We are all familiar with Peter Jackson’s classic interpretation of LOTR, but did what of this little known Warner Bros 1956 adaptation. Not surprisingly it was never actually released but thanks to The Tolkein Sarcasm Pages there is now an 18 meg quicktime download. Right click and save this link

With
Humphrey Bogart as Frodo
Sydney Greenstreet as Gandalf the Grey/White
Dooley Wilson as Sam
Bob Steele as the Nazgul
Charles Waldron as Elrond
Godzilla as the Balrog
Marlene Dietrich as Galadriel
Orson Welles as Saruman
Peter Lorre as Gollum

Frodo’s stunt-double - Joseph Cotten

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BBC - Author reveals sixth Potter title

Author JK Rowling has revealed the title of the sixth book in the Harry Potter series.

The next book will be called Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince.

From the Beeb

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Common Errors In English

Do you ever egt your core with your corps with your corpse mixed up?
This site is the internet version of the book by Paul Brians. It takes many commonly mis-used English words and contextualises them properly. A nice resource.

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