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Unappreciated masterpieces?
Chocolat (2000)...a thoroughly charming film with particularly good performances by Juliette Binoche, Judi Dench and Johnny Depp.- DNO
- Post #329
- Forum: The Moving Picture
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What Are You Reading
Like you, I had never read the book either. I didn't even know I had it! The book describes a number of incidents that were featured in the film, which makes sense considering that the book was the basis of the movie. Typically, there is much more detail in the book. It interesting to...- DNO
- Post #5,964
- Forum: The Reading Room
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What Are You Reading
You're most welcome, sir. As I said, one of my favourites. I was just boxing up some oldies for donation and came across a 1957 Penguin edition of Paul Brickhill's The Great Escape. It has such a terrific cover, I couldn't put it in the box, so I read it. A very interesting book, indeed.- DNO
- Post #5,958
- Forum: The Reading Room
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Terms Which Have Disappeared
Up here in the land of ice and snow we have a shut-off valve inside the house that controls the water flow to the outside tap. When the winter hits, the valve is turned and it generally doesn't change until March...or so. Never had a problem.- DNO
- Post #1,678
- Forum: The Golden Era
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What was the last TV show you watched?
I used to love that show! Last night I watched the new Person of Interest and a very disturbing Sons of Anarchy.- DNO
- Post #8,309
- Forum: The Moving Picture
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Your Most-Often-Consulted Reference Books?
I have been a student of the First World War for many years so I have a number of specialized reference books that deal with that subject. Monthly Army Lists get consulted fairly often. In more general applications I love my Oxford Compact English Dictionary. That's the two volume job that...- DNO
- Post #17
- Forum: The Reading Room
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what what your favorite 1960's movies?
It was a decade of excellent films. Here's my favourites, in no particular order: Lawrence of Arabia (1962) Dr. Strangelove (1964) The Wild Bunch (1969) Cool Hand Luke (1967) The Battle of Algiers (1966) The Longest Day (1962) Zulu (1964) Magnificent Seven (1960) The Great Escape (1963)- DNO
- Post #20
- Forum: The Moving Picture
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Show us your Thrift and/or yard sale finds
Found a lovely old silverware chest at a thrift shop today. Last thing I needed, but who could resist that graphic on the lid! It's more of a cream colour than the photos show. It's in great shape. I suspect it's thirties or possibly forties.- DNO
- Post #4,232
- Forum: The Display Case
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What coffee or tea did you drink today?
Now that's one strong cuppa! Doesn't it get pretty cold after 20 minutes? Just going to have a cup of Yorkshire Gold. It's a brand name but it seems to be heavy on tea from Assam. Good flavour.- DNO
- Post #31
- Forum: The Connoisseur
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First TV show you ever watched (and can recall)
I used to watch the usual run of Saturday morning cartoons and I certainly remember watching The Lone Ranger and Sergeant Preston ("On King!"). Sky King and Robin Hood were favourites as well. We were fairly lucky in Toronto as far as stations. We received three American stations from Buffalo...- DNO
- Post #39
- Forum: The Moving Picture
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What Are You Reading
Unfortunately it's the only work by Josephine Tey that I've read but it's one of the books that I re-read every once in a while. I believe it is available on Project Gutenberg Canada.- DNO
- Post #5,860
- Forum: The Reading Room
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What was the last TV show you watched?
Hell on Wheels. Sure didn't see that one coming. Just when you think they're getting predictable, they prove they're not!- DNO
- Post #8,273
- Forum: The Moving Picture
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What Are You Reading
Josephine Tey's A Daughter of Time is one of my favourites. It's basically an examination of the death of the princes in the Tower and the role of Richard III. Inspired by the recent discovery of one of Sir John Franklin's ships, I've started re-reading Dan Simmonds' The Terror. It's a...- DNO
- Post #5,856
- Forum: The Reading Room
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Today in History
August 4th 2014 is the 100th anniversary of Canada’s entry in the First World War. Canada had a population of roughly 8 million people. About 630,000 of them served in the war. This also included a modest number of foreigners, particularly Americans, who joined the Canadian services when...- DNO
- Post #334
- Forum: The Observation Bar
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100 th anniversary of ww1
For a dose of reality, The Battle of the Somme (1916), released originally in August 1916, is on YouTube. Some truly exceptional footage, especially considering the difficulties faced by the cameramen, or kinematographers, at the time. Some staged footage but some amazing real footage as...- DNO
- Post #13
- Forum: The Observation Bar
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What Was The Last Movie You Watched?
Battle of the Somme (1916)... the 2005 UNESCO version that's on YouTube now. Perhaps it's because I've done so much research in that particular period and that event but I found it evocative and, frankly, depressing. Very striking, especially for a 98 year old documentary. And, like James...- DNO
- Post #17,067
- Forum: The Moving Picture
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ww2 white navy bells..."Steady as she goes....."
And...last one. You're probably familiar with the C/broad arrow mark I referred to, but just in case, here's an example from an early war Canadian army tropical helmet. -
ww2 white navy bells..."Steady as she goes....."
I dug a bit deeper in my iPhoto. Here's a better example of the post-war acceptance mark, found on the white duck jumper. And here's an example of the NAVAL acceptance mark, WWII vintage, found on an RCN pay belt: -
ww2 white navy bells..."Steady as she goes....."
Hello Shinobichi. Seeing that your location is the fine province of British Columbia, I assume you’re interested in RCN pants. I don’t have a wartime pair but I can certainly show you a post-war example. I managed to obtain a large seabag with an RCN naval rating’s various uniforms last...
