Commentary

1. Gee baby, you're a swell отличный kid: These words are coming from the screen. Gee [dgi:] is an interjection which in American English ex­presses approval.

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2. By "the big picture" Andrew means the main film on the pro­gramme (a film-show in Britain as a rule consists of the main film usually called "the main feature" and a so-called "support film" which usually precedes the main feature).

3. 'cos: (coll.) because

4. a forthcoming attraction: a film to be released in the near future.

5. young bloods: here society youths

6. Peter Pan: the main character of "Peter and Wendy", a book written by J.M. Barrie in 1911 and extremely popular in English-speaking countries. Peter Pan was a boy who never grew up and is a symbol of the sincerity and ingenuousness of childhood.

7. Och [ɒkh]: interjection used in Scotland and Ireland for "oh, ah"