Inspector Morley Late of Scotland Yard TV Series: The Green Eye, Tod Slaughter & Patrick Barr. F350

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3 жыл бұрын

Another of the episodes of Inspector Morely Late of Scotland Yard. This was produced at Bushey Film Studios in the early 1950s, and starred the incomparable Tod Slaughter, and Patrick Barr. Some of these episodes were thought missing until recently. These were originally aired on the American network TV station WGN-TV and the broadcast dates appear below. I am unsure whether this is the first or second episode in the series (I suspect the second having seen this). However, I believe this episode has not been seen in any form since the 1950s, so please enjoy it now. (apologies for the sound, it is better, but I still struggle to get this right on these films with my equipement).
Thanks once again to Jean-Claude Michel who is an encyclopedia of knowledge on this once forgotten series, and his helpful advice.
01 - January 24, 1953 -
02 - January 31, 1953 -
03 - February 7, 1953 - The Case of the Scarlet Letters
04 - February 14, 1953 - Silent Witness
05 - February 21, 1953 - The Red Flame
06 - February 28, 1953 - Rough Justice
07 - March 7, 1953 - Murder at Scotland Yard
08 - March 14, 1953 - The False Alibi
09 - March 21, 1953 - Reilly at Bay
10 - March 28, 1953 - Dark Passage
11 - April 4, 1953 - Murder in the Strand
12 - April 11, 1953 - The Showdown
13 - April 18, 1953 - most probably "Death at the Festival" (later released in British theaters as "Murder at the grange")

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@vegas1a 2 жыл бұрын

Started the day with 2 of these rare episodes, now I have 7. Thank you for uploading these gems!🙂🙂

@maxustaxus 2 жыл бұрын

That is great....nothing like that feeling that a collection has been added to!

@footfault 3 жыл бұрын

London scenes in the 50s, such a treasure.

@lindacharles6581 3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely, I love it too.

@footfault 3 жыл бұрын

@Trevor Emmitt Thank you, this is the first time I've heard of that site.

@Prof.Tarfeather 2 жыл бұрын

@@lindacharles6581 7

@nedludd7622 Ай бұрын

Rationing was still in effect in Britain, they don't show such scenes.

@algiles881 Ай бұрын

It looks like Soho Squate where Inspector Morley's office is,.

@misyd72 3 жыл бұрын

Great-a rare one! Thanks so much for sharing!

@pauljessome5718 Жыл бұрын

Simple entertainment that does not require one to over think. Nice Paul in Canada

@rogerrendzak8055 8 ай бұрын

And what's the matter, with over-thinking???

@ERGORSE 3 жыл бұрын

Nice episode & dialogue: Spike Mulligan “the blithering idiot”...thanks maxustaxus, great channel.👍🏻

@joemackey1950 Жыл бұрын

So, that was Spike's part time job when the Goon Show wasn't on the air. :)

@moonshadow3946 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for posting these videos. Thank you also for providing captions. I really appreciate it.👏

@ausbrum 2 жыл бұрын

The US wasn't linked coast to coast until 1955, and there were a number of small independent stations which needed content. Hence programs like this one

@zaroffhound 7 ай бұрын

Tod Slaughter...like watching an evil beetle relishing your sideboard, as he chomps your drinks cabinet...

@jacksugden8190 8 ай бұрын

Would liked to have visited Hatton Garden of the 1950’s to see are entitled ‘Vintage watches’. Shame I was born in 1956 at Brentwood in Essex.

@markhughes7927 3 жыл бұрын

26:23 Great jumping snakes!

@rogerrendzak8055 8 ай бұрын

Phew😚!!! For a sec I thought, that Todd Slaughter was the copper, in this series (like the thumbnail, depicts). How would I know, as I never seen/heard of these🤔⁉️ For we all know, Todd is the 'Master', of bad😉………… I noticed that there were, a couple Sherlock Holmes plugs, in this. The 'elementary' remark, and Inspector Morley, donning a disguise (@18:28).

@alangiles2763 3 жыл бұрын

Some scenes in this film are reinactions of scenes from the 1952 film "King Of The Underworld" which gets shown from time to time on UK channel Talking Pictures (Freeview 81) - the stabbing in Reilly's office for example

@maxustaxus 3 жыл бұрын

Hi, it is possible that it is the same footage for these "parallel" scenes. I understand that there were attempts to sell the series as originally conceived in America, but when this was unsuccessful, the footage for some of the episodes was re-edited into two films (one being King of the Underworld).

@alangiles2763 3 жыл бұрын

@@maxustaxus It is wonderful that some previously thought off as lost archive material has come to light. I always remember between The Grove Family (1954-57) and Compact (1962-1965) the BBC tried another twice weekly serial called Starr & Co for much of 1958, but as these were "telerecordings" I suspect they are all lost, and running less than a year was clearly not popular. It was set in an engineering company. There is a wealth of missing material that would run rings round todays "scripted reality" shows, amateur talent contests and PC comedy. Thanks for making it available to us.

@todslaughter2 3 жыл бұрын

@@alangiles2763 This episode became story #2 in "King of the Underworld" but this is the original version. The last scene (with Patrick Barr & Tucker McGuire) was cut in the "feature" version. The second feature, "Murder at Scotland Yard", released in 1954, is still "lost", but two of the separate episodes were found, one of them has the same title as the feature, and the other being "Reilly at Bay". The missing episode is "The False Alibi". To date only four episodes are still missing (from thirteenth). The British Film Institute also has "A Ghost for Sale", made by the same director at the same studio, with the same three principal actors, but it's not part of the series. It's a horror/fantasy featurette made around large extracts from "The Curse of the Wraydons" (1946, from the same director). "A Ghost for Sale" was released theatrically circa 1954 or 1955. Another series considered as "lost" in Great-Britain - with the exception of 3 or 4 episodes - is "Fabian of the Yard" - but this is totally false, as the entire series (39 episodes, NOT 36 as wrongly mentioned on IMDb) are preserved on 16mm in the Canadian archives. Some years ago I ordered one of them, "Moral Murder", as Tod Slaughter was in this episode.

@alangiles2763 3 жыл бұрын

@@todslaughter2 Thanks for the info Jean-Claude. It is amazing how many lost films are not lost. For example a 1947 film known as Night Comes Too Soon and The Ghost of Rashmon Hall which features Valentine Dyall is often claimed to be lost, but it was shown on Channel 4 back in 1992, and I believe there was even a VHS commercial issue. Talking Pictures often find gems, so I am hoping they find that one.

@todslaughter2 3 жыл бұрын

@@alangiles2763 I have this movie since decades but I think it's still available from some website.

@nand3576 3 жыл бұрын

The advertisement at the end of the movie “US Savings Bond” an honest savings plan by US government. Not any more 401 K is a scam!

@maxb4074 Жыл бұрын

The money goes to New York now, not Washington. And the investment/brokerage guys take a nice cut.

@DavidRice111 3 жыл бұрын

Apart from The Scarlet Letters, and The Green Eye, do any other of these episodes feature Tod Slaughter? I love the guy!

@maxustaxus 3 жыл бұрын

Hi, Yes...I know that he appears to a greater or lesser extent in every one of the episodes I have posted (and I think that is five).

@todslaughter2 2 жыл бұрын

Definitely yes. He was the star of the complete series (13 episodes). To date nine of them were found.

@1234j 2 жыл бұрын

I want those savings rates!🤣

@feenix8461 5 ай бұрын

I want the savings plan.

@jimlaguardia8185 3 жыл бұрын

This series is remarkably similar to US films of the 30s, showing the Brits were about 15 years behind the Yanks in cinema.

@Spectrescup 2 жыл бұрын

It 'shows' nothing of the sort, even it might be true. This is not cinema, for a start.

@ausbrum 2 жыл бұрын

WW2 saw advances in film stock and development of 16 mm in Hollywood, so it was perfect for use in the mass production of film for tv. There was no comparable production level in the UK

@todslaughter2 Жыл бұрын

@@ausbrum Incidentally, these TV episodes were shot on 35mm, and were later shown (partially) in British theaters. It was exactly the same for "Colonel March of Scotland Yard", they were all shot on 35mm, I know it because I owned some of the episodes in this format. And the same goes for several other British series on the period.

@geoffreycodnett6570 Жыл бұрын

Pretty obvious these are cheap and cheerful shorts with unknown actors not representing UK cinema rather the supply of cheap filler for TV. Acting is pretty poor and the script lacking. UK TV at the time didn't have adverts until 1956 so generally the length of programme varied. BBC production was higher quality.

@geoffreycodnett6570 Жыл бұрын

@@todslaughter2 50s cinema usually had at least a couple of films plus newsreels and adverts. TV was limited to a single channel until 1956 when ITV arrived. The advert shows it was produced for the USA market as does the use of the word kerosene (fuel for jet engines in the UK then and now) rather than paraffin. I doubt these ever saw light of day on the BBC and only possibly as filler on ITV.