Sim BarrJun 7, 2025

'We're Bloody Marvelous!'

A Taste of Honey (1961)

Great moments in film ... Rita Tushingham & Murray Melvin won Best Acting Awards at Cannes + director Tony Richardson won a BAFTA for Best Film. One of my favorite films

#atasteofhoney #film #greatperformances #filmclip #ritatushingham #murraymelvin #greatmomentsinfilm #cinema #baftawinner #canneswinner #favoritefilms #queerfilms #happypride #pridemonth

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Also: It's interesting to think about the progress from the time between #TheLeatherBoys and #SmashingTime .

In THE LEATHER BOYS (1964), they can't even verbalize "gay", but by the time SMASHING TIME (1967) rolls around, there are several openly #LGBTQ characters - including #MurrayMelvin ! - in small roles.

Paul CowdellApr 16, 2023
The passing of the great #MurrayMelvin is truly distressing. He was a wonderful actor, utterly committed to something new and exciting. His continued presence at the Theatre Royal wasn't just a nostalgist exercise, even when he was one of only a couple of people there who went back to the Littlewood days: he was in the house for new shows, checking the audiences, catching your eye as if to ask 'What do you think?' in that completely serious and honest Littlewood way. His presence was a commitment to the theatre's future as well as its past and present. A great man.
CineRequiem.comApr 16, 2023

Sad to hear the great, unique #MurrayMelvin has passed. The English film, television and theatre actor / director and author collaborated memorably with Ken Russell, Tony Richardson, Peter Medak, Stanley Kubrick and Lewis Gilbert, often as repressed and offbeat characters, including Father Mingnon in #TheDevils (1971) and the owner of a haunted mansion in Stephen Weeks' distinctive #GhostStory (1974).

#RIP #InMemoriam #CineMastodon

Scottish LassApr 16, 2023
A Taste Of Honey: 50 years on (2011) | Samira Ahmed: Journalist, Writer, Broadcaster
RIP #MurrayMelvin
#SamiraAhmed #RitaTushingham #ShelaghDelaney #Film #ATasteOfHoney
https://www.samiraahmed.co.uk/a-taste-of-honey-50-years-on/
Vivienne DunstanApr 15, 2023
RIP actor #MurrayMelvin. We will rewatch his first #Torchwood appearance tonight. That was already due for a watch soon, next in a rewatch. What a marvellous career he had.