TV in prewar movies

[Sandy G]

Originally Posted by mstaton

I think there was a Twilight Zone episode with flat panel TV's

Yeah. "Eye of the Beholder" from 1960. Starred a YOUNG Donna Douglas as a BEAUTIFUL girl in a world populated by hideously ugly people.

[vts1134]

Originally Posted by Sandy G

Yeah. "Eye of the Beholder" from 1960. Starred a YOUNG Donna Douglas as a BEAUTIFUL girl in a world populated by hideously ugly people.

I think you have that the wrong way around.

[Sandy G]

Originally Posted by vts1134

I think you have that the wrong way around.

Well, yeah, in HER world, SHE was unspeakably ugly-She was in the hospital having the last treatment allowed by the State to try to bring her into the "Glorious Conformity", as preached by the Leader on one of the image screens. We NEVER see the faces of the doctors or nurses, til after we see "Ellie May"-She's GORGEOUS, & then the camera pans around to show the doctors & nurses-Swollen, misshapen mouths, ridges over their eyes, like something out of a nightmare. THEY were the norm in that world-And Donna was the hideous freak. Always thought it was one of the finer episodes, of one of the best series ever on TV..

[vts1134]

Originally Posted by Sandy G

...Always thought it was one of the finer episodes, of one of the best series ever on TV..

Agreed

[peter scott]

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0031077/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

This is one of the earliest spin offs this time of the 1939 radio programme.The plot such as it is is concocted around of all things a TV broadcast.The original show was a combination of sketches stand up routines and music hall turns,and the film rather adheres to that.I suppose whether or not you like this film will to a certain extent depend on how much you like Arthur Askey.It has to be said that there is an awful lot of him in this film.Probably far too much.His stooge is Richard "Stinker"Murdoch.I have no idea how he got his nickname.There are a lot of musical numbers which are pleasant but fairly undistinguished.Moore Marriot and Pat Kirkwood are in support.This would be one of the last appearances of Jack Hylton before he would take on his entrepreneurial role in the West End.