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A surpisingly large number of films have been set in Soho - that one square mile which has, for decades, been the beating heart of bohemian, cosmopolitan London. In each episode of Soho Bites, we talk to a special guest about a different Soho film and accompany it with a shorter, thematically linked item which may or may not be film related. Written, produced & presented by Dominic Delargy Based on an original idea by Dr Jingan Young https://twitter.com/BitesSoho https://ko-fi.com/sohobitesp ...
Regular screenings of 1930s "quota quickie" films plus Q&As with guest experts at the Kino Cinema in Bermondsey, South London. Come along, watch a film, have a drink and join in the discussion. Two days later it magically appears as a podcast.
In each episode we talk to a different expert about one of the historical figures who appear in the Spirit of Soho mural, just off Carnaby Street.
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 …
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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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…
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)
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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. Follo…
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)
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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…
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…
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)
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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…
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
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 Keith Ducklin from The Royal Armories Museum in Leeds about fencing master, Henry Angelo.By Dominic Delargy
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Mural Morsels episode 18 - Chevalier d'Eon
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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 Tony Shrimplin from the Museum of Soho, trying to figure out what was going on in the extraordinary life of Chevalier d'Eon.By Dominic Delargy
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 hears about Maude Stanley from Emily White of London Youth.By Dominic Delargy
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 hears about Sir Isaac Newton from journalist and London tour guide, Ian McDiarmid.By Dominic Delargy
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 hears about William Blake from a trustee of the Blake Society, the cartoonist and illustrator, John Riordan.By Dominic Delargy
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 poet, Niall McDevitt about another poet, Paul Verlaine.By Dominic Delargy
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 vlogger and London historian, Jago Hazzard about John Snow.By Dominic Delargy
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Mural Morsels episode 12 - William Hogarth
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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, the subject is William Hogarth and Dom talks to art historian and Hogarth's biographer, Dr Jacqueline Riding. Originally broadcast on The Soho Hour on October 4th 2020.…
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 painter, writer, musician & all-round polymath, Barry Fantoni, about his friend, Ronnie Scott.By Dominic Delargy
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Mural Morsels episode 10 - Angelica Kauffman
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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 London tour guide, Nika Garrett about Angelica Kauffman Originally broadcast on The Soho Hour on August 28th 2020.By Dominic Delargy
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 Oscar nominated composer, Gary Yershon about Soho polymath, George Melly. Originally broadcast on The Soho Hour on August 21st 2020.By Dominic Delargy
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Mural Morsels episode 08 - Admiral Sir Cloudsley Shovell
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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 Elaine Galloway from the Old Royal Naval College about the magnificently named Sir Cloudsley Shovell. Originally broadcast on The Soho Hour on July 31st 2020.…
A series of short features from Soho Bites made for Soho Radio. In each episode we talk to a different person about a figure from the Spirit of Soho Mural. This week, biographer, Ian Kelly discusses Casanova. Music by Kerry Muzzey. Originally broadcast on The Soho Hour on July 24th 2020.By Dominic Delargy
A series of short features from Soho Bites made for Soho Radio. In each episode we talk to a different person about a figure from the Spirit of Soho Mural. This week, theatre director, Luke Dixon, talks about actress, impresario and drag-king, Fanny Kelly. Originally broadcast on The Soho Hour on July 17th 2020.…
A series of short features from Soho Bites made for Soho Radio. In each episode we talk to a different person about a figure from the Spirit of Soho Mural. This week, Ken Hollings, talks about a former resident of Poland St, Percy Shelley. Originally broadcast on The Soho Hour on July 10th 2020.By Dominic Delargy
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Mural Morsels episode 04 - Jeffrey Bernard
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A series of short features from Soho Bites made for Soho Radio. In each episode we talk to a different person about a figure from the Spirit of Soho Mural. This week, the cartoonist, Michael Heath, talks about his friend, the notorious Jeffrey Bernard. Originally broadcast on The Soho Hour on July 2nd 2020.…
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Mural Morsels episode 03 - Jessie Matthews
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A series of short features from Soho Bites made for Soho Radio. In each episode we talk to a different person about a figure from the Spirit of Soho Mural. This week we talk to Rob Baker about Soho's very own film-star, Jessie Matthews. Originally broadcast on The Soho Hour on June 26th 2020By Dominic Delargy
A series of short features from Soho Bites made for Soho Radio. In each episode we talk to a different person about a figure from the Spirit of Soho Mural. This week, writer and Marx Brothers expert, Mark Brisenden talks about Groucho Marx. Originally broadcast on The Soho Hour on June 19th 2020.By Dominic Delargy
A series of short features from Soho Bites made for Soho Radio. In each episode we talk to a different person about a figure from the Spirit of Soho Mural. This week, Tony Shrimplin from the Museum of Soho discusses Karl Marx (originally broadcast in Soho Bites episode 12)By Dominic Delargy
