Diego_Sideburns Posted January 25, 2009 Share Posted January 25, 2009 A Kind of Loving, the 1962 film directed by John Schlesinger,starring Alan Bates and June Ritchie as two lovers in 1960s Lancashire. Some of it was shot in Oldham, particularly Walshaw Street, Mumps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yard Dog Posted January 25, 2009 Share Posted January 25, 2009 Hell Is a City (B&W from 1960) was apparently shot in the St Mary's district of Oldham. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053900/#comment Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diego_Sideburns Posted January 25, 2009 Share Posted January 25, 2009 (edited) Hell Is a City (B&W from 1960) was apparently shot in the St Mary's district of Oldham. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053900/#comment That's right. Stanley Baker's home, on the steep cobbled gas-lit street, is the upper part of Crompton Street between Godson Street and Oldham Edge. The illegal coin-tossers, intercepted by police, were filmed on Oldham Edge near to Rivington Street, at the rear of the Whitehouse pub. The old stone cottage, where Baker interviews the lady in her living-room, was Henshaw Street, on the opposite side to the Whitehouse pub facing Crompton Street. Part of the Manc city centre footage was filmed in a back street where, in later years, the Hollies had a boutique. Edited January 25, 2009 by Diego_Sideburns Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frankly Mr Shankly Posted January 25, 2009 Share Posted January 25, 2009 (edited) That's right. Stanley Baker's home, on the steep cobbled gas-lit street, is the upper part of Crompton Street between Godson Street and Oldham Edge. The illegal coin-tossers, intercepted by police, were filmed on Oldham Edge near to Rivington Street, at the rear of the Whitehouse pub. The old stone cottage, where Baker interviews the lady in her living-room, was Henshaw Street, on the opposite side to the Whitehouse pub facing Crompton Street. Part of the Manc city centre footage was filmed in a back street where, in later years, the Hollies had a boutique. I've never seen Hell Is A City but I'm dying to now. It has all the classic hallmarks of a noirish thriller but with the added bonus of loads of local settings which is always good. Reading this brilliant article has gotten me salivating even more. Its also rumoured to have a scene filmed inside the Star and Garter, which is where I work. Iwannasee! Iwannasee! EDIT: and at under £4 on Amazon. Backofthenet! Edited January 25, 2009 by Frankly Mr Shankly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diego_Sideburns Posted January 25, 2009 Share Posted January 25, 2009 I've never seen Hell Is A City but I'm dying to now. It has all the classic hallmarks of a noirish thriller but with the added bonus of loads of local settings which is always good. Reading this brilliant article has gotten me salivating even more. Its also rumoured to have a scene filmed inside the Star and Garter, which is where I work. That article is brilliant! In the early 1950s, me and my mates use to walk from Stansfield Street, across Rochdale road and up Crompton Street, Coldhurst to Oldham Edge. Re the note in the article: The scene where the long dry stone wall is, was called the roman wall by us kids and the mills in the background are the the cotton mills of Shaw near Oldham. The scene where the men are scrambling down a steep slope, we kids called Hill 60 and is directly behind the roman wall. We used to collect fossils from what we believed to be a Roman road which linked to the Roman camp at Castleshaw. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikejh45 Posted January 25, 2009 Share Posted January 25, 2009 Colour? ??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidCollinge Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 Eraserhead 1977 Dir. David Lynch Dark, depressing, thought provoking. Worth a watch if never seen. ========================================== Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beag_teeets Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 Black and White minstrels do Dallas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Latics_Al Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 Night of the Hunter needs a mention, Robert Mitchums' best performance? Would also have Clerks, Psyhco, Man Bites Dog and Eraserhead on my list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yardie28 Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 Schindlers list Dam busters Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leeslover Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 Schindlers list Dam busters My dad’s cousin named his dog after the dog in Dambusters. Which turns from being somewhat offensive to being completely reckless when you consider that he was serving on the US base at Greenham Common at the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davegtt Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 Have you got colour telly in the north yet? (joke, but its the sort of thing most of my mates would say to me) ;) Raging Bull is my vote. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
footy68 Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 My dad’s cousin named his dog after the dog in Dambusters. Which turns from being somewhat offensive to being completely reckless when you consider that he was serving on the US base at Greenham Common at the time. Wasn't the dog called N*****? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leeslover Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 Wasn't the dog called N*****? Yes. Which points towards the fact that my dad's uncle was pretty hard to be able to shout after it whilst surrounded by hundreds of US servicemen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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