Mastodawn

I'm watching #55DaysInPeking (again) after a long hiatus & it's just as annoying now as when I 1st watched it.

While it has it's moments, it's reflective of the patronizing & racist way in which the #US film industry has depicted China & the Chinese people for nearly 100 years.

It was a blockbuster movie when it was released in 1963 & stars #CharlestonHeston, #AvaGardner & #DavidNiven & is set during the #BoxerRebellion in China during 1899-1901 which was a grass roots attempt to oust foreign "invaders" from China.

While it failed, the Boxer Rebellion is believed to have contributed to the fall of the Manchu (Ching) Dynasty & the formation of the Kuomingtang (Chinese Nationalist Party) that later fell to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) which then led to the formation of the #RepublicOfChina in Taiwan, which (of course) the CCP does NOT recognize & is just waiting to invade & retake in the name of China.

Worth watching in an historical film context but not otherwise.

Lumière en Sous-titrons!6d ago

🎬 Around the World in Eighty Days [Le tour du monde en 80 jours] (1956)

Subtitles available:
🇳🇱 Dutch
🇬🇧 English
🇫🇷 French
🇩🇪 German
🇬🇷 Greek
🇮🇹 Italian
🇵🇹 Portuguese
🇪🇸 Spanish

⬇️ Download:
https://app.box.com/s/ooubbovbnot644ahvyrphqmhgx230b99

🎞 IMDb:
https://www.imdb.com/fr/title/tt0048960/

▶️ Watch the video here 👇
https://darkiworld15.com/titles/47519/le-tour-du-monde-en-80-jours

#AroundTheWorldInEightyDays
#DavidNiven
#MichaelAnderson
#ClassicCinema
#Adventure
#Comedy
#1950sCinema

SaltiredPopcorn Jan 2

https://foritismansnumber.blogspot.com/2026/01/a-matter-of-life-and-death-1946.html

Quite good, obviously.

#blog #blogger #review #MovieReview #film #filmastodon #AMatterOfLifeAndDeath #MichaelPowell #EmericPressburger #DavidNiven #KimHunter

Michael Knox-Smith Jan 1

David Niven: The Man Behind the Balloon by Michael Munn https://mikesfilmtalk.com/2013/02/14/david-niven-the-man-behind-the-balloon-by-michael-munn/ #DavidNiven, #ErrolFlynn, #GrahamLord, #HjordisNiven, #MichaelMunn, #PaperTiger, #SeparateTables, #SheridanMorley

David Niven: The Man Behind the Balloon by Michael Munn

David Niven: The Man Behind the Balloon by Michael Munn was published in 2009. This appears to be the last of the biographies about the “grin and tonic” man so loved by many. Sheridan Morley was commissioned initially by Niven’s two sons after his death to write about their father. He had grown up knowing […]

Mikes Film Talk

50+ Music Dec 18

#OnThisDay in 1963, "The Pink Panther" film premieres, directed by #BlakeEdwards, and starring #PeterSellers and #DavidNiven, with theme music composed by #HenryMancini.

Dr. Dani Sanchez Dec 18

Annual obligatory declaration of love for David Niven’s slightly messy hair in “Bachelor Mother” (1939)
#MusComEnt #BachelorMother #DavidNiven #HappyHolidays

Show thread

Dr. Dani Sanchez Dec 17

@MatthewTitus88 David Niven is my favorite James Bond
#MusComEnt #DavidNiven

FILM TALK Nov 29

Actress Natalie Wood died 44 years ago today at age 43 while boating off California’s Santa Catalina Island with her husband Robert Wagner and actor Christopher Walken.
Pallbearers at her funeral on Dec 2, 1981, at Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetary were #RockHudson, #FrankSinatra, #LaurenceOlivier, #EliaKazan, #GregoryPeck, #DavidNiven, #FredAstaire.

TAGS: #NatalieWood #RobertWagner #ChristopherWalken #WestSideStory #Hollywood #Film #Movies #Cinema #CatalinaIsland #SantaCatalinaIsland