Sarabande in 2011.
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Sep 12, 2018 - 11:27 PM
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Bob DiMucci
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THE LADY AND THE HIGHWAYMAN was based on a Barbara Cartland romance novel, and told a swashbuckling tale of romance, betrayal, jealousy, banditry, murder and court intrigue set in the 1660s, during the Restoration to the English throne of King Charles II.
This historical romance finds the young lady "Panthea Vyne" (Lysette Anthony) falling in love with the handsome rogue nicknamed "Silver Sword" (Hugh Grant), a highwayman who saves her from her cruel, wealthy husband (Ian Bannen). When Charles II (Michael York) is reinstated as King of England , gorgeous Panthea attends the royal court along with her uncle. But here she becomes the enemy of the king's former mistress (Emma Samms). Meanwhile, a brutal officer (Oliver Reed) hiding a number of secrets is plotting a long-awaited vengeance. Liz Fraser had the small role of "Flossie".
The film was produced for television and became one of the first films of Hugh Grant seen by the American public when CBS broadcast the film on 22 January 1989. John Hough directed the film. Laurie Johnson's score has not had a release, except for the main theme on a Johnson compilation CD.
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