Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Entertainment/2011 January 18

= January 18 =

Just William, 1940s radio series
Does anyone know where, online, I can hear any of the 1940s radio series of Just William starring John Clark? Or even just the theme-tune? Thanks. ╟─ Treasury Tag ►  high seas  ─╢ 10:41, 18 January 2011 (UTC)
 * I can only chip-in an internet search that points to it being by Leighton Lucas - X201 (talk) 12:21, 18 January 2011 (UTC)

items worth?
I have a very old version of THE GAME OF AUTHORS an am curious of its worth.Can you help? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.200.189.106 (talk) 14:57, 18 January 2011 (UTC)


 * There is a short Wikipedia article about this game: Authors (card game).  It has been through many editions with many variants; I just went to ebay and searched for authors game and found one edition listed for US$450, and another listed for US$3.99, so it all depends on which of the many editions you have, and then what condition it's in.  Comet Tuttle (talk) 18:19, 18 January 2011 (UTC)

Mihály Kormos
I wish to visually identify the actor Mihály Kormos. Imdb says he appears in Werckmeister Harmonies and The Man from London but I can't tell which characters. Google just throws up images from the films showing different people. Anyone here of sufficient Tarr-lore or Google-fu to know? Cheers,  Skomorokh   16:14, 18 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Does http://www.movies.kngine.com/person.ashx?id=IA:0466345&tab=Photos help?  Corvus cornix  talk  19:43, 18 January 2011 (UTC)
 * That looks like it could be a scrape of the Google results or at the very least bot generated as there are at least 5 different people in the gallery. The chap walking down the street and the fellow with the whale are both stills from Tarr films, but it's not clear whether either of them are Mr. Kormos. Appreciate the help nonetheless,  Skomorokh   20:32, 18 January 2011 (UTC)

Any ideas? Skomorokh  04:13, 21 January 2011 (UTC)
 * My rudimentary knowledge of Hungarian didn't help me at all. I think your best bet is to watch some of the Werckmeister Harmonies clips available on youtube (or the whole thing in one, if you can get your hands on it), and look for a character that might be identified as (maybe even called, though probably not) "Factotum". I did watch a couple, and scanned about 18 minutes of the film, but have no clear answer. I stopped watching, because I realized I'd rather see the whole film with open eyes and without wearing my ref-desk hat, some time in the future. I don't know whether it will happen, but it just felt like spoiling a potentially rich cinematic experience. The other film you mentioned, The Man from London doesn't even have a character name or reference in the credits I found online. ---Sluzzelin talk  05:45, 22 January 2011 (UTC)