Advantages: Great players and good plot, funny, charming, nostalgic Disadvantages: None for me but will be dated for some viewers
The Lavender Hill mob is yet another charming black and white comedy from the British, Ealing Studios. This film happens to be my Husband's favourite from this period and this studio. For me, although it is not my favourite, the Lavender Hill Mob certainly has much appeal.
Alec Guinness plays a typical ,gentlemanly, bank clerk of the 1950's, called Henry Holland. He appears to be shy, retiring and very much a job's worth. However behind his fastidious character lies a potential master thief, just biding his time. With a plan in mind, which has been hatching over many years, he just needs to find a means of moving the gold bullion, which he would have from such a robbery, without arising suspicion. When a new lodger moves into Henry's digs all the pieces of the plan begin to fall into place. With Mr Pendlebury the lodger and a couple ...
Advantages: Alec Guiness is fabulous, understated comedy Disadvantages: None really
Mild-mannered bank clerk Henry Holland, who oversees the transportation of gold bullion, has always had a dream of stealing some and running away. However, he knows that he cannot do it without a partner. Then Alfred Pendlebury moves into his boarding house; Pendlebury makes metal Eiffel Towers for the export market. Before long, the two of them realise that they could stage a heist, steal the gold bullion, turn it into Eiffel Towers and smuggle it overseas. And with the help of the rest of the 'mob' - Lackery and Shorty Fisher - they begin to put their plan into action. But will they get away with it, or is the plan doomed to failure?
One of the most famous of the Ealing comedies, The Lavender Hill Mob was released in 1951, directed by Charles Crichton. Somewhat scarily, it is due to be remade in 2011 - as it is such a classic film, I ...
Advantages: pretty smells good Disadvantages: none
Lavender-----------Lavendula
The name lavendula is from the latin lavare, to wash.
I smelt some lavender yesterday and thought ahhhhhh Lavender I have not written an opinion on you yet. So I have settled down to write one.
Lavender is an herb I have strong childhood memories of. My parents live in a thatched cottage a semi attached to my grandparents who are now dead the garden was combined and we had a row of about 10 lavender plants they were under the washing line. I hadn't thought about it till recent years, but I suspect my granddad planted them there to scent the washing as it was drying. As a child (40 years ago) I remember picking the lavender and putting it in the airing cupboard wrapped up in a pillowcase to dry. When it had dried and the flowers fell of the stalks, my mother would sew little bags and we would stuff ...
mumsymary 21.10.2002 (28.04.2006)
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