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'We're Bloody Marvelous!'

A Taste of Honey (1961)

Great moments in film ... Rita Tushingham & Murray Melvin won Best Acting Awards at Cannes + director Tony Richardson won a BAFTA for Best Film. One of my favorite films

#atasteofhoney #film #greatperformances #filmclip #ritatushingham #murraymelvin #greatmomentsinfilm #cinema #baftawinner #canneswinner #favoritefilms #queerfilms #happypride #pridemonth

#Bales2025FilmChallenge of March 22: a truly silly film for #NationalGoofOffDay

The Bed Sitting Room (Richard Lester, 1969)
https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-yrgr

#RichardLester #SpikeMilligan #RitaTushingham #DudleyMoore #HarrySecombe #ArthurLowe #RoyKinnear #FrankThornton #PeterCook #MartyFeldman #cinemastodon #film

Happy Birthday #RitaTushingham last spotted in her in Last Night in Soho (2021)

https://weegiemidget.wordpress.com/2023/03/20/films-last-night-in-soho-2021/

I can’t wait to work on this project and express my love for #RitaTushingham !
Something to look forward to in 2025!
If we’re still alive!
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#SmashingTime

#AnnaQuayle #SmashingTime #RitaTushingham #TooMuch
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https://youtu.be/HBC7zq35Wnw

#SmashingTime #RitaTushingham #LynnRedgrave #Sketchbook #Illustration #Design #Illustrator #NornCutson #MastoArt #Creative

My quick pencil sketch of the characters from SMASHING TIME.

Two women, one in granny dress and cape with plain yet chic hairdo looks aghast. Her friend, an extremely tall vivacious and enthusiastic woman with bouffant hairdo and pigtails, poses saucily in a checkered miniskrt and striped sweater.

My signature in the lower right.

#SmashingTime #RitaTushingham

A woman in a turquoise hooded cape looks down at the viewer.

A woman in turquoise hooded cape smiles earnestly at the viewer.

A woman in turquoise hooded cape smiles over her shoulder at the viewer.

Headline in newspaper with accompanying b&w photo: “IS THIS THE FACE OF THE ‘60’S?”

I haven’t laughed out loud in a movie in years!

Some of the “comedic” set pieces are a drag (too many food fights) but the cultural satire is *STILL* up-to-the-minute and relevant!

It’s a silly movie; what makes it stand out is:

• #RitaTushingham & #LynnRedgrave , in the midst of all this silliness, really invest in Brenda & Yvonne’s friendship. As a viewer, you really believe that Brenda would go to these ridiculous lengths for her friend!
They couldn’t sell that ending if we didn’t really believe in their friendship, and it’s their dramatic backgrounds that grounds it.

• The cultural satire: music industry, art world, media, even reality tv gets a poke!
Plus other references that went over my head!

• A time capsule of 60s London, including incredible over-the-top fashions!

#SmashingTime #RitaTushingham

Close-up of woman with chic hairdo with a look of betrayal as colorful party lights flash.

I can’t even keep up with all the faces #RitaTushingham pulls in this movie!
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#SmashingTime

A woman with smeared lipstick pours wine on a robot arm in defiance.

This is such a fun movie!

I was going to say that I think #RitaTushingham is actually funnier in dramatic roles, but she’s still hiLARious here and is a master class in mugging!

#SmashingTime

A young girl reacts in excitement to seeing her friend’s photo in the newspaper, despite tripping over it.

#RitaTushingham #SmashingTime

She cracks me up!

A young girl, behind the counter in a restaurant, in over her head, sees a single bubble floating, and realizes that she’s just fed her customers soap flakes.

… and now it’s time for #RitaTushingham in #SmashingTime !

I’m surprised by the caricature of her in the opening credits! It would have hurt my feelings!
The artist *did* capture #LynnRedgrave , though!
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https://youtu.be/9ei6vNKUJvs?si=ITXr492CCet-vaAX

More of #RitaTushingham ’s mugging!

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#TheLeatherBoys #SydneyJFurie #ColinCampbell #LGBTQ

B&W wide shot of a room. In the background, two men are pointing at each other and shouting.
In the foreground, a blonde bouffant woman uses the caners as a mirror, her face directly in the viewer’s face as she primps and fusses with her hair, tongue out, absolutely unbothered.

This is what I mean when I say that any time #RitaTushingham is on screen, you feel as if you’re locked in a cage with her!

#TheLeatherBoys #SydneyJFurie

Look at the way this frame is composed. So much is being communicated visually!

… and every shot of the movie is like that!

#TheLeatherBoys #RitaTushingham #GladysHenson #ColinCampbell #SydneyJFurie #LGBTQ

A B&W wide shot that captures the whole room. In the center foreground, an old lady sits, shot from the shoulders up. She looks distraught, yet defiant.

On the left of the frame, in the background, we see a young woman with blonde bouffant, looking distrustfully at the other figures in the room.
We see her full body, and she has her back turned to the viewer.

On the right, closer to the foreground, we see a young man in suit and tie, addressing the old woman in a respectful but direct way.

Around the room, we see lots of old lady knickknacks, vases of flowers, photographs, etc.

Everyone involved with this film is firing on all cylinders: the direction, the cinematography, writing, cast, all perfection.

#RitaTushingham is so fun to watch; she is ALL OVER the frame, back and forth in the foreground and background; she makes you feel you’re in a cage with her. She’s constantly mugging into the camera in a way that makes it seem like she’s going to become a full-on comic character at any moment, but Tush doesn’t go there. Dot is ridiculous, but she’s never a joke.

… or if she is, she’s a sad one.

#TheLeatherBoys #LGBTQ #ColinCampbell #DudleySutton