See the stars in stunning black & white!
1928, UK, Black & White, 37 minutes
Written and directed by Thedderidge White
Starring Jimmy B. Blime, Connie Tine
Comedian Blime stars as a hapless astronomer who, while working late one night on the world’s most powerful British telescope, makes an error in his calculations and zaps himself and the observatory’s cleaning lady (Tine) into the closest nebula. They have several humorous escapades as they run from place to place in the nebula encountering curious species and solving their problems. The surprise is that Tine proves to be the more useful of the two, having voluminous amounts of distasteful East End back alley knowledge at her disposal. Some say this film has dated, but writer/director White’s technique of basing his aliens on recognisable ethnic minorities is still very much in use today
Watch out for – the scene where Tine shows the ladies of Omnipharlax-B how to abort unwanted parasitic brain babies with a rusty space fork.
Quote – “It’s misty up here, like back in the East End. I hope there’s no Star Ripper, I really do hope. Cause I be hard up for money.”
Reviewed by R.P. Thunderunk
