67 years ago:
23 Paces to Baker Street (US)
Philip Hannon, a blind playwright living in London, overhears part of a conversation , that leads him into a desperate race, to find a kidnapped child. When he gets no help from the police, he along with his butler, and his ex fiancée, attempt to track down the crooks.
1956-05-18
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/71171
#23PacestoBakerStreet #HenryHathaway #VanJohnson #VeraMiles #CecilParker #20thCenturyFox #ClassicFilm

I must admit to a certain pleasure in listening to recordings of the 1957 programmes of the mystery series 'A Case for Dr Morelle' on BBC Radio 4 Extra.

The mysteries are not very difficult to figure out, and the scripts revel in rather blatant stereotypes, but I find great amusement in the performance of Cecil Parker, who gets the opportunity to ham it up as Dr Morelle (and such hamminess is exactly what the role required).

#BBCRadio4Extra #DrMorelle #CecilParker

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0949879

86 years ago:
Storm in a Teacup (UK)
A local politician in Scotland tries to break the reporter who wrote a negative story about him, and who is also in love with his daughter.
1937-02-25
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/57662
#StorminaTeacup #VivienLeigh #RexHarrison #CecilParker #ClassicFilm #ClassicMovies #Movies #Film

Got an early morning tomorrow but thought I would share a YT #classicmovie #screwballcomedy from #BOTD #PhyllisCalvert- who is very charming as #IngridBergman's sister in "Indiscreet" w/ #CaryGrant. Phyllis is pictured here with #CecilParker and Ingrid.

INDISCREET is on YouTube:
bit.ly/3zn056p

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65 years ago:
A Tale of Two Cities (UK)
British barrister Sydney Carton lives an insubstantial and unhappy life. He falls under the spell of Lucie Manette, but Lucie marries Charles Darnay. When Darnay goes to Paris to rescue an imprisoned family retainer, he becomes entangled in the snares of the brutal French Revolution and is himself j...
1958-02-07
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/4701
#ATaleofTwoCities #DirkBogarde #IanBannen #CecilParker #ClassicFilm #ClassicMovies #Movies #Film