Seven - minus one - days of.. ..Peter Sellers (5)

Say.. How come it is Saturday allready??? Really.. I am sorry.. The last days my life just seems to.. ..I even don't know how to put it - but I did have no time to write posts.. But here I am again - and on a Saturday - which means we will be Swinging with a Star.. 

and since my Seven - minus one - days of.. ..Peter Sellers series is still going on here - you can be sure he will be our swinging guest today..

- but he does not appear here on his own - no! He brought with him Sophia Loren - and together they sing a song from their film THE MILLIONAIRES (UK 1960)..

~ this is a still from my favourite scene of the film
- when Sophia Loren  disrobes for getting an examination.. ~

Peter Sellers really had a crush on her.. But sadly it was not mutual.. I did say that I love the sad parts of his character and life best - didn't I? A love unaccomplished.. gee.. that's so my kind of love story..

The featured song today is actually a song I really love - it was one of my favourites when I was a child - and still it can make me smile.. I hope it can make you smile, too - here they are Sophia Loren and Peter Sellers singing

GOODNESS GRACIOUS ME

Thank you very much for listening!

Have a wonderful weekend - filled with the sweetest sorts of heartbeats!! 

Irene

Day 10 of Berlinale - The Red Dream Factory

Welcome to the almost last post of my Berlinale Mini-Series!

~ Berlinale 2012 ~

One of my favourite parts of Berlinale won't be a surprise for you: The Retrospective programme! It's part of the festival since 1977. "The Retropesctive is always dedicated to an important director or a film history theme"

This year it's called The Red Dream Factory - and it deals with films from a Russian-German film studio: Mezhrabpom Film - and its German branch Prometheus. Especially with it's films from 1922-1936. (well.. I think you know why the Russian/German co-operation didn't go on at some point in history..)

There are many interesting films (- please keep in mind: It's called RED dream factory..) in this programme like:

PESN O GEROJACH/KOMOSOL (SONG OF HEROES) (1932)

KONEZ SANKT-PETERSBURGA (= The End of St. Petersburg) (1927)

source: Berlinale.de

MISS MEND (THE ADVENTURES OF THE THREE REPORTERS) (1926)

WOSSTANIJE RYBAKOW (REVOLT OF THE FISHERMEN) (1934)

~ especially interesting for me because it was directed by German theater legend Erwin Piscator ~

...

- and as bit of a completely different world...

...some Berlinale guests of 1954:

~ Gina Lollobrigida ~

~ Sophia Loren, Yvonne De Carlo (of whom I am a big fan..) and Gina Lollobrigida ~

Thank you very much for listening!

Yours very well and truly

Irene

Day 8 of Berlinale - some pairings..

Hello - and welcome to this new post for my Berlinale mini series!

Berlinale 2012

Today I will present a film which is said to be a mixture of romance and thriller (...)

COMES A BRIGHT DAY ( 2012)

When Sam Smith (Craig Roberts) finally works up the courage to ask Mary Bright (Imogen Poots) wether she would like to go to a concert with him - the fancy jeweller where she is working (and where both of them just are at this moment) is robbed. But the raid isn't very well-organized: Mary's boss Charlie (Timothy Spall) gets hurt - and so is one of the gangsters - and a customer is shot. Soon the police arrives - and a gunfight starts. Now the criminals (one of them is Kevin McKidd) are trapped - together with Sam, Mary and Charlie. And while the thugs try to work out a plan the three hostages will have some time for very private and open talks.

I think this film might be quite interesting - plus it has Timothy Spall - who is just marvellous. I mentioned Imogen Poots before on this blog - very shortly, I am afraid - in my post about the 2011 version of JANE EYRE. I think she has quite a career at the start - her last film before COMES A BRIGHT DAY was FRIGHT NIGHT (2011).. Also Craig Roberts was in JANE EYRE (2011) - and like Imogen Poots' part there it wasn't quite a lovely character.. 

I love this kind of intimate plays where you have a small cast - which has to rely completely on one another. Plus (again..): It has Timothy Spall!

Still I am a bit afraid - because I saw some pictures of this film which give me the impression that this film might be partially quite brutal.. On the other hand those criminals in this film are said to be fond of classic music.. So I have some expectations of the soundtrack..

 But let's end this post with a few pictures of 1959 - when Sophia Loren was visting Berlinale:

~ Sophia Loren and Willy Brandt
- at that time mayor of Berlin - later he became  Federal Chancellor  of West Germany~

~ Sophia Loren and husband Carlo Ponti  - a radiant couple arriving at Berlinale..~

Thank you very much for listening!

Yours 

Irene

Hear ye! Hear ye!

The Monkees were waiting soo long for it...

but finally the time has come:

...Joanne Woodward and Paul Newman are dancing in delight...

... Sharon Tate is all ears...

...Sophia Loren reapplies her lipstick...

and you please go voting!

The FAVORITE MUSICAL TOURNAMENT hosted by Monty at Dawn's blog SINGIN' AND DANCING BACK IN TIME. is gone into the next round. It's the 60s!!

Please visit and vote.

Batman and Robin won't loose time to go voting, too!!

Thank you for listening,

Irene