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Today, Monday, starting at noon, EST, on TCM, is the 1939 version of "The Four Feathers", followed at 2pm EST by Flynn's "Charge of the Light Brigade". At 4pm EST is the all-time great "Gunga Din". A great adventure Monday on TCM.^&grin -- Al
 
Gunga Din.....one of my all time favorites! What a cast and final battle scene......one of my major inspirations as a child to play with toy soldiers.
 
Today, Monday, starting at noon, EST, on TCM, is the 1939 version of "The Four Feathers", followed at 2pm EST by Flynn's "Charge of the Light Brigade". At 4pm EST is the all-time great "Gunga Din". A great adventure Monday on TCM.^&grin -- Al

Three of my very favorite movies. I have them all on DVD. I hope they will eventually make it to Blue Ray. I have started to buy all war movies making it on Blue Ray and have about 20 so far. It is like watching the Movie for the first time on my Samsung LED Smart TV.
 
Gunga Din saved the day, again. I will watch this movie just to see the scene where Din claws his way to the top of the dome to blow the alarm on his bugle. Gets me every time. And I love the Indian lancer charge.^&grin -- Al
 
Gunga Din saved the day, again. I will watch this movie just to see the scene where Din claws his way to the top of the dome to blow the alarm on his bugle. Gets me every time. And I love the Indian lancer charge.^&grin -- Al

Just love it too.

Ludwig.

You may talk o' gin and beer
When you're quartered safe out 'ere,
An' you're sent to penny-fights an' Aldershot it;
But when it comes to slaughter
You will do your work on water,
An' you'll lick the bloomin' boots of 'im that's got it.
Now in Injia's sunny clime,
Where I used to spend my time
A-servin' of 'Er Majesty the Queen,
Of all them blackfaced crew
The finest man I knew
Was our regimental bhisti, Gunga Din.
He was "Din! Din! Din!
You limpin' lump o' brick-dust, Gunga Din!
Hi! slippery hitherao!
Water, get it! Panee lao!
You squidgy-nosed old idol, Gunga Din."

The uniform 'e wore
Was nothin' much before,
An' rather less than 'arf o' that be'ind,
For a piece o' twisty rag
An' a goatskin water-bag
Was all the field-equipment 'e could find.
When the sweatin' troop-train lay
In a sidin' through the day,
Where the 'eat would make your bloomin' eyebrows crawl,
We shouted "Harry By!"
Till our throats were bricky-dry,
Then we wopped 'im 'cause 'e couldn't serve us all.
It was "Din! Din! Din!
You 'eathen, where the mischief 'ave you been?
You put some juldee in it
Or I'll marrow you this minute
If you don't fill up my helmet, Gunga Din!"

'E would dot an' carry one
Till the longest day was done;
An' 'e didn't seem to know the use o' fear.
If we charged or broke or cut,
You could bet your bloomin' nut,
'E'd be waitin' fifty paces right flank rear.
With 'is mussick on 'is back,
'E would skip with our attack,
An' watch us till the bugles made "Retire",
An' for all 'is dirty 'ide
'E was white, clear white, inside
When 'e went to tend the wounded under fire!
It was "Din! Din! Din!"
With the bullets kickin' dust-spots on the green.
When the cartridges ran out,
You could hear the front-files shout,
"Hi! ammunition-mules an' Gunga Din!"

I shan't forgit the night
When I dropped be'ind the fight
With a bullet where my belt-plate should 'a' been.
I was chokin' mad with thirst,
An' the man that spied me first
Was our good old grinnin', gruntin' Gunga Din.
'E lifted up my 'ead,
An' he plugged me where I bled,
An' 'e guv me 'arf-a-pint o' water-green:
It was crawlin' and it stunk,
But of all the drinks I've drunk,
I'm gratefullest to one from Gunga Din.
It was "Din! Din! Din!
'Ere's a beggar with a bullet through 'is spleen;
'E's chawin' up the ground,
An' 'e's kickin' all around:
For Gawd's sake git the water, Gunga Din!"

'E carried me away
To where a dooli lay,
An' a bullet come an' drilled the beggar clean.
'E put me safe inside,
An' just before 'e died,
"I 'ope you liked your drink", sez Gunga Din.
So I'll meet 'im later on
At the place where 'e is gone --
Where it's always double drill and no canteen;
'E'll be squattin' on the coals
Givin' drink to poor darned souls,
An' I'll get a swig in hell from Gunga Din!
Yes, Din! Din! Din!
You Lazarushian-leather Gunga Din!
Though I've belted you and flayed you,
By the livin' Gawd that made you,
You're a better man than I am, Gunga Din!


Rudyard Kipling
 
No Time For Sgts on TCM tonight at 10.

That's a classic. It's held up very well over the years. Plenty of laugh out loud scenes. They had "A Face in the Crowd" on last night.
 
TCM is what amc once was,,,then again speedchannel is a shell of its own former self
 
Today, Monday, starting at noon, EST, on TCM, is the 1939 version of "The Four Feathers", followed at 2pm EST by Flynn's "Charge of the Light Brigade". At 4pm EST is the all-time great "Gunga Din". A great adventure Monday on TCM.^&grin -- Al

I wish I had joined this site earlier...I only saw "Gunga Din " once and always wanted to see it again....I never forgot the the last stand on top of the temple and Gunga Din blowing the bugle and saving the day "Your a better man than I am Gunga Din " said the General and that phase was around for years and years......I have seen the other movies on TCM at some stage or other but missed Gunga Din.....anyway I can always consule myself with all the U beaut Errol Flynn movies....did you know Errol tried to join the army but was found to be medically unfit for some reason.....I reckon he would have made a good digger.....cheers Tom
 
I wish I had joined this site earlier...I only saw "Gunga Din " once and always wanted to see it again....I never forgot the the last stand on top of the temple and Gunga Din blowing the bugle and saving the day "Your a better man than I am Gunga Din " said the General and that phase was around for years and years......I have seen the other movies on TCM at some stage or other but missed Gunga Din.....anyway I can always consule myself with all the U beaut Errol Flynn movies....did you know Errol tried to join the army but was found to be medically unfit for some reason.....I reckon he would have made a good digger.....cheers Tom
Tom, I remember reading somewhere that Flynn had a heart condition (amongst other problems), that kept him from being able to join. -- Al
 
Errol Flynn often took a lot of stick for some of the films he made - and the fact that he never served in any of the military Services. However, in all fairness to him, it wasn't for the want of trying. He did try to join the Army, then Army Air Corps, Navy and Marines (even changing his Nationality to American in the 1940's - as he was born in Tasmania) but was refused entry on medical grounds each time.

Firstly, he had re-curring bouts of Malaria, through his life, put down to working in his teens and twenties in unhealthy environments. He also suffered from tuberculosis. However, the clincher came when Warner brothers tried to insure him, when he was on their movie payroll during the 1930's. he was then found to be in the initial stages of congestive heart failure - the disease which eventually killed him at age 50.

So - don't blame poor young Errol for the film innaccuracies perhaps - but the writers and producers who came up with them. jb
 
Errol Flynn often took a lot of stick for some of the films he made - and the fact that he never served in any of the military Services. However, in all fairness to him, it wasn't for the want of trying. He did try to join the Army, then Army Air Corps, Navy and Marines (even changing his Nationality to American in the 1940's - as he was born in Tasmania) but was refused entry on medical grounds each time.

Firstly, he had re-curring bouts of Malaria, through his life, put down to working in his teens and twenties in unhealthy environments. He also suffered from tuberculosis. However, the clincher came when Warner brothers tried to insure him, when he was on their movie payroll during the 1930's. he was then found to be in the initial stages of congestive heart failure - the disease which eventually killed him at age 50.

So - don't blame poor young Errol for the film innaccuracies perhaps - but the writers and producers who came up with them. jb
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Your right about Errol trying to join the service's...he was classified as 4f as the Yanks put it...he picked up the malaria in New Guinea....no preventive's those days....I heard a story about Errol in NG....we all know he was a bit of a lad....he ran up a large bill with one of the pubs.....when he hit the bigtime in the movies he supposedly sent a signed photo of himself to the pub owner....the pub owner is supposed to have hung the picture on the inside of the toilet door...I heard that story from an old guy when I was a young guy....I believe it !... ....TomB
 

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