I have a lingering memory of a film I saw about 25 years ago that I've been trying to identify. It was a rather silly late sixties (possibly very early seventies) British bawdy comedy about a French painter travelling around the south of England on a tricycle. In one scene he persuades a female traffic warden to strike increasingly risqué poses as he paints her portrait. In another he spends an evening dancing with a young lady in a caravan on a shingle beach. Their exertions cause the caravan to dig itself into the shingle.
I have a lingering memory of a film I saw about 25 years ago that I've been trying to identify. It was a rather silly late sixties (possibly very early seventies) British bawdy comedy about a French painter travelling around the south of England on a tricycle. In one scene he persuades a female traffic warden to strike increasingly risqué poses as he paints her portrait. In another he spends an evening dancing with a young lady in a caravan on a shingle beach. Their exertions cause the caravan to dig itself into the shingle.
Ring any bells?
James Thomson
It sounds very Robin Askwith-ish.
{hmmm... that spelling doesn't look right, but it is)
Somehow more innocent in style than Askwith, and almost certainly earlier.
The painter carried his easel and paints with him on his tricycle, and also had a supply of potent but foul-tasting eau de vie with a comedy name.
The scene with the traffic warden (the portrait wasn't to her liking - both eyes on one side of her head, Picasso-style) was followed by a sequence with - I think - an RAF training flight at low altitude over the obligatory nudist colony.
Somehow more innocent in style than Askwith, and almost certainly earlier.
The painter carried his easel and paints with him on his tricycle, and also had a supply of potent but foul-tasting eau de vie with a comedy name.
The scene with the traffic warden (the portrait wasn't to her liking - both eyes on one side of her head, Picasso-style) was followed by a sequence with - I think - an RAF training flight at low altitude over the obligatory nudist colony.
Maybe Byke Kultuur Never's Big Film list would help. If not with your query, then with wasting some of your time :-)
The painter carried his easel and paints with him on his tricycle, and also had a supply of potent but foul-tasting eau de vie with a comedy name.
The scene with the traffic warden (the portrait wasn't to her liking - both eyes on one side of her head, Picasso-style) was followed by a sequence with - I think - an RAF training flight at low altitude over the obligatory nudist colony.
The name BENTINE has just popped up.
-- Peter Fox Beer, dancing, cycling and lots more at www.eminent.demon.co.uk
It's all there - tricycle, drink, nudism, seaside caravan, WPC on traffic duty (not traffic warden), portraiture. "Miklos Durti" isn't a very french name, but perhaps the beret convinced me. Well, I was only ten at the time.
It's all there - tricycle, drink, nudism, seaside caravan, WPC on traffic duty (not traffic warden), portraiture. "Miklos Durti" isn't a very french name, but perhaps the beret convinced me. Well, I was only ten at the
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Many thanks.
James Thomson
Excellent work all. Cast list a definite trip down memory lane (though the thought of Una Stubbs in risque poses has left me feeling a little queasey.)
It's all there - tricycle, drink, nudism, seaside caravan, WPC on traffic duty (not traffic warden), portraiture. "Miklos Durti" isn't a very french name, but perhaps the beret convinced me. Well, I was only ten at the time.
Many thanks.
James Thomson
"Miklos Durti" sounds like it could have been a character played by Sid James in a Carry On film set in a Greek naturist camp.
But no-one would ever believe it. Almost as unlikely as "Ed Balls".
It's all there - tricycle, drink, nudism, seaside caravan, WPC on traffic duty (not traffic warden), portraiture. "Miklos Durti" isn't a very french name, but perhaps the beret convinced me. Well, I was only ten at the time.
Many thanks.
James Thomson
"Miklos Durti" sounds like it could have been a character played by Sid James in a Carry On film set in a Greek naturist camp.
But no-one would ever believe it. Almost as unlikely as "Ed Balls".
A bit OT (well, ok a lot!) I was listening to Simon Mayo on 5live in my car the other day (sorry - comes with the job - that's the car, not the listening to 5live) when Ed Balls was giving his education speech in the House. Mayo was occasionally keeping up with what was going on in between other guests and occasionally switching across to the House so we could listen. At one point Michael Gove was giving some reaction and we were about to cross, and Simon Mayo said "We'll cross to the house to listen to Michael Gove - no we won't bother, mr Gove's just sat down and we've got Mr Balls up again." Now I thought it was great that he didn't want to listen to Ed Balls, just the people laying into him, but I laughed out loud at what sounded like the double barrelled name "Mr Balls-Up". Quite appropriate really!
