Tuesday 5 November 2024

1964, Film: "Une souris chez les hommes"

The French comedy "Une souris chez les hommes" was released in July 1964. The film was directed by Jacques Poitrenaud with a screenplay by Michel Audiard based on the novel "Les Heures ouvrables" by Francis Ryck. Main stars are Louis de Funès as Marcel Ravelais, Maurice Biraud as Francis Blanchet, Dany Saval as Lucille Baillet and Dany Carrel as Sylvie Blanchet. The music was composed by Guy Béart and Michel Colombier.

"Une souris chez les hommes"
Maurice Biraud as Francis Blanchet and Louis de Funès as Marcel Ravelais
Louis de Funès as Marcel Ravelais, Maurice Biraud as Francis Blanchet and
Dany Carrel as Sylvie Blanchet

Synopsis
Francis (Maurice Biraud) and Marcel (Louis de Funès), small-time burglars, are caught in the act by Lucille (Dany Saval), a young girl from a respectable family. Bored and seeking excitement, she offers to keep their secret in exchange for joining their criminal escapades. Lucille takes charge of planning their heists, but each attempt inevitably ends in disaster, leaving them with nothing to show for their efforts...

Dany Carrel as Sylvie Blanchet
Louis de Funès as Marcel Ravelais and Dora Doll as Catherine
Dany Saval as Lucille Baillet

Main cast

  • Louis de Funès as Marcel Ravelais
  • Maurice Biraud as Francis Blanchet
  • Dany Saval as Lucille Baillet
  • Robert Manuel as Mr Léon Dufour
  • Jean Lefebvre as surveillant T.V.
  • Dany Carrel as Sylvie Blanchet
  • Maria Pacôme as Aunt Emma
  • Dora Doll as Catherine
  • André Badin as night-watch
  • Claude Pieplu as inspector
  • Jacques Legras as inspector
  • Madeleine Clervanne as Mrs Laurent
  • Evelyne Dassas as Mireille
  • Gérard Lartigau as Lucky
  • Tanya Lopert as friend of Lucky
  • Philippe Castelli as secure guard
  • Jacques Dynam as patron du café

Dany Saval as Lucille Baillet, Maurice Biraud as Francis Blanchet and
Louis de Funès as Marcel Ravelais

Dany Saval as Lucille Baillet and Louis de Funès as Marcel Ravelais

Thursday 31 October 2024

1963, Car Spotting: Houtmarkt, Zutphen, Gelderland, Netherlands

Front row
Four unidentified cars.

Back row, left to right
Unidentified car, Citroën Ami 6, Opel Rekord (P2), Opel (Olympia) Rekord (P1), Citroën 2CV, DKW 3=6, Volkswagen (Type 1, Beetle), Opel (Olympia) Rekord (P1), Opel (Olympia) Rekord (P1), Ford Taunus 17 M Turnier (P3), Ford Anglia (105E), Ford (Consul) Cortina MkI, Volvo Amazon, Triumph Herald, Willys CJ-5, Opel Rekord (P2), Volkswagen (Type 1, Beetle), Volkswagen (Type 1, Beetle).

Saturday 26 October 2024

1962, Cars: Simca Coupé 1000 / Simca 1200S

French auto maker Simca introduced the Simca Coupé 1000 at the Geneva Motor Show in March 1962. The rear-engined two-door car was designed by Giorgetto Giugiaro at Bertone in Turin, Italy.

Simca Coupé 1000
Simca Coupé 1000

Simca provided the water-cooled 4-cylinder 944 cc engine and the mechanical underpinnings from the Simca 1000 Saloon, while the elegant bodies were built in Turin by Bertone. Final assembly took place at Simca's Poissy plant. The Coupé engine featured a higher compression ratio and provided a maximum power output of 38 kW (against 33 kW in the saloon). A maximum speed of 140 km/h was listed (against 125 km/h for the saloon).

Simca Coupé 1000

In 1967 the car was renamed as the Simca 1200S and fitted with a more powerful 1204 cc engine of 59 kW, allowing a top speed of 175 km/h. The body was upgraded by Bertone with a front grill  now that the radiator was moved to the front of the car while the engine stayed in the back. In 1968 the power increased to 63 kW with a top of 179 km/h. Between 1962 and 1971 approximately 25,000 cars were produced.

Simca 1200S
Simca 1200S
Simca 1200S

Trivia

  • The car bodies were transferred from Turin, Italy, to Simca's Poissy plant on specially configured trains.
  • Because of capacity problems at the Poissy plant, a total of 3114 1200S were assembled at Chrysler Benelux's assembly plant in Rotterdam.

Tuesday 22 October 2024

1961, Car Spotting: Grote Halstraat / Kerkplein, Grote Kerk / Sint-Jacobskerk, 's-Gravenhage (Den Haag), Netherlands

First row, left to right
Volkswagen 1200 (Beetle, Type 1), Opel Olympia Rekord (1957), Renault 4CV.

Second row, parked in front of the church, front to back
Fiat 500 Giardiniera, Ford Taunus 17 M (P3, Bath-tub Taunus), NSU Prinz III, Plymouth 1957 (Belvedere or Savoy), Borgward P100, Citroën ID/DS, Volkswagen 1200 (Beetle, Type 1), Renault 4CV.

Third row, front to back
Peugeot 404, unidentified car, unidentified van.

Monday 21 October 2024

1960, Fashion: Glamour incorporating charm (January 1960, USA)

The Best of 1960: Fashions Picked For Staying Power by Diane and Allan Arbus in Glamour. From 1939 to 2019, Glamour was a Woman’s print magazine now it is only online available.

Front page
Contents

Title page
1960 News: Su Per White

1960: Pale Tweeds, Shirts Stripes
1960: Flannel Pastels
1960: The Bare-Back Dress
1960: The Basque Dress
1960: Coating: The Reefer

Sunday 6 October 2024

1977, Car Spotting: Hofplein, Grave, Netherlands

Left to right

First row, front to back
Opel Kadett C, Ford Taunus TC2 Turnier, Datsun 100A (Nissan Cherry E10), Datsun 100A (Nissan Cherry E10), Peugeot 204, Saab 96, unidentified car probably Citroën.

Second row, left to right
Citroën Ami 8, Austin/Morris Mini Clubman, Ford Taunus L TC1, Renault 12, Simca 1100, unidentified car.

Third row, front to back
Peugeot 304, Volkswagen 1300 (Beetle, Type 1), Ford Taunus TC1 (facelift), unidentified car probably Opel, Simca 1000, NSU 1200 (Type 110), Volkswagen 1300 (Beetle, Type 1), unidentified car, unidentified car probably Pontiac Firebird, unidentified car.

Fourth row, front to back
Renault 16.

Fifth row, front to back
Peugeot 504, four unidentified cars.


 

Sunday 29 September 2024

1976, Television: "Beasts"

The British anthology series "Beasts" premiered on 16 October 1976. The series with a recurring theme of bestial horror was written by Nigel Kneale and produced by Nicholas Palmer. It was made by ATV for the ITV Network with a total broadcast of six stand-alone episodes.

Episode 1: Special Offer
Directed by Richard Bramall and written by Nigel Kneale
Main stars:
Pauline Quirke as Noreen Beale, Geoffrey Bateman as Colin Grimley, Wensley Pithey as Mr. Liversedge, Ruth Goring as June King and Shirley Cheriton as Linda
Synopsis:
A teenage operator has a crush on her supermarket manager. At the shop a cartoon mascot seems to have come alive...

Geoffrey Bateman as Colin Grimley
Pauline Quirke as Noreen Beale
Ruth Goring as June King

Episode 2: During Barty's Party
Directed by Don Taylor and written by Nigel Kneale
Main stars:
Elizabeth Sellars as Angie Truscott, Anthony Bate as Roger Truscott, Colin Bell as Barty Wills, Norman Mitchell as Police Sergeant and John Rhys-Davies as Peter Newell
Synopsis:
A suburban couple are held under siege by a pack of frighteningly intelligent rats…

Anthony Bate as Roger Truscott
Elizabeth Sellars as Angie Truscott

Episode 3: Buddyboy
Directed by Don Taylor and written by Nigel Kneale
Main stars:
Martin Shaw as Dave, Pamela Moiseiwitsch as Lucy, Wolfe Morris as Hubbard, Stuart McGugan as Jimmy Beattie and Denis Holmes as Ashwell
Synopsis:
When a nightclub owner buys a derelict dolphinarium, he and a young woman seem to be haunted by the ghost of Buddyboy, the star attraction…

Martin Shaw as Dave
Pamela Moiseiwitsch as Lucy
Wolfe Morris as Hubbard

Episode 4: Baby
Directed by John Nelson Burton and written by Nigel Kneale
Main stars:
Jane Wymark as Jo Gilkes, Simon MacCorkindale as Peter Gilkes, T.P. McKenna as Dick Pummery,
Mark Dignam as Arthur Grace and Norman Jones as Stan Biddick
Synopsis:
A young couple move to the countryside and discover a strange mummified animal in the wall of their cottage. The wife increasingly feels that she and her unborn child are in danger…

Jane Wymark as Jo Gilkes
Simon MacCorkindale as Peter Gilkes
T.P. McKenna as Dick Pummery

Episode 5: What Big Eyes
Directed by Donald McWhinnie and written by Nigel Kneale
Main stars:
Patrick Magee as Leo Raymount, Madge Ryan as Florence Raymount, Michael Kitchen as Bob Curry, Gerald James as Joe Nash and Bill Dean as Duggie Jebb
Synopsis:
An RSPCA (Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) officer is horrified when he discovers a pet shop owner has been conducting experiments on a wolf, trying to turn himself into a wolf…

Madge Ryan as Florence Raymount
Michael Kitchen as Bob Curry
Patrick Magee as Leo Raymount

Episode 6: The Dummy
Directed by Don Leaver and written by Nigel Kneale
Main stars:
Bernard Horsfall as Clyde Boyd, Clive Swift as 'Bunny' Nettleton, Glyn Houston as Sidney Stewart,  Thorley Walters as Sir Ramsey, Lillias Walker as Joan Eastgate, Patricia Haines as Sheila Boyd and Simon Oates as Peter Wager
Synopsis:
An actor has a nervous breakdown and believes that he is the movie monster that he has been hired to play…

Bernard Horsfall as Clyde Boyd
Clive Swift as 'Bunny' Nettleton
Glyn Houston as Sidney Stewart
Patricia Haines as Sheila Boyd and Simon Oates as Peter Wager