RARE 1968 Movie magazine - Films and Filming

 This is a rare magazine for people that love reading about film culture.  This is a UK magazine called FILM AND FILMING, dated October 1968.  If you are looking for a MINT publication, this is definitely not for you, as there's wear-tear, and it's missing a page (57-58).  On the cover, it's advertised as "92 pages 120 pages," but it's not accurate any more.... 

That being said, it's a good read for the right person that appreciates this sort of thing, and I couldn't find any major rips or stains.   Here's a run-down of what's in this issue:

The cover is from the movie "Le Grabuge" directed by Edonard Luntz, starring Patricia Gozzi & Julie Dassini.   I haven't actually seen this movie,  but it's about a young girl who in her daydreams, revolts against her family and society.



Among articles, we've got:

Peter Ustinov talking to Robin Bean about why he doubts that film is an art form (how dare he!)

A full page ad for "Gone with the Wind," now in the splendour of 70mm wide screen and full stereophonic sound

A photo-rich article on "The Birds Come to Die in Peru," including a photo of Jean Seberg, who plays a nymphomaniac seeking fulfillment and never finding it.   This was the first feature film directed by Romain Gairy, based one of his short stories.



Raymond Durgnat writes an article entitled "Style and the Old Wave," which references works by John Ford, Cecil B. De Mille, Buster Keaton, Sergei Eisenstein, Leni Riefenstahl, Joris Ivens, Orson Welles, Fritz Lang, and lot of other important film directors.

"Finian's Rainbow," a musical directed by Francis Ford Coppola gets a write-up with photos, and a page of advertisement for the soundtrack and showings at the Odeon.

"Charly," the film based on Flowers for Algernon, gets two pages of photos.

"Howard Hawks" talks about directing westerns with David Austen.

"Arabella," the film directed by Mauro Bolognini, gets two pages of photos.

Ken Gay writes about the Industrial Film Festival, which focused on specific British documentaries.

"Girl on a Motorcycle," a film starring Alain Delon and Marianne Faithful, directed by Jack Cardiff, gets a 2 page review and a half page advertisement.


"The Detective," a movie starring Frank Sinatra, directed by Gordon Douglas, gets two pages of photos, a full review, and a very cool half page advertisement.


"The Sweet Body of Deborah," a film directed by Romolo Guerriieri gets 2 pages of photos.

Somewhere on page 48, Venessa Redgrave is wearing a blanket that's about ready to fall off.

On page 53, there's an advertisement for three pornographic movies from Amanda Films Ltd - "Madchen Madchen," "A Woman Is A Woman" and "Young Torless."


"Oliver" the film directed by Carol Reed, based on the stage musicial by Lionel Bart, inspired by the book by Charles Dickens, gets  2 pages of photographs.

Leslie Halliwell has a 5 page article entitled "Over the Brink."

"The Golden Pill" a film directed by Horst Manfred Aldoff, gets a page of photographs.   It's a film based on the contraceptive pill, showing the experiences of three young schoolgirls and their boyfriends.  LOOK -  there's a photo of a naked girl being chased by a bunch of guys being driven around in a steam shovel!  AND a woman losing her bra!  Woo-hoo!



There's a full page ad for "most outstanding book on cinema ever published" - Hitchcok by Francis Truffaut.

Lionel Godfrey writes about "The Good and the Bad" in his column on film music soundtracks, with an ad on the the next page for United Artists Records, that showcases soundtracks for "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang," "The Good The Bad & the Ugly," and "Hang 'Em High."

"Five From France" is a photo spread on French films.

"Italy's Angry Young Directors" is a topic of a 7 page article by John Francis Lane.

"Spillane's Violent World" is an article by Allen Eyles that focuses (mostly) on Mike Hammer, the detective in "Kiss Me Deadly" a film based on a Mickey Spillane book.

There's a full page advertisement for Air-India, inviting you to borrow a choice of 7 entertaining and instructive films from "the airline that treats you like a Mahrajah."  I believe this was before the term "Bollywood" was embraced by the film community of India.

Bear with me for any typos or mispellings in this description....  I tried to be comprehensive about this, as I figured someone out there would appreciate all these words I've typed...