#Walpurgisnacht shenanigans with Sharon Tate (and David Niven, Deborah Kerr, David Hemmings, and Donald Pleasence).

#NowWatching, Eye of the Devil (J. Lee Thompson, 1966)

I just watched Appointment with Venus (Ralph Thomas, 1951) and rated it 6/10 ~ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appointment_with_Venus_%28film%29?wprov=sfla1 #films #cinema #cinemastodon #AppointmentWithVenus #RalphThomas #DavidNiven #GlynisJohns #GeorgeCoulouris #KennethMore

#DavidNiven for #MaxwellHouse Coffee (1977)
#ActorsInCommercials #TVMastodon

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3csHWxk6BFo

I just watched The Guns of Navarone (J. Lee Thompson, 1961) and rated it 5/10 ~ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Guns_of_Navarone_%28film%29?wprov=sfla1 #films #cinema #cinemastodon #TheGunsOfNavarone #JLeeThompson #GregoryPeck #DavidNiven #AnthonyQuinn #AnthonyQuayle

I just watched The Bishop's Wife (Henry Koster, 1947) and rated it 5/10 ~ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bishop%27s_Wife?wprov=sfla1 #films #cinema #cinemastodon #TheBishopsWife #HenryKoster #CaryGrant #LorettaYoung #DavidNiven #Christmas

#OnThisDay in 1963, "The Pink Panther" film premieres, directed by #BlakeEdwards, and starring #PeterSellers and #DavidNiven, with theme music composed by #HenryMancini.

I just watched Death on the Nile (John Guillermin, 1978) and rated it 6/10 ~ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_on_the_Nile_(1978_film) #films #cinema #cinemastodon #DeathOnTheNile #PeterUstinov #MaggieSmith #AngelaLansbury #BetteDavis #MiaFarrow, #DavidNiven

3 things about Otto Preminger’s BONJOUR TRISTESSE [1958]

1. Deborah Kerr’s cashmere (?) car dress in ivory.
2. The patio at twilight. On the right, the group tanks up prior to their trip to the casino; on the left, the housemaid swigs a beer while standing behind the bar.
3. Subterranean powder room with an asymmetrical mirror.

Blake Edwards, Peter Sellers – Der rosarote Panther (1963)

Liebe GenX-Y-Z, ihr müsst jetzt stark sein. Denn über diesen Film, auch weil er noch älter ist, als ich selbst, haben viele Boomer:innen schon ihr ganzes Leben lachen können. Das erschließt sich heute nicht mehr allen. Ist der Film deshalb schlecht gealtert, oder haben wir einfach nur vergessen, wie und wo das, was wir heute modern „Comedy“ nennen, […]

#TakingABreakFromFilming
#ThePinkPanther (1963)
The bumbling Inspector Clouseau travels to Rome to catch a notorious jewel thief known as "The Phantom".

#PeterSellers #DavidNiven enjoy dinner at a trattoria in Rome after a days filming.
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this evening's viewing, a delightfully silly 1970s horror-comedy, Vampira (aka Old Dracula in the US).

It is *very* 70s, the racial elements (probably well meant then) have not aged well, but David Niven carries it along, there's a brace of well-known names from Fredie Jones to Bernard Breslaw, cheesy humour & music, but still has a certain daft charm, somehow

I just watched A Matter of Life and Death (Michael Powell / Emeric Pressburger, 1946) and rated it 10/10 ~ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Matter_of_Life_and_Death_(film) #films #cinema #cinemastodon #AMatterOfLifeAndDeath #MichaelPowell #EmericPressburger #DavidNiven #KimHunter #RogerLivesey #MariusGoring ~ this is the universe... big isn't it?

#TakingABreakFromFilming
#TheSeaWolves (1980)
During World War II, British Intelligence brings a crew of ex-soldiers out of retirement, using their age as cover, to take to the seas and pull off an unlikely undercover mission in neutral Goa.

#TrevorHoward #DavidNiven #GregoryPeck #RogerMoore
#FilmMastodon

I just watched The Other Love (André de Toth, 1947) and rated it 5/10 ~ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Other_Love?wprov=sfla1 #films #cinema #cinemastodon #TheOtherLove #BarbaraStanwyck #DavidNiven

Love these two together in the 1978 version of Death on the Nile! Angela Lansbury was so hilarious as the eternally-tipsy Salome Otterbourne (calling Poirot “Mr. Porridge!”), and of course David Niven is always such a naturally amiable & dapper gentleman no matter what role he’s playing! #DeathOnTheNile #DavidNiven #AngelaLansbury #AgathaChristie

The boys take a break from filming.
#TrevorHoward #DavidNiven #GregoryPeck #RogerMoore
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#TheSeaWolves (1980)

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#DeborahKerr, #RitaHayworth, #BurtLancaster & #Oscar winners #DavidNiven + #WendyHiller

#SeparateTables (1958) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052182/

#DavidNiven
(Mar 1, 1910 – July 29, 1983)
#dayofbirth #actor #kimhunter #amatteroflifeanddeath #cinema #british

I just watched A Matter of Life and Death (Michael Powell / Emeric Pressburger, 1946) and rated it 10/10 ~ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Matter_of_Life_and_Death_%28film%29?wprov=sfla1 #films #cinema #cinemastadon #PowellAndPressburger #TheArchers #DavidNiven #RogerLivesy #KimHunter #AMatterOfLifeAndDeath

#AmWatching

Thank You, Jeeves (1936)
#DavidNiven #WillieBest
Don't expect too much as it isn't true to Wodehouse's story. This has got the feel of a W.S. Van Dyke film.

Not great, but there's a few fun scenes with David Niven and Willie Best. And 1930s David Niven is so ebullient how can you not have a good time?
https://youtu.be/f4dRRAsZSJs
#classicfilm
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