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The Projectionist Presents : Technicolor Dreamcoats : Lydia Bailey (1952)
Lydia, oh! Lydia, say have you met Lydia
Oh! Lydia, the tattooed lady
She has eyes that folks adore so
And a torso even more so...wait hold the record
that's a different Lydia. This is Lydia of the Bailey variety
Kenneth Roberts brought her to life in 1947 in his historically significant novel
about the time when Haiti said they want a revolution they were getting good and tired of that little chest-beater Napoleon after all. Anne Francis and her magical mole do the honors.
Going Straight, Now here's a series that loved ya and left ya after all but six episodes, it's a spin-off of Porridge in which Ronnie Barker and Richard Beckinsale also starred. This Beeb offering presented itself in 1978. And yes it's the barking mad Ronnie lending his dulcets for the intro song.
Get Some In! was a five-season number and a love song to the earlier socksknocker - Dad's Army, it's run was betwixt 1975 and 1978. Robert Lindsay is one of the brood in this inspired Thames affair.
Anything For John (1993) a touching look into the life of the directing deity, the inimitable John Cassavetes. Whattamensch was our John
The long-running syndicated panel game show To Tell The Truth , boasted twelve seasons
between 1956 and 1968 , the chief chair sitters were Kitty Carlisle and the totally terrif Tom Poston. From ABC.
The Projectionist Presents : The 4 o'clock Movie : Who Is Harry Kellerman ? (1971) Dustin Hoffman does his best Woody Allen here as a nervous nebbish composer (decomposer) who always seems to be at the wrong place at the wrong time with the wrong women and the wrong well , it's always going wrong for Harry isn't it, the man just makes an art form out of self-loathing and sabotage.
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