I especially looked for jamoon when I visited Guyana. But I was only able to find some real "kasa" ones
Love Jamoons
I especially looked for jamoon when I visited Guyana. But I was only able to find some real "kasa" ones
Love Jamoons
Good morning.
Today we shall have a short and simple quiz. I have an appointment late morning.
There was a Chinese Sports Club and also an East Indians Cricket Club in Guyana. After Independence both were renamed. What were the new names? I shall recognize only 2 correct answers.
Good morning.
Today we shall have a short and simple quiz. I have an appointment late morning.
There was a Chinese Sports Club and also an East Indians Cricket Club in Guyana. After Independence both were renamed. What were the new names? I shall recognize only 2 correct answers.
Good morning
East Indian Cricket Club renamed Everest Cricket Club
Chinese Sports Club renamed Cosmos Sports Club
Good morning.
Today we shall have a short and simple quiz. I have an appointment late morning.
There was a Chinese Sports Club and also an East Indians Cricket Club in Guyana. After Independence both were renamed. What were the new names? I shall recognize only 2 correct answers.
Good morning
East Indian Cricket Club renamed Everest Cricket Club
Chinese Sports Club renamed Cosmos Sports Club
Correct.
Congrats!!
Have a nice day, everyone.
Congrats, Anjali
Good morning.
Today we shall have a short and simple quiz. I have an appointment late morning.
There was a Chinese Sports Club and also an East Indians Cricket Club in Guyana. After Independence both were renamed. What were the new names? I shall recognize only 2 correct answers.
Good morning
East Indian Cricket Club renamed Everest Cricket Club
Chinese Sports Club renamed Cosmos Sports Club
Correct.
Congrats!!
Have a nice day, everyone.
Thanks Sir Gil, have a nice day too
Congrats, Anjali
Thanks Riya
Good morning.
Who wants to be a movie star? Yes, you can.
Gilbakka once auditioned for the movie Anmol Bandhan. The auditioner played he was shooting G and told him to drop dead. G didn't drop the way the man wanted so he lost a role.
Anyway, let's move on to our quiz today.
Up to the 1970s Hope Estate on East Coast Demerara was a coconut plantation owned by the Sankar family. The workers in that plantation lived in logies. In the 1960s a young man from one of those logies travelled to Hollywood in the USA to pursue his dream. As it turned out, he got roles in five movies between 1969 and 1980. One of them was Adios Sapata [1970] starring Oscar winning actor Yul Brynner. What is the name of that Guyanese young man?
Good morning, Sir.
We almost had a star among us
Joseph Persaud
Good morning.
Who wants to be a movie star? Yes, you can.
Gilbakka once auditioned for the movie Anmol Bandhan. The auditioner played he was shooting G and told him to drop dead. G didn't drop the way the man wanted so he lost a role.
Anyway, let's move on to our quiz today.
Up to the 1970s Hope Estate on East Coast Demerara was a coconut plantation owned by the Sankar family. The workers in that plantation lived in logies. In the 1960s a young man from one of those logies travelled to Hollywood in the USA to pursue his dream. As it turned out, he got roles in five movies between 1969 and 1980. One of them was Adios Sapata [1970] starring Oscar winning actor Yul Brynner. What is the name of that Guyanese young man?
Joseph Persaud.
Good morning.
Who wants to be a movie star? Yes, you can.
Gilbakka once auditioned for the movie Anmol Bandhan. The auditioner played he was shooting G and told him to drop dead. G didn't drop the way the man wanted so he lost a role.
Anyway, let's move on to our quiz today.
Up to the 1970s Hope Estate on East Coast Demerara was a coconut plantation owned by the Sankar family. The workers in that plantation lived in logies. In the 1960s a young man from one of those logies travelled to Hollywood in the USA to pursue his dream. As it turned out, he got roles in five movies between 1969 and 1980. One of them was Adios Sapata [1970] starring Oscar winning actor Yul Brynner. What is the name of that Guyanese young man?
Good morning
Wow Sir you are still a star
Joseph Persaud
Good morning.
Who wants to be a movie star? Yes, you can.
Gilbakka once auditioned for the movie Anmol Bandhan. The auditioner played he was shooting G and told him to drop dead. G didn't drop the way the man wanted so he lost a role.
Anyway, let's move on to our quiz today.
Up to the 1970s Hope Estate on East Coast Demerara was a coconut plantation owned by the Sankar family. The workers in that plantation lived in logies. In the 1960s a young man from one of those logies travelled to Hollywood in the USA to pursue his dream. As it turned out, he got roles in five movies between 1969 and 1980. One of them was Adios Sapata [1970] starring Oscar winning actor Yul Brynner. What is the name of that Guyanese young man?
Joseph Persaud.
Correct. Joseph P. Persaud. He played the role of Gitano, a Mexican revolutionary in Adios Sapata.
Joseph Persaud was the character Juanito in the 1969 movie Burn starring Marlon Brando.
In the 1972 movie A Reason to Live, A Reason to Die starring James Coburn and Telly Savalas, JPP played the role as Apache.
In the 1980 movie Zombie Holocaust JPP acted as Cannibal Orderly.
In the movie Paths of War, he was an Indian Chief.
Here is a pic of Joseph P. Persaud as Apache:
And here he is:
Congrats, Mars!!
Good morning.
Who wants to be a movie star? Yes, you can.
Gilbakka once auditioned for the movie Anmol Bandhan. The auditioner played he was shooting G and told him to drop dead. G didn't drop the way the man wanted so he lost a role.
Anyway, let's move on to our quiz today.
Up to the 1970s Hope Estate on East Coast Demerara was a coconut plantation owned by the Sankar family. The workers in that plantation lived in logies. In the 1960s a young man from one of those logies travelled to Hollywood in the USA to pursue his dream. As it turned out, he got roles in five movies between 1969 and 1980. One of them was Adios Sapata [1970] starring Oscar winning actor Yul Brynner. What is the name of that Guyanese young man?
Good morning
Wow Sir you are still a star
Joseph Persaud
You get second prize.
Good morning.
Who wants to be a movie star? Yes, you can.
Gilbakka once auditioned for the movie Anmol Bandhan. The auditioner played he was shooting G and told him to drop dead. G didn't drop the way the man wanted so he lost a role.
Anyway, let's move on to our quiz today.
Up to the 1970s Hope Estate on East Coast Demerara was a coconut plantation owned by the Sankar family. The workers in that plantation lived in logies. In the 1960s a young man from one of those logies travelled to Hollywood in the USA to pursue his dream. As it turned out, he got roles in five movies between 1969 and 1980. One of them was Adios Sapata [1970] starring Oscar winning actor Yul Brynner. What is the name of that Guyanese young man?
Good morning
Wow Sir you are still a star
Joseph Persaud
You get second prize.
thanks but Riya had the first correct answer and I should be third.
Good morning.
Who wants to be a movie star? Yes, you can.
Gilbakka once auditioned for the movie Anmol Bandhan. The auditioner played he was shooting G and told him to drop dead. G didn't drop the way the man wanted so he lost a role.
Anyway, let's move on to our quiz today.
Up to the 1970s Hope Estate on East Coast Demerara was a coconut plantation owned by the Sankar family. The workers in that plantation lived in logies. In the 1960s a young man from one of those logies travelled to Hollywood in the USA to pursue his dream. As it turned out, he got roles in five movies between 1969 and 1980. One of them was Adios Sapata [1970] starring Oscar winning actor Yul Brynner. What is the name of that Guyanese young man?
Joseph Persaud.
Correct. Joseph P. Persaud. He played the role of Gitano, a Mexican revolutionary in Adios Sapata.
Joseph Persaud was the character Juanito in the 1969 movie Burn starring Marlon Brando.
In the 1972 movie A Reason to Live, A Reason to Die starring James Coburn and Telly Savalas, JPP played the role as Apache.
In the 1980 movie Zombie Holocaust JPP acted as Cannibal Orderly.
In the movie Paths of War, he was an Indian Chief.
Here is a pic of Joseph P. Persaud as Apache:
And here he is:
Congrats, Mars!!
Riya had the correct answer before I did. The one day I see a quiz before anybody answers it and I give the correct answer. Lo and behold, dem girls are quick on the draw.
My father in law was an actor in his younger days and had a part in the 1951 Hollywood production of the classic novel Native Son.
its all good
Here's a trivia about Joseph P. Persaud. When he learnt that Adios Sapata had reached Guyana, he sent $500 to his parents at Hope Estate and instructed them to take everyone in the plantation to Gem cinema at Enmore to watch the movie.
Good morning, Sir.
We almost had a star among us
Joseph Persaud
My profound apology, Riya. I missed your post. I was eagerly making notes about JPP's career and when I saw Mars' post I pounced on it.
Now yuh know why I didn't get the Anmol Bandhan role. Me stupiddy and paglee.
its all good
Thanks for being a good sport.
That's all for today.
I just lash up me head.
Movie review for 1951 classic Native Son with Guyanese actor Leslie Straughn. His cousin is Ramjohn Holder who played Porkpie in the British TV comedy The Desmonds.
http://movies.nytimes.com/movi...5BC1A9609C946092D6CF
MOVIE REVIEW
Published: June 18, 1951
"Native Son," a novel stemming from passion, conviction and genius and a work that a decade ago was translated into a shattering and compelling drama, has emerged as a sincere but strangely unconvincing film. Perhaps Mr. Wright who is the ill-fated hero of this screen transcription, which began a stand at the Criterion on Saturday, is less of an actor than he is a novelist and playwright.
Obviously, his cast does not, by and large, attain the stature of his glowing words and thoughts. For their speeches merely relate this story of a sensitive Negro's revolt against social maladjustment and bigotry without depth and true feeling. And its murder melodramatics are muscular and only occasionally professional.
Since Mr. Wright fashioned mightily once, it is not odious to compare this present version of "Native Son" with those that preceded it. He is following the general blueprint laid down in the novel and the play. His Bigger Thomas is a man with dreams but these are dreams that are anchored to Chicago's "black belt," an area where one does the kind of "work that is marked out for him."
Psychologically he is a man in revolt against the brutal exploitation of the white man, but that psychological basis for his subsequent actions is never made explicit by deed or nuance. It is simply told. He attempts to engineer a stick-up and desists because he is afraid. Bigger and his cohorts let the viewer know this in a sentence and some amateurish play acting.
Although he eventually finds a tragic surcease in man-made death, his bewilderment and the motivations for his crimes are never made completely lucid. He is still a frightened youth who accidentally smothers his employer's comely daughter and then, in his panic, tries to cover up the horrible deed because "all my life I heard of black men being killed because of white girls."
The patsy he chooses in his terror is the boy friend of the deceased girl, a man who in the book was definitely leftist but now is vaguely referred to as a labor leader. But in all fairness it must be said that Mr. Wright is not confused about him. He is no bigot and a man who honestly wants to help the Negroes. As in the book, Bigger attempts to collect ransom for the supposedly missing heiress and later, when the murder is revealed by reportersβthe long arm of coincidence is stretched considerably hereβhe flees into hiding with his singer-girl friend. And he kills her too, under the mistaken suspicion that she has led the police to his sanctuary.
Pierre Chenal, who has directed some noteworthy films in France and has worked in South America, has turned in a lackluster effort despite the fact that the offering was shot in such unusual locales as Buenos Aires and Chicago. Although the physical face of the Argentine city is not visible, the "city of the big shoulders" shows a few seamy views of itself in South Side slum areas. Mr. Chenal's direction is, with one or two exceptions, pedestrian. He has gotten some life into the climactic chase for the harried Bigger over tenement roofs, and, in the scene where Bigger's mother prays in church for her errant son, there is a glimmer of genuine anguish.
Bigger Thomas is a man freighted by fears, hates and ignorance. But Richard Wright's portrayal is a surface one. He is a frightened fugitive finally forced to fight for his life but little else. As his girl friend, Gloria Madison, a newcomer, does a song, "The Dreaming Kind," which does not make her performance memorable. But she does have a moment or two of fervent emotion in pleading with her lover against the course he has taken.
Jean Wallace is simply blonde and beautiful in the brief role of the victim; Jean Michael is perfunctory as the labor leader; Don Dean, who plays Bigger's lawyer, is never clearly revealed in court as the liberal he was in the book and play. The rest of the cast, including Nicholas Joy and Ruth Roberts, as the parents of the heiress, illustrate the opinion of one of the reporters, who in referring to the crime says, "it's the work of amateurs." The stature of "Native Son' has been reduced with this exposure of film.
NATIVE SON, screen play by Richard Wright and Pierre Chenal; dialogue by Mr. Wright; directed by Mr. Chenal; from the novel by Mr. Wright; produced by James Prades; presented by Walter Gould and released by Classic Pictures, Inc. At the Criterion.
Bigger Thomas . . . . . Richard Wright
Mary Dalton . . . . . Jean Wallace
Mr. Dalton . . . . . Nicholas Joy
Bessie Mears . . . . . Gloria Madison
Britten . . . . . Charles Cane
Jan Herlons . . . . . Jean Michael
Farley . . . . . George Rigaud
Panama . . . . . George Green
Hannah Thomas . . . . . Willa Pearl Curtiss
Max . . . . . Don Dean
Mrs. Dalton . . . . . Ruth Roberts
Buckley . . . . . Ned Campbell
Ernie . . . . . Charles Simmonds
Buddy Thomas . . . . . Leslie Straughn
Vera Thomas . . . . . Lidia Alves
Joe . . . . . George Nathanson
Scoop . . . . . George Roos
Stanley . . . . . Lewis MacKenzie
Peggy . . . . . Cecile Lezard
This Joseph Persaud can sure pass as a Mexican
Good morning. TGIF.
[1] How old is the Malteenoes Sports Club in Guyana?
[2] Who was the first President of Malteenoes Sports Club?
[3] Name three indoor games that were played at Malteenoes.
I shall acknowledge only 3 correct answers.
Good morning. TGIF.
[1] How old is the Malteenoes Sports Club in Guyana?
[2] Who was the first President of Malteenoes Sports Club?
[3] Name three indoor games that were played at Malteenoes.
I shall acknowledge only 3 correct answers.
113 years
First President Mr. Ferdinand Christopher Archer
Domino, Darts, Checkers
Good morning. TGIF.
[1] How old is the Malteenoes Sports Club in Guyana?
[2] Who was the first President of Malteenoes Sports Club?
[3] Name three indoor games that were played at Malteenoes.
I shall acknowledge only 3 correct answers.
113 years
First President Mr. Ferdinand Christopher Archer
Domino, Darts, Checkers
Correct.
Other indoor games: badminton and table tennis.
Outdoor games: Football, cricket, field hockey.
Congrats!!
Next quiz.
Which sports club had the leading hockey team in Guyana in 1974?
Next quiz.
Which sports club had the leading hockey team in Guyana in 1974?
Good morning
The Chinese Sports Club (Cosmos)
Next quiz.
Which sports club had the leading hockey team in Guyana in 1974?
COSMOS (Chinese Sports Club)
Next quiz.
Which sports club had the leading hockey team in Guyana in 1974?
Good morning
The Chinese Sports Club (Cosmos)
Correct.
You get first prize.
Django gets second prize.
Congrats!!
I hope I judged fairly today.
Next quiz.
Which sports club had the leading hockey team in Guyana in 1974?
Good morning
The Chinese Sports Club (Cosmos)
Correct.
You get first prize.
Django gets second prize.
Congrats!!
I hope I judged fairly today.
Thanks Sir Gil you did
Last one for the week.
Who was the Caribbean's Under-21 Badminton Champion in 1979 and which Guyanese sports club he belonged to?
Last one for the week.
Who was the Caribbean's Under-21 Badminton Champion in 1979 and which Guyanese sports club he belonged to?
Gary Chin - Cosmos
Last one for the week.
Who was the Caribbean's Under-21 Badminton Champion in 1979 and which Guyanese sports club he belonged to?
Gary Chin - Cosmos
That was fast. Correct.
Congrats!!
Have a nice weekend, everyone.
Last one for the week.
Who was the Caribbean's Under-21 Badminton Champion in 1979 and which Guyanese sports club he belonged to?
Gary Chin - Cosmos
That was fast. Correct.
Congrats!!
Have a nice weekend, everyone.
Thanks Sir Gil have a nice weekend too
Those were great quizzes
Have a great weekend all
Good morning.
Look at this picture. This road is in Georgetown. At first, it was a mud road. Then it was paved with bricks.
[1] In what year were the bricks covered to make the road look as in this picture?
[2] What prompted the Georgetown city fathers to cover the bricks that year and not before?
I shall respond to two correct answers only.
Good morning.
Look at this picture. This road is in Georgetown. At first, it was a mud road. Then it was paved with bricks.
[1] In what year were the bricks covered to make the road look as in this picture?
[2] What prompted the Georgetown city fathers to cover the bricks that year and not before?
I shall respond to two correct answers only.
1921
It was paved for the visit of the Prince of Wales (King Edward VII).
Good morning.
Look at this picture. This road is in Georgetown. At first, it was a mud road. Then it was paved with bricks.
[1] In what year were the bricks covered to make the road look as in this picture?
[2] What prompted the Georgetown city fathers to cover the bricks that year and not before?
I shall respond to two correct answers only.
1921
It was paved for the visit of the Prince of Wales (King Edward VII).
Actually the paving started in 1920 and was completed in 1921.
I accept your answers.
Congrats!!
Next one.
Look at these clues: France/ convicted killer/ butterfly tattoo/ Devil's Island/ fugitive/ Georgetown Guyana.
What is the title of the book that contains the above clues and what is the name of its author?
Next one.
Look at these clues: France/ convicted killer/ butterfly tattoo/ Devil's Island/ fugitive/ Georgetown Guyana.
What is the title of the book that contains the above clues and what is the name of its author?
Papillon by Henri Charrière.
Next one.
Look at these clues: France/ convicted killer/ butterfly tattoo/ Devil's Island/ fugitive/ Georgetown Guyana.
What is the title of the book that contains the above clues and what is the name of its author?
Good morning
Papillon by Henri Charriere
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