Sunday, February 26, 2023

The Smallest Show on Earth AKA Big Time Operators

The Smallest Show on Earth AKA Big Time Operators
British Lion
9 April 1957
Comedy
DVD
B-


A sweet funny little story about old movies and old movie theatres, but with a dark undertone.  I sort of hoped that the young couple would keep the cinema and start showing silents, too, since it's definitely the sort of place I would've liked to go.  (A 99-cent-for-triple-features theater in the '90s is the closest experience I've had.)  One thing I've learned in this project is that my tolerance for Peter Sellers is much lower than when I was young, but he does well playing an old man when he was actually 31.  And Margaret Rutherford is as adorably dotty as ever.  Basil Dearden directed.

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