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1962 Cary Grant Movie Set In Bermuda

1962 Cary Grant Movie Set In Bermuda

The 1962 romantic comedy “That Touch Of Mink” stars Cary Grant and Doris Day — but features Bermuda in an important supporting role. When Grant’s business tycoon character attempts to seduce the virginal object of his desire, unemployed computer operator Cathy Timberlake [Day], he whisks her off for a liasion in Bermuda —... Read more of this article

Historical Video: Mandrake’s Bermuda Adventure

Historical Video: Mandrake’s Bermuda Adventure

A good magician never reveals his tricks — including the geographic sleight of hand which allowed the pilot episode of a proposed TV series based on comic strip conjurer/adventurer Mandrake to be filmed largely in Bermuda despite the fact the story takes place in the US. The 1954 “Mandrake The Magician” pilot starred professional stage... Read more of this article

Video: ‘Falling In Love’ In Bermuda

Video: ‘Falling In Love’ In Bermuda

An unofficial new  video for Pink Martini’s Hollywood-style signature song “Let’s Never Stop Falling In Love” plays out against a romantic Bermuda movie background. Using footage from the 1979 Oscar-nominated comedy/drama “Chapter Two”, the video features that film’s stars James Caan and Marsha Mason at a variety... Read more of this article

Screening of ‘Where the Whales Sing’

Screening of ‘Where the Whales Sing’

Documentarian Andrew Stevenson has a whale of a tale to tell about the migratory humpbacks which visit the island every year — and this week the award-winning naturalist and author will be screening his film “Where the Whales Sing” at the Bermuda College. The screening is on Thursday [Nov.17] from 6.30-8.30 at North Hall G301. Tickets are... Read more of this article

New Teddy Tucker Book’s A ‘Treasure’ Trove!

New Teddy Tucker Book’s A ‘Treasure’ Trove!

Diver Teddy Tucker is renowned around the world for his treasure-hunting adventures while Bermudians  have long considered him a national treasure. As “Jaws” author Peter Benchley once said, Teddy Tucker’s legendary undersea exploits helped bring Bermuda to the attention of the world — and helped to bring the world to Bermuda. Now... Read more of this article

TV Academy Spotlights Arthur Rankin

TV Academy Spotlights Arthur Rankin

He optimistically called his new animation technique “Animagic”. It’s been almost 50 years since writer/director/producer Arthur Rankin Jr. launched his improbably successful career with little more than the rights to a Christmas novelty song, a felt-covered, lightbulb-nosed reindeer puppet and the sort of boundless faith which marks... Read more of this article

Cilento’s Star-Making Bermuda Role

Cilento’s Star-Making Bermuda Role

She arrived in Bermuda in 1956 as a virtual unknown to play a castaway Edwardian servant girl in a film being shot here and found stardom — and, indirectly, love with Sean Connery — as a result of her time on the island. Diane Cilento, the Australian actress who was propelled to international celebrity after appearing in the Bermuda-made... Read more of this article

“Where the Whales Sing” Wins In Croatia

“Where the Whales Sing” Wins In Croatia

Continuing to pick up accolades, the Bermuda-made documentary “Where the Whales Sing” has won two more awards, this time at a Croatian Film Festival. The film won the Best Environmental Film Award and Special Audience Award at the International underwater film festival “Bijeli lav” held in Rovinj, Croatia this past weekend. Filmmaker... Read more of this article

BUEI Donates DVDs To Schools, Libraries

BUEI Donates DVDs To Schools, Libraries

Today [June 8] the Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute [BUEI] presented Bermuda’s public schools and libraries with a set of four DVD’s each. Minister of Environment, Planning and Infrastructure Strategy Walter Roban said, “It gives me great pleasure to be here today, as the Minister responsible for the Environment, for the presentation... Read more of this article

Mr. Happy Man Gets Happy Results

Mr. Happy Man Gets Happy Results

Wherever you may see him, no matter if the weather is rain, blow or shine; it seems that many people are in love with Johnny Barnes. Internationally known as Mr. Happy Man, Johnny Barnes, an 85-year-old resident of Bermuda, has dedicated his life to bringing a smile to people’s faces. For nearly three decades, Johnny Barnes spends hours waving,... Read more of this article

Indian Movie Released: No Bermuda Sequences

Indian Movie Released: No Bermuda Sequences

Ramesh Varma’s film Veera was released in India today [May 20] to high publicity and mostly poor reviews. The film was reportedly set to contain two song sequences shot in Bermuda earlier this year. However, it appears that the Bermudian sequences never materialized – despite two announcements that shooting here would soon commence. The song sequences... Read more of this article

Video: “Poverty in Paradise: The Price We Pay”

Video: “Poverty in Paradise: The Price We Pay”

A new documentary provides compelling first-hand accounts of the growing impact poverty is having on Bermuda — including an interview with a single mother who slept in caves while she was pregnant because she could not afford rent. Bermudian.documentary filmmaker Lucinda Spurling’s “Poverty in Paradise: The Price We Pay” will... Read more of this article

Whale Documentary Screens in Washington

Whale Documentary Screens in Washington

Andrew Stevenson’s “Where the Whales Sing” screened at the Nations Capital Environmental Film Festival earlier this month, with Mr Stevenson invited to present the film at the Washington DC film festival. Some 400 schoolchildren, parents, and teachers came to the THEARC theatre complex in South East Washington DC to watch the screening. Mr... Read more of this article

Johnny Barnes Film to Screen in U.S.

Johnny Barnes Film to Screen in U.S.

He’s the man who has taken the Bermudian emphasis on “Good morning!” to its logical extreme — and earned the love and admiration of thousands of Bermuda residents and visitors in the process. Now the world is about to be introduced to Johnny Barnes — retired bus driver and Hamilton commuters’ morning  greeter at... Read more of this article

Teddy Tucker: Grand Old Man And The Sea

Teddy Tucker: Grand Old Man And The Sea

Author Peter Benchley – whose 1976 bestseller “The Deep” and the subsequent blockbuster movie adaptation were inspired by his friend’s maritime exploits – once said Teddy Tucker had brought Bermuda to the world and the world to Bermuda. Mr. Tucker, now  in his 80s, has been diving on shipwrecks locally and internationally... Read more of this article

Bermuda Whale Film DC Festival Selection

Bermuda Whale Film DC Festival Selection

Bermuda documentarian Andrew Stevenson’s award-winning ”Where The Whales Sing” — which paints an intimate cinematic portrait of the humpback whales as they migrate past the island at spring – has been selected to screen at the upcoming 19th Environmental Film Festival in Washington, DC. For the past three years Mr.... Read more of this article