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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 DVD release of https://networkonair.com/all-products/3424-sandwich-man-the (The Sandwich Man) - all they had to do was answer a fiendishly tricky question. Did you enter? Did you win? Listen to the episode to find out. And the second half of this episode is the preview trailer of https://www.kinoquickies.com/ (Kino Quickies season 2) - our season of live films screenings at the Kino Cinema in Bermondsey Square, London. We'd love to see as many Soho Bites listeners as possible at the screenings. Tickets available here: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/kinoquickies (https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/kinoquickies)

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. Follow Chris on https://twitter.com/Peculiar (Twitter) and peruse his https://www.christopherfowler.co.uk/ (website). Read about Chris's most well known charcters in http://www.christopherfowler.co.uk/blog/the-history-of-bryant-may/ (The History of Bryant & May). This episode features a snatch of original music composed by https://www.desburkinshaw.com/ (Des Burkinshaw). It was written as the theme tune for proposed TV adaptation of the Bryant & May series. Listen to it on https://www.christopherfowler.co.uk/blog/2021/02/15/what-are-the-bryant-may-books-really-about/ (this page) of Chris's website. Follow Des on https://twitter.com/DesBurkinshaw (Twitter). Our featured film is https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070488/ (The Optimists of Nine Elms) (1973) in which Peter Sellers, playing a faded former music hall star, befriends - or is befriended by - two local kids. It's a beautiful portrayal of an unlikely friendship and of an area that has massively changed in the intervening 50 years. Our film chat guest, https://www.amazon.co.uk/Robert-J.E.-Simpson/e/B005IFYST6%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share (Robert JE Simpson), rather likes it. Follow Robert on https://twitter.com/avalard (Twitter) and check out his podcast https://cinepunked.com/ (Cinepunked). He is also engaged in some detailed research into https://twitter.com/exclusivephd (Exclusive Films). Definitely definitely definitely try to watch the Optimists of Nine Elms. It's available to stream on the https://player.bfi.org.uk/rentals/film/watch-the-optimists-of-nine-elms-1973-online (BFI Player). This https://youtu.be/T6Fal0faBog (clip )will give you a flavour of it Here's a set of https://ko-fi.com/album/The-Optimists-of-Nine-Elms-Lobby-Cards-R5R6EJD08 (lovely old lobby cards) of the film. Have a look at some of the loations from the film, then & now, on the every brilliant https://www.reelstreets.com/films/optimists-of-nine-elms-the/ (Reelstreets) website. *** COMPETITION *** COMPETITION *** COMPETITION *** COMPETITION ** In https://www.sohobitespodcast.com/episode/33 (episode 33) we discussed https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060936/ (The Sandwich Man) with the aforementioend Christopher Fowler. That episode has just been included as a bonus feature on a new 4K release of the film. To win a DVD, answer the question: Who was Dora Bryan frequently mistaken for by members of the public? Winners will be announced in the next episode. If you're not lucky enough to win a free copy, you can always purchase one from our friends at https://networkonair.com/all-products/3424-sandwich-man-the (Network on Air) If you would like to support the show with a small financial contribution towards our running costs you can do that https://ko-fi.com/sohobitespodcast (here). For every £1 donated, a kitten lives. If you are a business and would like to sponsor us, please get in touch and let's talk the talk. Please leave us a review or a star rating https://ratethispodcast.com/sohobites (HERE). Between March & May 2022, we ran a series of screenings of 1930s quota quickie films at thehttps://www.kinodigital.co.uk/cinema-venues/kino-bermondsey/ ( Kino Cinema) in Bermondsey. Each screening was followed by a Q&A with our resident quickie expert, https://www.kcl.ac.uk/people/dr-lawrence-napper (Dr Lawrence Napper) of Kings College London and a specially invited expert guest. We will be returning to the Kino in the autumn for season 2 but, in the meantime, you can hear season one of the Kino Quickies podcast athttps://kinoquickies.com/ ( KinoQuickies.com)....

Two Films, One Guest. Normally we have two guests on each episode of Soho Bites, but when your guest is as good as https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_McGillivray_(screenwriter) (David McGillivray), who needs a second? Long before https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Sweet_(writer) (Matthew Sweet) gave him the moniker, "The Truffaut of Smut", David reviewed https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065243/ (Zeta One) (AKA The Love Factor - no idea why) for The Monthly Film Bulletin. He didn't have a lot of good things to say about it then - has his opinion changed over the last 51 years? He makes a return visit to Soho Bites to tell us. Produced by https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Tenser (Tony Tenser), the film had a troubled shooting period and was shelved for two years upon completion. Although the main attraction was, presumably, the acres of naked flesh on display throughout the film, top billing nominally goes to https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0433150/ (James Robertson Justice) as the chief baddy and his oily sidekick, Swyne, played by https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001889/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t2 (Charles Hawtrey). Any mention of Charles Hawtrey invites another reading of his https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Hawtrey_(actor,_born_1914)#Later_life_and_career (Wikipedia entry) which is always fun. If you really must watch Zeta One, it's available to buy online. You will find the results of a carefully curated Google search for Zeta One DVDs https://www.google.com/search?rlz=1C1GCEA_enGB1005GB1006&tbm=shop&sxsrf=ALiCzsbkEwYri2Qx1boYL5q5JwKSWAYdRg:1658675309495&q=zeta+one+DVD&tbs=mr:1,pdtr0:3045644%7C3045646,pdtr1:3045649%7C3045651&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiKufqE55H5AhWPFMAKHQ_3BHAQsysIogkoAQ&biw=1536&bih=664&dpr=1.25 (HERE). But maybe watch the https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1X61zeDCIg (trailer )first so you have some idea of what you're letting yourself in for. And here is an album of https://ko-fi.com/album/Zeta-One-stills-N4N2E1KKX (stills from the film). There are some outrageous Crimes Against Location in Zeta One - eg pretending Warwick Avenue is next to Greek Street and Berwick Street market leads to Camden. If you're a London geography geek just waiting be outraged, look at the film's locations on https://www.reelstreets.com/films/zeta-one/ (Reelstreets). In the first half of the programme , David talks about a film that promises to be a teeny-weeny bit better than Zeta One, although we won't get to find out until next year. The Wrong People is currently in pre-production and is David's own adaptation of Robin Maugham's 1967 novel of the same name. Set in Tangier in the early 60s, it's the uncomfortable story of Arnold, a closeted gay teacher who falls under the corrupting influence of Ewing Baird, a wealthy ex-pat with particular peccadillos. Follow the progress of The Wrong People on their https://www.thewrongpeoplefilm.co.uk/ (website) and maybe chuck David a penny or two towards he production costs. You could also follow him on https://twitter.com/makeadelivery (Twitter). Here's an interesting https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_JmOmrbBY8 (short film) about Dean's Bar in Tangier, the real life version of one of the book's fictional locations. And you can download the book in PDF format https://www.greek-love.com/media/PDFs/Maugham.Robin.The.Wrong.People.pdf (HERE). The author of The Wrong People, Robin Maugham, was an https://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-60668?rskey=ynddlx&result=1 (interesting character). If you would like to support the show with a small financial contribution towards our running costs you can do that https://ko-fi.com/sohobitespodcast (here). For every £1 donated, a kitten lives. If you are a business and would like to sponsor us, please get in touch and let's talk the talk. Please leave us a review or a star rating https://ratethispodcast.com/sohobites (HERE). Between March & May...

Double Stinker. After an extended break to allow our massive team to shift its attention to our most recent podcast series, https://www.kinoquickies.com/ (Kino Quickies), we return to Soho Bites with the 1948 murder mystery, https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0178645 (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, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Murdoch (Richard “Stinker” Murdoch). At the time the film was made, Murdoch was a big BBC radio star, having starred, at this stage, in two huge radio comedy hits - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Band_Waggon (Band Waggon) with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Askey (Arthur Askey) and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Much-Binding-in-the-Marsh (Much Binding in the Marsh) with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_Horne (Kenneth Horne). To talk about It Happened in Soho, we welcomed https://www.paulkerensa.com/ (Paul Kerensa) to the show.  Paul is a stand up comedian and, most importantly for our purposes, is the creator of the epic https://bbcentury.podbean.com/ (British Broadcasting Century) podcast - who better to talk to about a film starring one of early broadcasting’s biggest names. At the time of writing, It Happened in Soho is available to watch on https://www.tptvencore.co.uk/Video/It-Happened-In-Soho?id=fecf033c-c9a6-417a-aef5-ca40c260a1ab (TPTV Encore)... ... and Band Waggon is on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUP8n9mmwa0 (YouTube). Watch Richard Murdoch, in later life, talking about https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4nEJYkHtzns (Much Binding in the Marsh). To begin the show, https://www.amazon.co.uk/Books-Mark-Brisenden/s?rh=n%3A266239%2Cp_27%3AMark+Brisenden (Mark Brisenden) makes a return visit to Soho Bites talk about the London venue at which nearly all BBC radio comedies were recorded between 1946 and 1995 - https://www.bbc.com/historyofthebbc/buildings/paris-studios/ (The Paris Studios) on Lower Regent St. Mark worked on https://www.angelfire.com/pq/radiohaha/WE.html (Week Ending) and https://www.britishclassiccomedy.co.uk/still-going-strong-at-80 (The News Huddlines) and was the creator of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flywheel,_Shyster,_and_Flywheel_(1990_radio_series) (Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel) - all of which were recorded at the Paris. During our conversation, Mark points out that the 1950 film, https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0043078/ (The 20 Questions Murder Mystery), was set at the Paris.  You can watch that film at https://archive.org/details/20-questions-murder-mystery-1950_202106 (Archive.org). https://ko-fi.com/album/Farewell-to-the-Paris-H2H8E0YR8 (The pictures) Mark brought from the last night of the Paris. Between March & May 2022,  we ran a series of screenings of 1930s quota quickie films at thehttps://www.kinodigital.co.uk/cinema-venues/kino-bermondsey/ ( Kino Cinema) in Bermondsey.  Each screening was followed by a Q&A with our resident quickie expert, Dr Lawrence Napper of Kings College London and a specially invited expert guest.  We will be returning to the Kino in the autumn for season 2 but, in the meantime, you can hear the Kino Quickies podcast athttps://kinoquickies.com/ ( KinoQuickies.com). You can also follow us onhttps://twitter.com/KinoQuickies ( Twitter) and https://www.facebook.com/KinoQuickies (Facebook). The originator of Soho Bites,https://twitter.com/jinganyoung ( Dr Jingan Young), has a new book coming out all about.... guess what? Films set in Soho!  Get your copy athttps://www.foyles.co.uk/witem/philosophy-psychology-social-sciences/soho-on-screen-cinematic-spaces-of,jingan-young-peter-bradshaw-9781800734777 ( Foyles). Thank you for listening. Follow us onhttps://my.captivate.fm/Twitter ( Twitter) Email us at sohobitespodcast@gmail.com Leave us ahttps://ratethispodcast.com/sohobites ( rating & review) Please make a teeny weenyhttps://ko-fi.com/sohobitespodcast (

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 http://www.urban75.org/blog/the-human-billboards-and-sandwich-men-on-the-streets-of-soho-15-years-ago-london-history-april-2004/ (boards), that is, and the men who wear them. There was a  time when Sandwich men and women and other forms of portable adverts were a common sight in the west end but In August 2008, Westminster council implemented a ban on such advertising, consigning this minor social menace to history. The ban came too late though, to have any effect on the sandwich men we’re talking about in this episode. Our first sandwich man is NOT a fictional character - Stanley Green, otherwise known as Protein Man.  Stanley campaigned against the consumption of excessive protein for about 25 years and became a familiar sight to people in the west end during that time.  We meet Honorary Research Fellow at the Museum of London, Dr Cathy Ross, to hear about Stanley, his writings and his life. Learn about Stanley’s unusual views in his https://ko-fi.com/album/Sidney-Greens-Protein-Wisdom-leaflet-H2H4E0YX9 (Protein Wisdom) leaflet. Read an https://museumcrush.org/less-protein-less-lust-the-protein-mans-placard/ (ARTICLE) by Cathy Ross about Stanley. For more info: Stanley’s entry in the https://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-92286 (Oxford Dictionary of National Biography) And here’s a https://dominicdelargy.files.wordpress.com/2022/03/novel-extract.pdf (three page extract) of Stanley’s unpublished novel, Behind the Veil: More than Just a Tale.  I have corrected some of the spelling and some of the more confusing errors, but have tried to leave Stanley’s idiosyncratic punctuation and writing style in tact. Our second sandwich man IS a fictional character - Horace Quilby is played by https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Bentine (Michael Bentine) in the 1966 comedy, The Sandwich Man.  The film is noteworthy mostly for its extraordinary https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060936/fullcredits?ref_=tt_ov_st_sm (cast) and for its numerous London locations which you can see https://www.reelstreets.com/films/sandwich-man-the/ (HERE) courtesy of Reelstreets. To talk about The Sandwich Man we were joined by the novelist,https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Fowler ( Christopher Fowler). You can follow Chris on https://twitter.com/Peculiar (Twitter) and check out his http://www.christopherfowler.co.uk/ (blog). Film makers often cheat when it comes to locations - eg a person turns a corner and re-appears three streets away.  In The Sandwich Man, Horace Quilby is supposed to be walking around the west end, but according to https://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=7641507 (THIS MAP) of his route, constructed using the locations listed on ReelStreets, he covers an unfeasible number of miles in one day.  We have another podcast coming out! Starting in March, a series of screenings and Q&As will take place at thehttps://www.kinodigital.co.uk/cinema-venues/kino-bermondsey/ ( Kino Cinema) in Bermondsey which will be magically turned into a podcast a few days after each one.   Follow the podcast athttps://kinoquickies.com/ ( KinoQuickies.com), follow us onhttps://twitter.com/KinoQuickies ( Twitter) and we'd love to have you come to a screening.  All you have to do is buy ahttps://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/kino-quickies-tickets-254643364157 ( ticket). The originator of Soho Bites,https://twitter.com/jinganyoung ( Dr Jingan Young), has a new book coming out all about.... guess what? Films set in Soho!  Get your copy...

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 https://mbalit.co.uk/client/ming-ho-2/ (Ming Ho) about https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0046471/ (Turn the Key Softly (1953)) took place online and not in the lovely surroundings of the https://www.uniquevenuesoflondon.co.uk/sites/default/files/styles/space_gallery/public/image/Richard%20Attenborough%20Rooms_0.jpg?itok=qD3isMwo (BAFTA bar) as originally planned. Turn the Key Softly is set over a period of twelve hours and follows three very different women on their first day of freedom after their release from Holloway Prison. Starring https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0593814/ (Yvonne Mitchell), https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0365692/ (Kathleen Harrison) and a very young http://www.joancollins.com/ (Joan Collins), it is directed by Jack Lee who also wrote the screenplay along with producer, Maurice Cowan and is based on the novel of the same name by Johh Brophy. Have a look at these https://ko-fi.com/album/Turn-the-Key-Softly-lobby-cards-F1F1E0Z2A (lovely old lobby cards), produced to promote Turn the Key Softly. Have a look at some of the locations in Turn the Key Softly on https://www.reelstreets.com/films/turn-the-key-softly/ (Reelstreets) You can follow Ming on https://twitter.com/Minghowriter (Twitter). As the period of self isolation dragged on, a real in-person meeting was still impossible, so Dom met up with http://www.roh.org.uk/people/john-snelson (John Snelson) online to hear about two forgotten musicals set on the streets and nightclubs of Soho. http://www.guidetomusicaltheatre.com/shows_c/crookedmile.htm (The Crooked Mile) ran for 160 performances at the Cambridge Theatre in 1959-60 and https://guidetomusicaltheatre.com/Shows-A/8/ (Ace of Clubs) also ran at the Cambridge, for 211 performances in 1950. The Crooked Mile consolidated the UK career of Millicent Martin. Here is some https://ko-fi.com/album/The-Crooked-Mile-publicity-material-Y8Y3E0Z79 (publicity material) from the show. Ace of Clubs was written by Noel Coward, the MD was Mantovani and Graham Payn & Pat Kirkwood starred. Allegedly, https://dominicdelargy.files.wordpress.com/2022/02/pat-kirkwood.jpg (Pat Kirkwood) allegedly had an alleged affair with Prince Philip, allegedly. Allegedly. Graham Payn was Noel Coward's long-term partner. Here's some https://ko-fi.com/album/Ace-of-Clubs-publicity-material-C0C2E0ZB8 (publicity material) from the show. The Crooked Mile was based on Peter Wildeblood's novel "https://www.abebooks.co.uk/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=30636335309&cm_mmc=ggl-_-UK_Shopp_RareStandard-_-product_id=bi%3A%2030636335309-_-keyword=&gclid=Cj0KCQiA3fiPBhCCARIsAFQ8QzXc0ZOOokYMLnZ47orU2ITibWAv1jMXuDWS73EiMm8Fq3Y7sTqO3icaAki6EALw_wcB#&gid=undefined&pid=1 (West End People)". I can't afford it so have put it on my list for Santa. We have another podcast coming out! Starting in March, a series of screenings and Q&As will take place at the https://www.kinodigital.co.uk/cinema-venues/kino-bermondsey/ (Kino Cinema) in Bermondsey which will be magically turned into a podcast a few days after each one. Follow the podcast athttps://kinoquickies.com ( KinoQuickies.com), follow us on https://twitter.com/KinoQuickies (Twitter )and we'd love to have you come to a screening. All you have to do is buy a https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/kino-quickies-tickets-254643364157 (ticket). The originator of Soho Bites, https://twitter.com/jinganyoung (Dr Jingan Young), has a new book coming out all about.... guess what? Films set in Soho! Get your copy at https://www.foyles.co.uk/witem/philosophy-psychology-social-sciences/soho-on-screen-cinematic-spaces-of,jingan-young-peter-bradshaw-9781800734777 (Foyles). Thank you for listening. Follow us on Twitter Email us at sohobitespodcast@gmail.com Leave us a...

Sohohoho Bites Christmas special. In this festive special, we’re talking about the much loved Christmas classic, The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992) which, according to this article, is https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/culture/article/the-muppet-christmas-carol (the greatest film ever made). In the first half of the show we meet up with Jonanathan Foster. He works at the Prince Charles Cinema, just off Leicester Square and is the co-host of the Pod Charles Cinecast. The PCC is renowned for its special event screenings including its https://princecharlescinema.com/PrinceCharlesCinema.dll/WhatsOn?f=13427144 (Muppet Christmas Carol Singalongs) which are are wildly popular. In the second half we’re off to a festive get-together of podcasters to find out what they think about The Muppet Christmas Carol (spoiler – everybody loves it, obvs) Muppet Christmas Carol https://youtu.be/JXaVI60BFJM (trailer) Different versions of the film have been released over the years. Read about those differences in https://www.filmstories.co.uk/features/the-muppet-christmas-carol-and-its-three-lost-musical-numbers/ (this article) by Mark Harrison. This https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Charles_Cinema (Wikipedia article) about the history The Prince Charles Cinema is worth a read and you can check out the current PPC season and book tickets on its https://princecharlescinema.com/PrinceCharlesCinema.dll/Home (website). You can also follow the PCC on https://twitter.com/thepcclondon (Twitter). The cinema also has a podcast called https://twitter.com/ThePCCPodcast (The Pod Charles Cinecast) co-hosted by this episode’s guest, https://twitter.com/TALL4ALL (Jonathan). A lot of people graced the Soho Bites microphone in the second half of the show talking about The Muppet Christmas Carol – many of whom (but not all) are connected to the https://twitter.com/tptvpodcast (Talking Pictures TV podcast). Click below for their Twitters… https://twitter.com/Audiojoe (Adam) https://twitter.com/KinoJoan (Dani) https://twitter.com/nash_helenanash (Helena) https://twitter.com/KevFComicArtist (Kev) https://twitter.com/mmiletours (Murder Mile Mike) https://twitter.com/stevesalesnoble (Shameful Steve) https://twitter.com/FilmswithT (Tracy) Phil is not on Twitter Thank you for listening. Follow us on Twitter Email us at sohobitespodcast@gmail.com Leave us a https://ratethispodcast.com/sohobites (rating & review) Please make a teeny weeny https://ko-fi.com/sohobitespodcast (donation)

Kent Noir. Good-Time Girl is a post war UK film noir with three main locations – Lambeth, Soho and “Soho-On-Sea” (AKA Brighton). James Harrison of https://www.southwestsilents.com/ (South West Silents) & https://www.southwestsilents.com/filmnoiruk (Film Noir UK) joins Dom to talk about the film and about Film Noir UK. The star of Good-Time Girl is Jean Kent, known throughout the 1940s and beyond as UK film’s “bad girl”. To talk about Jean’s life and career, we drop in to the BFI to meet up with curator, Josephine Botting. For a few years before she became famous, Jean Kent worked as a Windmill girl. https://dominicdelargy.files.wordpress.com/2022/01/jean-windmill.jpg (This scan) is from the autobiography of Vivian Van Damm, the long term producer at the Windmill, who sacked Jean for being “immature” and “lacking personality”. He later realised he had made a mistake! Our guest, Jo Botting, met Jean Kent in 2011 for a special screening of Jean’s 1946 romantic drama https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037578/?ref_=ttmi_tt (Caravan). Here’s the https://dominicdelargy.files.wordpress.com/2022/01/jo-jean.jpg (photographic proof) of that meeting…. In 2011, not long before she died, Jean’s 90th birthday was https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSqh31eDEuU (celebrated on local TV). In https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVI-J8KEUWM (this clip) from Good-Time Girl, Gwen meets Rosso for the first time – a meeting that ultimately has unfortunate consequences for Gwen. Good-Time Girl was based on a novel by Arthur La Bern called, “Night Darkens the Streets”. La Bern also wrote, “It Always Rains on Sunday” which was adapted https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0040481/ (for the screen) and “Goodbye Piccadilly, Farewell Leicester Square” upon which, Alfred Hitchcock’s “https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068611/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0 (Frenzy)” was based. Night Darkens the Streets is now out of print and the cheapest available copy online was £47 when last checked, so here’s https://dominicdelargy.files.wordpress.com/2022/01/book-cover.jpg (a picture of the cover) for free. Interesting article by Josephine Botting & https://www.bfi.org.uk/articles/author/84263e24-a82c-5868-a44e-d5b42a74d73c (Sarah Castagnetti) about the co-writer of Good Time Girl, https://www.bfi.org.uk/features/muriel-box-good-time-girl-street-corner (Muriel Box) Good-Time Girl is available to view for free on the brillant https://player.bfi.org.uk/free/film/watch-good-time-girl-1947-online (BFI Player) Although not always in perfect quality, there are several Jean Kent films available on the Interent Archive including https://archive.org/details/15062tbv (The Browning Version) and https://archive.org/details/c4498710322 (Caravan). Find more https://archive.org/search.php?query=jean%20kent&and%5B%5D=mediatype%3A%22movies%22 (HERE) You can follow both https://twitter.com/reeljobotting (Josephine Botting) and the https://twitter.com/BFI (BFI )on Twitter https://twitter.com/jamesmjharrison (James Harrison) is also on Twitter and so are https://twitter.com/SWSilents (South West Silents) and https://twitter.com/FilmNoirUK (Film Noir UK) You can also find both organisations on the same https://www.southwestsilents.com/ (website) Have a look at some of the locations in Good-Time Girl, courtesy of our friends at https://www.reelstreets.com/films/good-time-girl/ (Reelstreets). Since publishing the episode, https://twitter.com/CeeChampion (Caroline Champion) got in touch pointing out that Jean was in an episode of Steptoe & Son in 1970. She plays Daphne who finds herself at the centre of an unlikely love triangle. Thanks to the wonder of the internet, the whole episode is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2gQpeYb1jc (HERE). Thank you for listening. Follow us on Twitter Email us at sohobitespodcast@gmail.com Leave us a https://ratethispodcast.com/sohobites (rating & review) Please make a teeny weeny https://ko-fi.com/sohobitespodcast (donation)

Wham bam Bowie special. In this Bowie special, we talk to Del Pike about the much maligned Absolute Beginners (1986) - was the critical mauling justified? And Aiden McManus returns to the show to talk about Bowie's pre-fame years in Soho. Arriving on cinema screens on the back of an inordinate amount of pre-publicity in 1986, https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090585/ (Absolute Beginners) was, notoriously, an instantaneous disaster at the box office and was ripped to shreds by the critics. Thirty years later, freelance writer, https://twitter.com/del_pike (Del Pike) wrote an article entitled “Absolute Beginners at 30 – Was it Really So Bad?” so we had to get him on the show to talk about the film that ruined the studio that made it. Although not the star of Absolute Beginners, David Bowie provided the theme song and was a major feature of the pre-release publicity campaign. Twenty years before that, he was a struggling musician trying to make it big, and was deeply in involved in the Soho music scene. https://twitter.com/mcmanus_aidan (Aidan McManus) returns to the podcast to talk about Bowie’s Soho years. Interesting article in the https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2015/sep/21/how-we-made-absolute-beginners-julien-temple-patsy-kensit (Guardian) about the making of Absolute Beginners Read Del Pike’s 1986 article asking if Absolute Beginners was https://www.getintothis.co.uk/2016/08/absolute-beginners-30-really-bad/ (really so bad). Follow Aidan McManus on https://twitter.com/FlipLondonTours (Twitter), book a scheduled or bespoke https://www.flipsidelondontours.com/ (tour) with him and listen to his https://www.mixcloud.com/aidan-mcmanus/ (radio show) Thank you for listening. Follow us on Twitter Email us at sohobitespodcast@gmail.com Leave us a https://ratethispodcast.com/sohobites (rating & review) Please make a teeny weeny https://ko-fi.com/sohobitespodcast (donation)

Early Dors. We look at two extraordinary lives in this episode. The film under discussion is https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048772/ (Value for Money (1955)) about a naive northern man played by John Gregson who becomes captivated by a glamorous West End showgirl played by Diana Dors. Hmm…. https://www.sohobitespodcast.com/episode/soho-bites-5-rattle-of-a-simple-man-1964 (sounds familiar….) We meet Diana’s biographer, Anna Cale, to talk about the film and about the star’s tumultuous private life. Value for Money is on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-16s9dfHV4 (YouTube) As is this two part biopic of Diana - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOEEL2SV9Ak (Blonde Bombshell) One of Diana’s early boyfriends was Michael Caborn-Waterfield, known colloquially as “Dandy Kim”. The name Kim was originally given to him by nuns at his prep school to distinguish him from another Michael, a Mike and a Mick. It was Diana who dubbed him “Dandy” because of his taste in clothes and it stuck. Dandy Kim was best known for being the founder of Ann Summers but he was infamous well before that. We talk to his biographer, Nigel Hamilton-Walker Read the obituary of Dandy Kim published on the website of his Alma Mater, https://1865.cranleigh.org/michael-caborn-waterfield/ (Cranleigh School) What on earth is https://kirkleescousins.co.uk/shoddy-and-mungo/ (Shoddy and Mungo)? Don’t buy Anna Cale’s, “The Real Diana Dors” from Amazon – Jeff Bezoz definitely doesn’t need your money. Buy it https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/The-Real-Diana-Dors-Hardback/p/19091 (directly from the publishers) and get a discount while you’re at it. Read Nigel Hamilton-Walker’s biography of Dandy Kim on his https://www.inkitt.com/stories/drama/629750 (Inkitt site) Presumably for a limited time only, there appears to be one copy of Kim’s late 60s pioneering sex manual, https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Variations-on-a-Sexual-Theme-by-Terence-Hendrickson-1970s-Vintage-/153832716663 (Variations on a Sexual Theme) available to buy on Ebay. Don’t be fooled by the author’s name – he wrote it under a pseudonym to avoid publicity from the tabs. Snap it up while you can! Follow Anna Cale on https://twitter.com/real_meaning (Twitter) Have a look at the the & now locations of Value for Money courtesy of our friends at https://www.reelstreets.com/films/value-for-money/ (Reelstreets) Thank you for listening. Follow us on Twitter Email us at sohobitespodcast@gmail.com Leave us a https://ratethispodcast.com/sohobites (rating & review) Please make a teeny weeny https://ko-fi.com/sohobitespodcast (donation)

Yesteryear's Soho club-land. https://www.kcl.ac.uk/people/dr-lawrence-napper (Dr Lawrence Napper) of Kings College London met up with Dom to discuss 1937’s https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0160813/ (Saturday Night Revue). Starring https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0336931/?ref_=nm_mv_close (Sally Gray) and https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0590652/ (Billy Milton), it’s a role call of some long forgotten cabaret & variety acts of the day. That doesn’t sound promising but it’s great! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__7uo3mfen8 (Short clip) from Saturday Night Revue.  Not sure why they chose this bit to promote the film... The plot revolves around two night clubs, both called “Moons”. One is in Soho and the other is in Mayfair and is based on the Cafe de Paris. In the first half of the show, author Rob Baker returns to the show to tell us about the terrible night during World War 2 that the Cafe de Paris was bombed. A very popular performer at the Cafe de Paris was Ken “Snakehips” Johnson and he has an uncredited cameo in Saturday Night Revue. Ken gave this https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p06bsp3f (interview) to the BBC in 1940. The unexpected star of Saturday Night Revue is not even an actor – he’s a BBC producer and presenter called https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Watt_(broadcaster) (John Watt) who plays himself. His wife wrote a biography of him which was published in 1964 and it contains https://sohobitespodcast.files.wordpress.com/2021/08/john-watt.jpg (this picture.) One of the characters in Saturday Night Revue is a sound engineer at the BBC at “Radio House” (yes I know it’s called Broadcasting House – for some reason they call it Radio House in the film). There are references in the film to broadcasts of nightingales and this were a real thing. Read an article about them https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-35861899 (HERE). We have another returnee to the show – https://www.theneweuropean.co.uk/contributor/richard-luck/ (Richard Luck) of the https://www.theneweuropean.co.uk/ (New European) pops in to enthuse about his https://pictures.abebooks.com/inventory/30116407163.jpg (home town). If you’re not lucky enough to bag yourself a copy of Saturday Night Revue in our competition (listen to the episode for details) you can always spend money one it at https://networkonair.com/all-products/2017-saturday-night-revue (Network). Dr Lawrence Napper, this episode’s film expert, is a lecturer on Film Studies at Kings College London. Check out his details and published works on the https://www.kcl.ac.uk/people/dr-lawrence-napper (KCL website) and follow Lawrence on https://twitter.com/norloll (Twitter). Visit Rob Baker’s websites: http://www.nickelinthemachine.com/ (Another Nickel in the Machine) & https://flashbak.com/ (FlashBak), check out his fascinating https://www.pinterest.co.uk/mrnickel/ (Pinterest) site and follow him on https://twitter.com/robnitm (Twitter). You can also buy his books https://www.amberley-books.com/community-rob-baker (directly from the publisher). Follow Richard Luck on https://twitter.com/RMGLUCK2017 (Twitter), checkout out his https://www.theneweuropean.co.uk/contributor/richard-luck/ (contributions )to The New European and listen to his https://www.sohobitespodcast.com/episode/soho-bites-20-the-shakedown-1960 (previous appearance) on the Soho Bites. Thank you for listening. Follow us on Twitter Email us at sohobitespodcast@gmail.com Leave us a https://ratethispodcast.com/sohobites (rating & review) Please make a teeny weeny https://ko-fi.com/sohobitespodcast (donation)

Lobotomy Room special. For the first part of episode 26, we headed out to https://www.fontaines.bar/ (Fontaines) bar in Dalston (Stoke Newington if you’re an estate agent, Dalston if you’re “street”) to catch a screening of the kitsch, sexploitation B movie from 1960, https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053365/ (Too Hot to Handle). The film was one of two that its star, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0543790/?ref_=tt_ov_st (Jayne Mansfield), made in the UK that year. Jayne plays Midnight Franklin an exotic dancer at the The Pink Flamingo club in Soho and https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0312890/?ref_=tt_ov_st (Leo Genn) plays her love interest, Johnny Solo (there’s only a 28 year age difference so that’s fine then). https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000489/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1 (Christopher Lee) plays the club’s sinister manager, Novak, and Austrian actor https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0003337/?ref_=tt_ov_st (Karlheinz Böhm) plays a French reporter writing a feature on Soho nightlife. Chirpy, cockney national treasure, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0934774/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t10 (Barbara Windsor) turns up in the film as chirpy, American(!) exotic dancer, Ponytail. The screening was put on as part of “Lobotomy Room” – a regular film night at Fontaines run by Graham Russell. Too Hot to Handle was made in Eastman Colour but the only prints in circulation (that haven’t been dubbed into German) are in black & white. Here’s a https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQc1HUndP0E (taster of the colour version). We spoke to Graham briefly after the screening but met up with him in the glorious Soho sunshine a couple of days later to discuss his love of Too Hot to Handle and its star, Jayne Mansfield. Because you probably missed the screening at the Lobotomy Room, here’s the https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZ84EBpKEFg (full film) in all its black & white glory. Find out more about the Lobotomy Room https://www.facebook.com/Lobotomy-Room-972558589452637/ (HERE) Or follow Graham on https://twitter.com/bitter69uk (Twitter) for news of upcoming screenings at the Lobotomy Room and check out his sleazy, trashy http://graham-russell.blogspot.com/ (Blog). Read an interview with Graham https://todolist.london/interview-graham-russell-cult-dj-promoter/ (HERE) And if you’d care to venture to Dalston / Stoke Newington, have a cocktail at https://www.fontaines.bar/ (Fontaines). Most scenes in Too Hot to Handle, even the Soho street scenes, is shot in a studio. Have a look at the few genuine locations on https://www.reelstreets.com/films/too-hot-to-handle/ (Reelstreets). The originator of Soho Bites, https://twitter.com/jinganyoung (Dr Jingan Young), has launched a new research project. Find out all about it on the http://www.citiesincinema.co.uk/ (Cities in Cinema) website and follow the project on https://twitter.com/Citiesincinema (Twitter). Thank you for listening. Follow us on Twitter Email us at sohobitespodcast@gmail.com Leave us a https://ratethispodcast.com/sohobites (rating & review) Please make a teeny weeny https://ko-fi.com/sohobitespodcast (donation)

Just for the record. The theme of episode 25 is record shops. Soho was, for a long time (and arguably still is?) THE place to go to buy records of all genres with dozens of shops packed closely together. In the first half of the show, Dom talks to Garth Cartwright, the author of two books about record shops, about the history of the Soho record shop scene. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ru25udwTOeo (Kenny Lynch in Soho), including his shop, The Kenny Lynch Record Centre on Walker’s Court In the second half of the show. Ken Hollings talks about the 1958 B Movie, The Golden Disc – known in the US as The In Between Age. Starring Lee Patterson as Harry, Mary Steele as Joan and Terry Dene as Terry Dene, it’s a tale of https://olaf.bbm.de/nummer-19-ken-hollings-on-the-concept-of-brexit-covid-exceptional-success (Exceptional Success) as our heroes take a failing greasy spoon cafe and turn it first into a groovy coffee bar, then a record shop and finally a record label. We couldn’t find a trailer for The Golden Disc but here’s a https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAoF4f-QFl4&list=PLfY8Yi7F1iaY2v8R2xRdJUktaGEkbQMn8&index=1 (short extract) from the film Here’s a short biography of https://www.allmusic.com/artist/terry-dene-mn0001569055 (Terry Dene) and he has a https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-jnKPqQGhRtleQIIar5zpw/featured (YouTube channel)! Renown Films (otherwise knows as the great Talking Pictures TV) have a CD for sale of Terry’s music. You can buy your copy https://www.allmusic.com/artist/terry-dene-mn0001569055 (HERE) You can buy Garth Cartwright’s books on record shops https://www.foyles.co.uk/all?term=garth+cartwright (HERE), check out his https://www.garthcartwright.com/ (website) and follow him on https://twitter.com/garthcart1 (Twitter). There’s a great website called http://www.britishrecordshoparchive.org/ (The British Record Shop Archive) on which you can read about some of the shops and characters mentioned by Garth including http://www.britishrecordshoparchive.org/soho-record-centrealex-strickland.html (Alex Strickland), http://www.britishrecordshoparchive.org/harlequin-london.html (Harlequin Records), http://www.britishrecordshoparchive.org/dobells.html (Dobells) and http://www.britishrecordshoparchive.org/dobells.html (Collets). And have a look at this map of https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DHv9-TtWsAAlkT-?format=jpg&name=medium (Soho record shops). Ken Hollings has a http://kenhollings.blogspot.com/2021/02/the-german-artist-and-author-olaf-arndt.html (blog) and of course he’s on https://twitter.com/Hollingsville (Twitter). Read Ken’s essay on the The Golden Disc and the concept of https://olaf.bbm.de/nummer-19-ken-hollings-on-the-concept-of-brexit-covid-exceptional-success (Exceptional Success). Discover some of the locations in The Golden Disc (apart from the scenes shot in Walton Studios) on https://www.reelstreets.com/films/golden-disc-the/ (Reelstreets). The originator of Soho Bites, https://twitter.com/jinganyoung (Dr Jingan Young), has launched a new research project. Find out all about it on the http://www.citiesincinema.co.uk/ (Cities in Cinema) website and follow the project on https://twitter.com/Citiesincinema (Twitter). Thank you for listening. Follow us on Twitter Email us at sohobitespodcast@gmail.com Leave us a https://ratethispodcast.com/sohobites (rating & review) Please make a teeny weeny https://ko-fi.com/sohobitespodcast (donation)

Art Attack. The theme of Episode 24 is painting and painters, of which Soho has seen many. In the first half of the programme, http://davidboydhaycock.blogspot.com/ (David Boyd Haycock) joins Dom in the https://www.greeneking-pubs.co.uk/pubs/greater-london/leicester-arms-piccadilly/ (Leicester Arms) on Glasshouse Street to talk about the so called “King of Bohemia”, the artist, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustus_John (Augustus John). John was described by one of his tutors as the greatest draftsman since Michelangelo – high praise indeed! https://dominicdelargy.files.wordpress.com/2022/01/tallulah.png (Lovely photograph) of Augustus John in 1929 with Tallulah Bankhead and his painting of her. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGk9q3L1VoM (Short film) about Augustus John from the Pathe “Picture Personalities” series. In the second half of the show, writer and broadcaster, https://a2-images.myspacecdn.com/images03/25/5744e157d67f4d52afcee1ccc65d50e0/600x600.jpg (Mark Brisenden), talks about the 1950 comedy, https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0042986/ (Something in the City) starring http://www.turnipnet.com/whirligig/tv/children/other/mrpastry.htm (Richard Hearne). Richard Hearne was incredibly famous in his day, mostly for his “Mr Pastry” character who was a staple of kids radio and TV throughout the 40s and 50s. Click https://ko-fi.com/album/Something-in-the-City-publicity-material-C1C0E0ZJJ (HERE) to see a set of lobby cards and a flyer produced by https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butcher%27s_Film_Service (Butchers films) to promote Something in the City. Richard Hearne in another https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrGXZ1paB1s (short film) from Pathe Follow David Boyd Haycock’s http://davidboydhaycock.blogspot.com/ (BLOG )and check out his https://www.amazon.co.uk/David-Boyd-Haycock/e/B001JRTQYY?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_2&qid=1622755303&sr=1-2 (publications). You can follow Mark Brisenden on https://twitter.com/BrisendenMark (Twitter), buy all three series of https://www.amazon.co.uk/Flywheel-Shyster-Complete-Recreation-Brothers/dp/B07NBRBDC4/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1VPMN7CBR23RU&dchild=1&keywords=flywheel+shyster+and+flywheel&qid=1622755559&sprefix=flywheel+shyster%2Cdigital-text%2C171&sr=8-1 (Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel) on CD and download his recent book, https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B088HGQFG3/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i0 (Cybil Liberty: Radio Detective) inspired by the Golden Age of American Radio. It was whilst having a conversation with Phil from Reelstreets, that I first heard about the Something in the City and its particular Soho connection. Have a look at the locations from the film on the https://www.reelstreets.com/films/something-in-the-city/ (ReelStreets) website. Like many pubs, The Toucan has had a tough time during lockdown and will be affected for some time to come with restricted numbers meaning this small establishment will only be allowed to welcome a handful of people. Please consider donating to their Go Fund Me campaign to help https://www.gofundme.com/f/protect-the-toucan-soho (PROTECT THE TOUCAN) Buy the Mr Pastry Collection DVD box set, which includes Something in the City from https://www.renownfilms.co.uk/product/mrpastrycollection/ (Renown Pictures). The originator of Soho Bites, https://twitter.com/jinganyoung (Dr Jingan Young), has launched a new research project. Find out all about it on the http://www.citiesincinema.co.uk/ (Cities in Cinema) website and follow the project on https://twitter.com/Citiesincinema (Twitter). Thank you for listening. Follow us on Twitter Email us at sohobitespodcast@gmail.com Leave us a https://ratethispodcast.com/sohobites (rating & review) Please make a teeny weeny https://ko-fi.com/sohobitespodcast (donation)=

Youthful rebellion. Episode 23 is all about generational conflict – specifically, older people disapproving of “kids today”. In the film chat, Dom talks to members of the South Bank Talkies movie discussion group about https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054697/ (The Boys) (1962), a courtroom drama in which four young men are on trial for murder. Starring https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0840303/?ref_=tt_cl_t3 (Dudley Sutton), https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0175669/?ref_=tt_cl_t6 (Jess Conrad), https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0307821/?ref_=tt_cl_t5 (Tony Garnett) and https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0479951/?ref_=tt_cl_t4 (Ronald Lacey) as the boys, they also have to contend with the prejudice of the court & witnesses against “teddy boys”. The film has a great ensemble cast including https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0865262/ (Richard Todd) and https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0605923/ (Robert Morley) as the barristers and https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0455702/ (Roy Kinnear), https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0104183/ (Wilfred Bramble), https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0924576/ (Carol White) and https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0517084/ (David Lodge). The Shadows provided the music for The Boys and released https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMMn9xpDQfY (this EP). Watch the whole film https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQoEi0J34ic (HERE) An example from The Boys of a the https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rt-I341ys0c&t=5s (same incident viewed from different perspective) Have a look at this https://twitter.com/Jessconradcom/status/1041015242946424832?s=20 (Tweet) by one of the stars of the film about the passing of another Erratum! In the episode, I mistakenly call Tony Garnett, Tony Garrett and refer to the character called Webster as Webb. Apols. We also met up with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shanne_Bradley (Shanne Bradley), founder member of punk band, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Nipple_Erectors (The Nipple Erectors) (later abbreviated to The Nips) to hear about her time on the punk scene and how she views subsequent youth subcultures that have come along. In 2000, this restrospective compilation album of Nipple Erector and Nips songs was released: https://www.last.fm/music/The+Nips/The+Tits+Of+Soho (The Tits of Soho). https://dominicdelargy.files.wordpress.com/2022/01/image-2.png (Picture) of Shanne Bradley and Shane MacGowan taking a sheep outside Buckingham Palace Read about the history of youth subcultures at the https://museumofyouthculture.com/explore-the-history/ (Museum of Youth Culture) Peruse the filming locations of The Boys courtesy of our friends at https://www.reelstreets.com/films/boys-the/ (ReelStreets) In the discussion about The Boys, one of the participants mentioned the Lombroso theory of criminal behaviour. You can read about that https://www.historyextra.com/period/victorian/the-born-criminal-lombroso-and-the-origins-of-modern-criminology (HERE). If you’d like to hang out at the https://www.bfi.org.uk/ (BFI )with the South Bank Talkies group, wearing black polo neck jumpers, smoking cheroots whilst earnestly discussing film (it might not actually be like that….) you can find them https://www.meetup.com/BFI-Shop-Video-Club/ (HERE) The originator of Soho Bites, https://twitter.com/jinganyoung (Dr Jingan Young), has launched a new research project. Find out all about it on the http://www.citiesincinema.co.uk/ (Cities in Cinema) website and follow the project on https://twitter.com/Citiesincinema (Twitter). Thank you for listening. Follow us on Twitter Email us at sohobitespodcast@gmail.com Leave us a https://ratethispodcast.com/sohobites (rating & review) Please make a teeny weeny https://ko-fi.com/sohobitespodcast (donation)

Ola... ...and welcome to the The Soho Bites Spanish special. The film under discussion, the 1973 Rom-Com, A Touch of Class, is set partly in Spain (but also in Soho, of course, or it wouldn’t qualify to feature on the show) and stars Glenda Jackson and George Segal. In the 1970s, it was de rigueur for the writers of British sitcoms to set their big screen spin-offs in Spain. As 1000s of Brits travelled abroad for the first time, Spain was an exotic location that suddenly became within reach. A Touch of Class taps into that Spanish zeitgeist (whilst ignoring the fact that Spain was still in the grip of General Franco and was a fascist police state!) Oscar nominated composer, Gary Yershon joins us to discuss this multi-award winning hit film. A Touch of Class https://youtu.be/hWYs-jSS_a8?t=10 (trailer) Staying with the Spanish theme, we’re joined in the first half of the programme by Jan de Vries, manager of one of London’s quirkiest pubs, Bradley’s Spanish Bar on Hanway Street. As well as being one of the smallest pubs in London, it also has an interesting history and, like all pubs, has had a tough time during lockdown. Jan tells us all about it. John Cameron, who wrote the score for A Touch of Class, received an Oscar nomination for his efforts. You can hear some of the music from the film in this https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpmKbJTXDNzsEKg20B8-bCy5eJQYIJtt_ (playlist) Not only was Glenda Jackson an awesome actor, she was also a pretty awesome MP. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6NiHDDwC4o (Here she is) in excoriating form…. During the making of this episode of Soho Bites, George Segal passed away. Here’s one of the many https://www.theguardian.com/film/2021/mar/24/george-segal-obituary (obituaries )written about him. As Jan mentioned, there is a very interesting Twitter thread about Bradley’s Spanish Bar – you can find that https://twitter.com/garius/status/1251202137738162179 (HERE) And you can also follow Bradley’s on https://twitter.com/BradleysSpanish (Twitter) and check out their https://www.bradleysspanishbar.com/ (website). https://sohobitespodcast.files.wordpress.com/2021/04/bradley-e1617894606417.jpg (This picture) has pride of place in Bradley’s Spanish Bar. You can find Gary Yershon’s website http://www.garyyershon.com/ (HERE) and listen to his appearance on our other podcast Mural Morsels, in which he spoke about https://sohobitespodcast.libsyn.com/mural-morsels-09-george-melly (George Melly). The originator of Soho Bites, https://twitter.com/jinganyoung (Dr Jingan Young), has launched a new research project. Find out all about it on the http://www.citiesincinema.co.uk/ (Cities in Cinema) website and follow the project on https://twitter.com/Citiesincinema (Twitter). Thank you for listening. Follow us on Twitter Email us at sohobitespodcast@gmail.com Leave us a https://ratethispodcast.com/sohobites (rating & review) Please make a teeny weeny https://ko-fi.com/sohobitespodcast (donation)

Aliens in Soho. This is our (vegetarian friendly) Butcher’s episode and please don’t @ me about that apostrophe – it’s meant to be there because we’re talking about Butcher’s Film Services who were based in Soho for many years. In the first half of the show, Dr Laura Mayne of Hull University joins us to talk about this long departed fixture of Wardour Street. Here’s an interesting article from https://londonist.com/ (The Londonist) by https://twitter.com/zoejcraig (Zoe Craig) about the history of https://londonist.com/london/history/when-wardour-street-was-film-row (Wardour Street) as the centre of the UK film industry. In the second half of the programme we’re joined by https://twitter.com/Cevni (Cevin Moore) to talk about a 1965 SciFi/Noir/KitchenSink/PoliceProcedural called https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059504/ (The Night Caller) which was distributed by Butcher’s in their final few years Starring https://d2mjvz2lqjkhe7.cloudfront.net/as/assets-mem-com/cmi/0/6/1/7/9277160/20200730_105644937_0_orig.jpg/-/john-saxon-nashville-tn-obituary.jpg?maxwidth=650 (John Saxon) as the handsome scientist turned de facto detective and boasting some great performances from, among others, https://classictvhistory.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/publiceye2.png?w=480 (Alfred Burke), https://i.pinimg.com/564x/5d/3a/10/5d3a10e60d4a33fa0e2aef92bbc734ef.jpg (Patricia Haines), https://sohobitespodcast.files.wordpress.com/2021/03/9f736-mauricedenham.jpg (Maurice Denham), https://sohobitespodcast.files.wordpress.com/2021/03/c0b0f-warren2bmitchell.jpg (Warren Mitchell), https://sohobitespodcast.files.wordpress.com/2021/03/fba08-2istmneevc4k185z8tbl9inlj18.jpg (Marianne Stone) and https://i.guim.co.uk/img/static/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2015/7/17/1437133800047/651c3fdf-09cf-4996-966b-3fc69fedfe59-680x1020.jpeg?width=300&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=01e539978ee098b7051382bf963acece (Aubrey Morris), it’s a low budget film that punches above its weight. The Night Caller – which was called “The Blood Beast From Outer Space” in the US, was made in black & white but, for some inexplicable reason,a colourised version was released in 2011.  The Night Caller can be yours to own for ever as part of this DVD box set of vintage SciFi from https://www.renownfilms.co.uk/product/the-renown-vintage-sci-fi-collection/ (Renown Films) Discover the locations of some of the exterior scenes thanks to our friends at https://www.reelstreets.com/films/night-caller-the/ (ReelStreets). The Night Caller was based on a novel by Frank Crisp called The Night Callers (must have been more of them in the book!) https://dominicdelargy.files.wordpress.com/2022/01/nightcallers-book-cover.jpg (We love the cover….) Cevin Moore has two podcasts – check them both out. There’s the long running http://www.filmguff.com/ (Film Guff) and his new project https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/here-lies-amicus/id1497964867 (Here Lies Amicus). Laura’s new podcast, which she makes with https://twitter.com/retroramblings (Dr Adrian Smith) (who has been on the show far too many times) is called https://shows.acast.com/second-features (Second Features) and for info about her research interests, have a look at her her profile on the https://www.hull.ac.uk/staff-directory/laura-mayne (Hull University website). The originator of Soho Bites, https://twitter.com/jinganyoung (Dr Jingan Young), has launched a new research project. Find out all about it on the http://www.citiesincinema.co.uk/ (Cities in Cinema) website and follow the project on https://twitter.com/Citiesincinema (Twitter). Thank you for listening. Follow us on Twitter Email us at sohobitespodcast@gmail.com Leave us a https://ratethispodcast.com/sohobites (rating & review) Please make a teeny weeny https://ko-fi.com/sohobitespodcast (donation)

Episode 20: The Shakedown (1960) & Melanie Williams on Leigh Vance For the first episode of 2021 we’re going back to 1960 for The Shakedown, a grimy tale of a pimp turned blackmailer, Augie Cortona played by the devilishly handsome https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terence_Morgan (Terence Morgan). We’re joined by https://twitter.com/RMGLUCK2017 (Richard Luck) of the https://www.theneweuropean.co.uk/ (New European) to talk about this classic Soho noir which also stars https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000587/ (Donald Pleasence), https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0179154/ (Harry H Corbett), https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0183764/ (Hazel Court) and https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0654089/bio (Bill Owen). Richard is very keen on the artwork for The Shakedown poster and there were several different versions made for various international territories. Click https://ko-fi.com/album/Shakedown-posters-J3J6E0X8I (HERE) for some lovely old posters and lobby cards. The film contains this music interlude provided by https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eI1o6jyu4vI (Sheila Buxton). The Song is also on https://www.discogs.com/Various-Its-A-Scandal-Songs-For-Soho-Blondes/release/6907368 (this album). In this (possibly slightly spoilery) scene, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzC9DciuBGY&feature=emb_logo (Augie sets the trap) for his first blackmail victim. In the first half of the programme, we are joined by https://twitter.com/BritFilmMelanie (Melanie Williams) from the University of East Anglia to talk about the writer of The Shakedown, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0888538/ (Leigh Vance) who wrote several Soho films and was married to the first ever Bond girl. That’s Gayson. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0311013/ (Eunice Gayson). Click https://youtu.be/034f5hwLM04 (HERE) for one of Leigh Vance’s later films in its entirety – Crossplot (1969) – which Melanie Williams has a theory about…. If you want to buy The Shakedown on DVD, the cheapest option we’ve found is to buy this box set from our friends at https://www.renownfilms.co.uk/product/the-renown-crime-collection-volume-7/ (Renown Films) Although mostly shot in studios, there are a few outdoor locations in The Shakedown. Find out where they were shot, courtesy of our friends at https://www.reelstreets.com/films/shakedown-the/ (ReelStreets). Richard Luck’s books on film and music are available https://www.amazon.co.uk/Richard-Luck/e/B0034PTNKQ?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1&qid=1611594766&sr=8-1 (HERE) and the archive of his articles for the New European can be found https://www.theneweuropean.co.uk/richard-luck-26508 (HERE). Check out Melanie’s https://people.uea.ac.uk/melanie_williams?_ga=2.96373589.854209240.1560336484-428317414.1560336484 (profile) at the UEA website for information about her research and publications The originator of Soho Bites, https://twitter.com/jinganyoung (Dr Jingan Young), has launched a new research project. Find out all about it on the http://www.citiesincinema.co.uk/ (Cities in Cinema) website and follow the project on https://twitter.com/Citiesincinema (Twitter). Thank you for listening. Follow us on Twitter Email us at sohobitespodcast@gmail.com Leave us a https://ratethispodcast.com/sohobites (rating & review) Please make a teeny weeny https://ko-fi.com/sohobitespodcast (donation)

Episode 19: Smashing Time (1967) & Jago Hazzard on Carnaby Street Welcome, cool cats, to the Swingin’ 60’s special episode. For our film chat, https://twitter.com/dom_delargy (Dom )spoke to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Fantoni (Barry Fantoni) about https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0062281/ (Smashing Time), the 1967 satire / farce about https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rita_Tushingham (Brenda) and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynn_Redgrave (Yvonne), two girls from oop north seeking fame and fortune in that there swingin’ London. But according to our first guest, https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcHuNKYzVMc06FXqsBEAV3A (Jago Hazzard), they’re possibly three years too late. Jago joins Dom in a bleakly locked down Carnaby Street to find out how, when and why it briefly became the centre of the universe. You can watch the Smashing Time on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ei6vNKUJvs (YouTube) Jago is a London historian who has an extremely popular YouTube channel with many thousands of subscribers. Become one of them https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcHuNKYzVMc06FXqsBEAV3A (HERE) And you can follow him on https://www.instagram.com/jagohazzard/ (Instagram) Have a look at some of the Smashing Times locations, courtesy of our friends at https://www.reelstreets.com/films/smashing-time/ (ReelStreets) I don’t think Barry Fantoni would mind me saying he’s been around the block a few times, especially when it has resulted in such a hugely diverse career. To get a taste of just one decade of that career, you could do worse than read his recent memoir about the 1960s, https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/9781846974892?gC=5a105e8b&gclid=Cj0KCQiAzZL-BRDnARIsAPCJs71dtrNGtNk7rb1KsB-KppxmvvXTAHkzWhoa1akzvVG9dPX709_JCJkaAv_hEALw_wcB (A Whole Scene Going On) The writer of Smashing Time is George Melly. Barry https://www.ebay.co.uk/i/323966636077?chn=ps&mkevt=1&mkcid=28 (wrote a book) with him in 1980. Check out some of Barry’s https://procartoonists.org/tag/barry-fantoni/ (artwork) Read this very nice interview with him from https://www.thejc.com/lifestyle/interviews/barry-fantoni-the-1960s-rebel-who-was-cooler-than-mick-jagger-and-tom-jones-1.33984 (Jewish Chronicle) Did I mention he’s https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._J._Thribb (EJ Thribb) (age 17½)? And watch the https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHqNeUlC2Dc (first episode) of his 1966 TV show, A Whole Scene Going from 5th Jan, 1966. Actual proof that Soho Bites is https://blog.feedspot.com/bohemian_podcasts/ (third most bohemian) podcast on the planet. Those disturbing details about the life of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Mullard#Personal_life (Arthur Mullard) https://dominicdelargy.files.wordpress.com/2022/01/carnaby-map.jpg (And look at this)! Soho has been erased and renamed Carnaby (according to Google Maps) The originator of Soho Bites, https://twitter.com/jinganyoung (Dr Jingan Young), has launched a new research project. Find out all about it on the http://www.citiesincinema.co.uk/ (Cities in Cinema) website and follow the project on https://twitter.com/Citiesincinema (Twitter). Thank you for listening. Follow us on Twitter Email us at sohobitespodcast@gmail.com Leave us a https://ratethispodcast.com/sohobites (rating & review) Please make a teeny weeny https://ko-fi.com/sohobitespodcast (donation)

Episode 18: Peeping Tom (1960) & Stephen Fenerty on Pamela Green Famously, Peeping Tom (1960) pretty much ended the career of its director, Michael Powell, thanks to the universally horrendous reviews it received on its release. Also famously, the film’s reputation was rehabilitated by, among others, Martin Scorsese who counts it amongst his favourite films of all time. In this episode, https://twitter.com/dom_delargy (Dom) is joined by film producer, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0883267/ (Colin Vaines), to talk about this controversial masterpiece. Peeping Tom https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAqEn6JS-oM (trailer) The http://www.powell-pressburger.org/ (Powell & Pressburger Pages) is an excellent resource for all your P&P needs. Watch Peeping Tom now on the https://player.bfi.org.uk/rentals/film/watch-peeping-tom-1960-online (BFI Player). In the last episode, we talked to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_McGillivray_(screenwriter) (David McGillivray) about the smutty smutster, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harrison_Marks (Harrison Marks). This time, we’re talking to Stephen Fenerty about https://pamela-green.com/ (Pamela Green) – not because she was Harrison Marks’s muse (which she was) but because she has a cameo in Peeping Tom. Harrison Marks’s, Naked as Nature Intended (1961) starring Pamela Green is said to be the first British “nudie” film and it has turned up on YouTube. See it below – it’s very mild stuff but in the opinion of the enormous Soho Bites Editorial Standards team, it is unsuitable for viewing at work. *UPDATE* Naked as Nature Intended has been https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVNm-WZQi54&t=21s (removed from YouTube) for violating its Community Guidelines but…. … you can see one of Pamela’s 8mm silent “loop” films, Xcitement!, on the BFI Player https://player.bfi.org.uk/free/film/watch-xcitement-1960-online (HERE). This is also ever-so-slightly https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=NSFW (NSFW). Follow our guests on Twitter: https://twitter.com/sfenerty (Stephen Fenerty) and https://twitter.com/ColinVaines (Colin Vaines) As promised in the show, you can hear the unedited version of the conversation with Colin Vaines, including extra banging from Lewis Hamilton’s restaurant, https://sohobitespodcast.files.wordpress.com/2020/11/colin.mp3 (HERE) The originator of Soho Bites, https://twitter.com/jinganyoung (Dr Jingan Young), has launched a new research project. Find out all about it on the http://www.citiesincinema.co.uk/ (Cities in Cinema) website and follow the project on https://twitter.com/Citiesincinema (Twitter). Thank you for listening. Follow us on Twitter Email us at sohobitespodcast@gmail.com Leave us a https://ratethispodcast.com/sohobites (rating & review) Please make a teeny weeny https://ko-fi.com/sohobitespodcast (donation)