Best Dominic Delargy Podcasts (2024)

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Soho Bites 47: Monsieur Ripois (1954) 1:01:56

6M ago1:01:56

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Bienvenue dans le premier épisode de 2024. Monsieur Ripois (1954) was directed by René Clément and stars the French heart throb, Gérard Philipe along with the English beauties, Joan Greenwood, Natasha Parry & Valerie Hobson. It was based on the 1912 novel, Monsieur Ripois et la Némésis by Louis Hémon. The film was released under several other title…

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Soho Bites 46: Don't Open 'til Christmas (1984) 54:12

7M ago54:12

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Ching ching etc - it's the Soho Bites Christmas special. Having just left behind the wholesome world of Jessie Matthews and 1930s musicals, it feels right to descend into the grubby underbelly of Soho with the festive fiasco, Don't Open 'til Christmas. The "plot" such as it is, is a basic one. A crazed serial killer is roaming the west end murderin…

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Soho Bites 45: Friday the Thirteenth (1933) 1:09:28

7M ago1:09:28

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Jessie part three. For this, the third and final instalment of our mini-series about the 1930s' biggest UK film star, Jessie Matthews, we met up with Dr Jennifer Voss of De Montford University to talk about Friday the Thirteenth (1933). NB: this is the Friday the Thirteenth from 1933, directed by Victor Saville with a large ensemble cast including …

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Kino Quickies 13 - The Gaunt Stranger (1938) with Adrian Smith 47:23

9M ago47:23

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For our first film at a venue other than the Kino, Bermondsey, we were delighted to be hosted on October 8th 2023 at the gorgeous Garden Cinema for our screening of The Gaunt Stranger (1938). Based on a novel by Edgar Wallace, The Gaunt Stranger is the story of a mysterious criminal called "The Ringer" who, although supposedly dead, has threatened …

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Soho Bites 44: Evergreen (1934) 1:01:38

9M ago1:01:38

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Jessie part two. This is the second instalment of a three part mini-series about the 1930s' biggest UK film star, Jessie Matthews. Evergreen (1934) was based on Ever Green, CB Cochran's 1930 musical spectacular at the Adelphi Theatre. Jessie starred as Harriet Green in both the stage show and the film. We're joined by Dr Melanie Williams of The Uni…

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Soho Bites 43: The Good Companions (1933) 1:03:24

10M ago1:03:24

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The Big Jessie series. This is the first of a three part mini-series focusing on the 1930s' biggest UK film star, Jessie Matthews. None of Jessie's films were set in Soho, but the fact that she was born on Berwick Street where her dad was a market trader, that she lived in William & Mary Yard on Brewer Street and that she learned to dance in an ups…

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Soho Bites 42: A Fallen Idol? 46:11

1y ago46:11

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Not a normal episode. We're not actually talking about a Soho film in this episode. It's a long story... We do, however, talk to a genuine film star from the golden era. As an eight year old boy, Bobby Henrey was rocketed into the public eye when he starred in Carol Reed & Graham Greene's 1948 thriller, "The Fallen Idol". He joins us on Soho Bites …

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Soho Bites 41: The Green Cockatoo (1937) 51:00

1y ago51:00

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At last! It's the long awaited exotic birds episode. The Green Cockatoo (1937) is a noir-ish thriller set in gangland Soho. The Green Cockatoo of the title is not actually a beautiful tropical bird but a drab Soho nightclub. When Dave Connor gets on the wrong side of some gangsters, his brother, Jim and an innocent bystander, Eileen get caught up i…

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Soho Bites 40: All Night Long (1962) 49:11

1+ y ago49:11

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It's Jazz, man. Also, it's Shakespeare. All Night Long (1962) is a re-telling of Shakespeare's Othello in which Othello is Rex, the famous leader of a jazz band, Desdemona is a singer called Delia and Iago is the band's drummer, Johnny. The film was directed by Basil Dearden and stars Patrick Mcgoohan and Richard Attenborough plus several major jaz…

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Soho Bites 39: Nighthawks (1978) 59:35

1+ y ago59:35

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Thirty nine episodes in and we finally do a gay themed episode of the show. About time too! Nighthawks (1978) was directed by Ron Peck and was based on a script developed by him and Paul Hallam. It stars Ken Robertson as Jim, a geography teacher at a London comprehensive school who spends his nights looking for love in gay bars, clubs and discos (d…

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Soho Bites 38: East of Piccadilly (1941) 53:04

1+ y ago53:04

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Murder mystery? Rom-com? And, as an afterthought.... wartime boosterism? East of Piccadilly (1941) was known as "The Strangler" in the US and was directed by Harold Huth. It stars Judy Campbell & Sebastian Shaw and was written by the then quite young J Lee Thompson. It tells the story of a murder investigation and is (extremely) loosely based on a …

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Soho Bites 37: Beat Girl (1960) 49:59

1+ y ago49:59

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Attention jiving scum! This is one is straight from the fridge dad. It doesn't get more Soho than Beat Girl (1960) - coffee shops, beatniks, strip clubs, The 2 i's.... it's got the lot. Gillian Hills leads the cast of Beat Girl, which also stars Adam Faith, Christopher Lee, Shirley Ann Field and, in a very small role, a young Oliver Reed. We met no…

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Kino Quickies 12 - Scrooge (1935) with Ming Ho 44:15

1+ y ago44:15

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Scrooge (1935) was the subject of our Christmas special and the last Kino Quickie of the season. It's the first ever talkie version of A Christmas Carol and stars Seymour Hicks, a man who had played the part hundreds of times before, on both stage and screen. It's not this Seymour Hicks though. Our guest for the Q&A was the playright and screenwrit…

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Kino Quickies 11 - Death on the Set (1935) with Richard Farmer 1:08:05

1+ y ago1:08:05

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The cups all those millions of fans out there of the Kino Quickies mascot, Henry Kendall, runneth over this day, because Death on the Set treats us to a double dose of him. Our Henry plays two unlikeable men - a very unpleasent film director and his drunken and disreputable lookalike - who are locked in a cycle of crime. It's based on a book by Vic…

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Kino Quickies 10 - A Fire Has Been Arranged (1935) with Steve Chibnall 58:51

1+ y ago58:51

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A Fire Has Been Arranged is the first full length feature starring the comedy musical duo, Flanagan & Allen. The first of two films in the season to be directed by Leslie Hiscott, it also stars Robb Wilton and a 35 year old (but perpetually middle-aged) Alastair Sim. It was, like many quota quickies, produced by Julius Hagan at Twickenham Studios. …

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Kino Quickies 09 - I Lived With You (1933) with John Snelson 57:15

1+ y ago57:15

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I Lived With You (1933) - a comedy starring Ivor Novello, based on a play that he wrote - is the third film in this second season of Kino Quickies. Novello plays a homeless Russian prince who meets Gladys Wallis (Ursula Jeans) in the maze at Hampton Court and moves in with her family. His presence in this normal family home has chaotic effects on t…

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Kino Quickies 08 - The Impassive Footman (1932) with Mel Byron 59:53

2y ago59:53

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The Impassive Footman (1932), is the earliest film in Kino Quickies season 2. It's a tense melodrama about an unhappy marriage, a foiled affair and a doctor's dilemma, all watched over by a mysterious -you might even say impassive - footman. The film stars George Curzon as the eponymous footman, Betty Stockfeld & Allan Jeayes as the married couple …

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Kino Quickies 07 - The Last Journey (1935) with Martin Stollery 1:00:12

2y ago1:00:12

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The Last Journey (1935), the first film in season two of Kino Quickies, is a seat-of-the-pants, nail-biting thriller set aboard a runaway train, directed by Bernard Vorhaus. It stars Hugh Williams as Gerald Winter, Godfrey Tearle as Sir Wilfred Rhodes, Judy Gunn as Diana and Julien Mitchell as Bob Holt, the train driver whose suicidal mania is caus…

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Dora Bryan competition winners & Kino Quickies preview 18:51

2y ago18:51

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This is not really an episode I'm afraid - time just ran away from me. However, I've recorded this mini-episode because there is some very important business to finish up which is to announce two things.... The winners of last month's Dora Bryan competition Kino Quickies season 2 Two lucky lucky listeners were destined to win a copy of the new 4K D…

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Kino Quickies season 2 - Preview Episode 14:18

2y ago14:18

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We're back! Welcome to this preview episode of the Kino Quickies podcast - SEASON 2! The Kino Quickies podcast is based on a series of live screenings of 1930s quota quickie films plus Q&As at the Kino Cinema in Bermondsey Square, London SE1. We were amazed at how much people loved watching these rarely seen films in season one so we decided to do …

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Soho Bites 36: The Optimists of Nine Elms (1973) 55:55

2y ago55:55

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Everything changes but.... The changing faces of London neighbourhoods is our loose theme for this episode. In the first half, the novelist, Christopher Fowler makes his second appearance on the podcast, talking about his latest book and about his memories of Soho - a neighbourhood which changes constantly but somehow always remains the same. ***UP…

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Soho Bites 35: Zeta One (1969) 57:47

2y ago57:47

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Two Films, One Guest. Normally we have two guests on each episode of Soho Bites, but when your guest is as good as David McGillivray, who needs a second? Long before Matthew Sweet gave him the moniker, "The Truffaut of Smut", David reviewed Zeta One (AKA The Love Factor - no idea why) for The Monthly Film Bulletin. He didn't have a lot of good thin…

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Soho Bites 34: It Happened in Soho (1948) 47:51

2y ago47:51

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Double Stinker. After an extended break to allow our massive team to shift its attention to our most recent podcast series, Kino Quickies, we return to Soho Bites with the 1948 murder mystery, It Happened in Soho. It’s safe to say, the film had a very small budget and doesn’t have the highest of production values but it does boast a major star, Ric…

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Kino Quickies 06 - Brief Ecstasy (1937) with Charles Barr 57:31

2y ago57:31

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The sixth and final film in Kino Quickies season 1, screened on May 22nd 2022, was Brief Ecstasy from 1937. Directed by Edmond Gréville - who is probably most famous for directing Beat Girl several years later - it's the story of a love triangle made up of Helen (Linden Travers), her husband Paul (Paul Lukas) and her former lover, Jim (Hugh William…

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Kino Quickies 05 - Say it With Flowers (1934) with Gary Yershon 1:00:51

2y ago1:00:51

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The fifth film in the Kino Quickies season, screened on May 8th 2022, was Say it With Flowers from 1934. Directed by John Baxter, it's the simple story of a group of market traders who mount a benefit concert for their sick colleague. The film features performances from three of the biggest music hall stars of the Edwardian era, Charles Coburn, Mar…

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Kino Quickies 04 - Sweeney Todd (1936) with Jade Evans 59:11

2+ y ago59:11

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The fourth film in the Kino Quickies season, screened on April 24th 2022, was Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street from 1936. Directed by George "King of the Quickies" King and starring Tod Slaughter, it's the well known story of the murderous barber who polishes off his victims who are then processed into pie filling by his next door nei…

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Kino Quickies 03 - The Phantom Light (1935) with Neil Brand 58:59

2+ y ago58:59

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The third film in the Kino Quickies season, screened on April 10th 2022, was The Phantom Light from 1935. An early film from director, Michael Powell, this is the story of spooky goings on in an isolated lighthouse off the remote Welsh coast. Our specially invited expert guest for the post show Q&A was broadcaster, composer and silent accompanist, …

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Kino Quickies 02 - Death at Broadcasting House (1934) with Jo Botting 1:04:10

2+ y ago1:04:10

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The second film in the Kino Quickies season, screened on March 27th 2022, was Death at Broadcasting House from 1934. In the futuristic and glamorous surroundings of the BBC's brand new headquarters, an actor is murdered while performing in a radio drama, live on air, before the unsuspecting ears of millions of listeners. Our specially invited exper…

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Kino Quickies 01 - The Ghost Camera (1933) with Pam Hutchinson 50:37

2+ y ago50:37

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To kick off the Kino Quickies season on March 13th 2022, we picked a sure fire crowd pleaser. The Ghost Camera is a comedy / mystery / thriller starring Henry Kendall as John Gray, Ida Lupino as May Elton and John Mills as her brother, Ernest. When John Gray finds a camera on the back seat of his car, he develops the film to try to find out the own…

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Soho Bites 33: The Sandwich Man (1966) 48:38

2+ y ago48:38

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Special Sandwich Special. We’ve done some episodes in the past with some disparate and unusual themes. We did a Spain themed episode, a sport one, a God special and even a wrestling / boxing episode, but we think we’ve surpassed ourselves this time as the theme linking the two items in episode 33 is sandwiches. Sandwich boards, that is, and the men…

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Kino Quickies - Preview episode 11:50

2+ y ago11:50

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Welcome to this preview episode of the Kino quickies podcast. Book tickets for any of the films in the Kino Quickies season HERE Here's a very good article explaining what Quota Quickies are from the Cinema History Blog Well that was fascinating but now I want to find out more Don’t forget to subscribe to the Kino Quickies podcast. It comes out a c…

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Soho Bites 32: Turn the Key Softly (1953) 53:57

2+ y ago53:57

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Softly Shoe Shuffle. Murphy's Law states that if you've arranged an interview with a brilliant guest to talk about a fantastic film in a great location, then you will catch Covid and have to self-isolate. This is why my interview with Ming Ho about Turn the Key Softly (1953) took place online and not in the lovely surroundings of the BAFTA bar as o…

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Mural Morsels episode 20 - Handel 15:06

2+ y ago15:06

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A series of short features made for Soho Radio. Each week we talk to a different person about somebody in the Spirit of Soho Mural. This week, Dom talks to Dr Helen Coffey from The Open University about George Frideric Handel.By Dominic Delargy

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