Tuesday Forgotten (or Overlooked) Films: Four Favorites

Thanks to youtube, the following four favorites (among others) are available for viewing (at least as of now) at no cost to you and in reasonably good versions.

Well, at least you can still read my review. Sorry about the black out, but that's the chance we take with youtube.



THE SEVEN DIALS MYSTERY (1981) - faithfully based on the book by Agatha Christie. A pleasurable bit of mystery nonsense about secret societies and murder among bright young things, with a wonderful cast including: Sir John Gielgud whom I could watch forever, most especially in these sorts of roles. He is SO wonderfully funny. Also starring the almost as wonderful Cheryl Campbell, Harry Andrews and James Warwick.

Link to my review.



WHY DIDN'T THEY ASK EVANS? (1980) - faithfully based on the book by Agatha Christie. Another engagingly amusing performance by Sir John Gielgud in a mystery featuring a nasty murderer adept at disguises and an inept but stalwart young hero played by James Warwick as only he can. Also starring is the always incredibly beautiful Francesca Annis as a young, take-charge titled lady known as Frankie aka Lady Frances Derwent. (She would later go on to star, along with James Warwick, in more Christie: The Tommy and Tuppence Mysteries.)

Link to my review.



COTTAGE TO LET (1941), a sprightly WWII spy mystery directed by Anthony Asquith starring John Mills, Alastair Sims and a bunch of other delightful Brits. I wrote about it a while back and described it in full - more or less - this is one of those eccentric-inventor-insists-on-working-at-home-on-a-new-bomb-sight stories. Most of it takes place at a Scottish estate and needless to say, spies are after the invention. Unassumingly wonderful and big surprise to me since I'd never heard of it before I stumbled across it a couple of years ago.

Link to my review.



TOPPER RETURNS (1941) Sequel to the first TOPPER which starred Cary Grant and Constance Bennett and took itself just the teensiest bit more seriously than this farcical second caper featuring Roland Young as Topper, but also the inimitable Joan Blondell (she's the ghost this time out), Billie Burke, Carole Landis, Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson, and two of my sinister favorites, George Zucco and H.B. Warner.

Link to my review.

Fun movies, perfect for a lazy summer afternoon or evening when you've got nothing much on your mind.

Since this is Tuesday, don't forget to check in at Todd Mason's blog, Sweet Freedom, to see what other Forgotten (or Overlooked) Films, Television and/or Audio/Visuals, other bloggers are talking about today.