British Lion
9 April 1957
Comedy
DVD
B-
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.
