Screenings of 1930s "quota quickie" films plus Q&As with expert guests 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 appears as a podcast.
***UPDATE***
The Kino was unexpectedly shut down in January so season three of Kino Quickies has been postponed. We will be hosting a one-off SOLD OUT screening of "The Gaunt Stranger" at The Garden Cinema, WC2 on October 8th.
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Kino Quickies 13 - The Gaunt Stranger (1938) with Adrian Smith
Season 2 · Episode 13
Monday, October 30, 2023 • Duration 47:23
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 to kill a corrupt lawyer called Maurice Meister at a specific time and date.
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.
The Kino Cinema was packed to the rafters which made the second half of the Q&A all the more enjoyable as it was given over to some festive community singing led by a top secret mystery special guest.
The best way to watch Scrooge (unless you happen to catch it on Talking Pictures TV or TPTV Encore) is to buy the DVD of the 1951 Alastair Sim version from Renown Films, because the Seymour Hicks version is included as a bonus extra feature.
Ming's research for the Q&A went above and beyond and she turned up all sorts of interesting nuggets of information much of which was found in . Unfortuantley it's extremely expensive at the moment but is available to read in the .
Kino Quickies 11 - Death on the Set (1935) with Richard Farmer
Season 2 · Episode 11
Friday, December 9, 2022 • Duration 01:08:05
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 Victor MacClure which is now out of print but you can buy it online if you sell all of your belongings.
Our guest for the Q&A is Richard Farmer, a researcher at Bristol University. He is currently researching UK film studios as part of a wider project called Studio Tec.
During the Q&A we displayed two interesting maps which show the locations of all the film studios in and around London in the 1930s. See them here on the website of the late, great Roland-François Lack.
Our guest for the Q&A is quota quickie royalty in the form of the author Steve Chibnall, who literally wrote the book on quota quickies. It's called Quota Quickies by Steve Chibnall.
You can buy Quota Quickies by Steve Chibnall on the internet.
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Kino Quickies 09 - I Lived With You (1933) with John Snelson
Season 2 · Episode 9
Thursday, November 10, 2022 • Duration 57:15
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 the whole household. Also starring Ida Lupino as Glad's sister, Ada and Eliot Makeham& Minnie Rayner as her parents, the film was directed by the most prolific director in UK film history, Maurice Elvey.
Our guest for the Q&A is the author John Snelson, who has written extensively about the performing arts and has a new book coming out soon about the history of British musicals.
I Lived With You has been released on DVD by Renown Films. Currently, however, all the copies available online are really expensive, so hopeully it will turn up on and soon.
Kino Quickies 08 - The Impassive Footman (1932) with Mel Byron
Season 2 · Episode 8
Wednesday, October 26, 2022 • Duration 59:53
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.
NOBODY is credited as the film's director - the candidates are its producer, Basil Dean and Graham Cutts. We try to get to the bottom of this in the Q&A.
The TPTV podcast is mostly made up of reviews of upcoming films submitted by TPTV viewers. Mel and the team are always looking for new contributors - especially of the lady variety because it's currently a bit chap-heavy. If you'd like to take part, get in touch with them on Twitter, Facebook or by email.
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Kino Quickies 07 - The Last Journey (1935) with Martin Stollery
Season 2 · Episode 7
Friday, October 14, 2022 • Duration 01:00:12
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.
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Watch Lawrence's online talk about quota quickies - its title is controversial!
Kino Quickies season 2 - Preview Episode
Season 2
Sunday, September 18, 2022 • Duration 14:18
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 it all again with another season of six films from October 9th - December 18th 2022.
Kino Quickies 06 - Brief Ecstasy (1937) with Charles Barr
Season 1 · Episode 6
Friday, May 27, 2022 • Duration 57:31
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 Williams).
The film is an early one from Ealing, so our special guest for the Q&A was Charles Barr, author of the seminal book about Ealing, "Ealing Studios"
Charles doesn't only know about Ealing though - he's also no slouch when it comes to Hitchcock.
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Watch Lawrence's online talk about quota quickies - its title is controversial!
Kino Quickies 05 - Say it With Flowers (1934) with Gary Yershon
Season 1 · Episode 5
Wednesday, May 11, 2022 • Duration 01:00:51
The fifth film in the Kino Quickies season, screened on May 8th 2022, was Say it With Flowersfrom 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, Marie Kendall and Florrie Forde.
Our guest for the Q&A was the Oscar nominated film composer and all round nice chap, Gary Yershon.
Gary talked about some really interesting stuff including a bit about this woman, who appalled by music hall.
There are three musical themes in title sequence to Say it With Flowers - this is one of them....
....and another is "Won't You Buy My Pretty Flowers" which is the song we all joined Gary in singing. If you too would like to have a little warble along to the podcast, you will find the lyrics HERE.
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They don't just screen ninety year old films at the Kino - they show recent ones too! Keep up to date with
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On April 7th, our very own Lawrence Napper gave an online talk for Westminster Libraries called, Quota Quickies: the worst films ever made? If you missed it, all is not lost as it will soon be posted to YouTube. Watch this space for more details.
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