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It featured dancing, singing and plenty of band music in all forms : big band, jive, jazz, country, polka, Latin, pop, gospel and, of course, champagne music. The Lawrence Welk Show was one of the longest running variety shows on television, running for 27 years and still airing today on PBS. It certainly was a tale meant to be filmed in Technicolor. It is hard to imagine watching this story unfold within the confines of a stage.
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The Admirable Crichton is a very entertaining and underrated little gem that has been cast adrift by the critics. Sean Connery at the time ) plays the cockney Eliza, not unlike Eliza Dolittle and Martita Hunt, Jack Watling, Peter Graves, Gerald Harper, Mercy Haystead and Miranda Connell round out the cast. Cecil Parker is marvelous as Lord Loam Diane Cilento ( Mrs. Sally Ann Howes always seems to be running along a beach, but this time, alas, she is not singing "Truly Scrumptious". The always lovely Sally Ann Howes portrays the beautiful Mary, eldest daughter of the Loams, who finds she has lost her heart to her butler. More isn't ones ideal image of a heartthrob that three gals would be pining over, but on a deserted island he takes on the appeal of a hero and his good points do indeed shine through. It is really Britain's everyman, Kenneth More, however, who steals the show and makes this his own film. The tables are reversed as Crichton becomes the lord of the land and they the servants but when a passing ship comes to their rescue, Crichton must decide if they are to remain islanders or each return to their previous status. As the toffs accustom themselves to island life they find a new social order emerging. Thankfully, their unflappable manservant Crichton ( Kenneth More ) and a servant girl ( Diane Cilento ) are dunked overboard with them.and it is Crichton who turns out to be their savior with his resourcefulness when they are marooned on a deserted island. When a spot of inclement weather frightens the crew into bailing, the passengers are left floating in a lifeboat in the mid-Pacific to fend for themselves. In fact, it is his embarrassing "servant's tea party" that leads him to embark on a yachting voyage to the South Seas, along with his daughters, their suitors and the ship's staff. He fancies that he desires equality as much as the average working class gent.and he does, to a point. Loam is a just man - one of those easily swayed lords of the English realm. Lord Loam ( Cecil Parker ) is the father of three young women, each about to be betrothed.