I have recently posted a still from Walt Disney’s Story of Robin Hood and his Merrie Men (1952) showing the scene where the sheriff is l...

Anthony Eustrel, Patrick Barr and Walt Disney Once again I am indebted to Neil Vessey for sending me yet more rare pictures of the maki...

Filming the final scene at Denham Studios of Robin Hood Many of us have often wished to be at Denham Studios during the filming of  The...

Joan Rice (Maid Marian) and Richard Todd (Robin Hood) These rare stills, taken from Walt Disney's live action movie The Story of Ro...

Elspeth Gill with Richard Todd in 1951 I was saddened this week to learn that Elspeth Gill passed away two years ago. Her father Alex ...

Hubert Gregg (1914-2004) was an actor, songwriter, author, director and radio presenter - among other talents - as if that isn’t enough. ...

Richard Todd, Joan Rice and Perce Pearce This blog now contains over 640 posts, so sometimes it is hard to catch-up with comments le...

The new Queen arrives back in England To celebrate our Queen’s Diamond Jubilee (and as an unashamed royalist) I would like to look ...

Elspeth with Richard Todd I was thrilled last week to finally get the chance to talk with Elspeth Gill, daughter of Alex Bryce the second ...

Above is an example of the beautiful ‘matte’ work that was used by Peter Ellenshaw for Walt Disney’s Story of Robin Hood (1952). The image...

Richard Todd in his autobiography ‘Caught in the Act’ described Disney’s live-action film the Story of Robin Hood (1952) as a ‘happy’ mo...

Neil has posted to me, yet another fascinating item from his collection. Above is an original letter heading from the legendary Denham Studi...

The Sir George Monoux College of Walthamstow, London was founded in 1527. The school was a selective boy’s grammar school until 1968 and inc...

This interesting magazine picture, was posted to me a while ago by Neil. It shows the cast in the studio filming one of the final scenes at ...

Herbert Smith (1901-1986) started sweeping the floors at Denham Film Studios in Buckinghamshire when he was 13 years old. He eventually beca...

A while ago I posted an article on The Boys' and Girls' Cinema Clubs Annual from my collection. It featured an article on two young...