tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-731398893178184544.post7334181936125830111..comments2024-03-08T17:06:56.189+00:00Comments on mrs miniver's daughter: maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13955194101659665925noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-731398893178184544.post-7830317133430025572015-11-02T17:01:23.759+00:002015-11-02T17:01:23.759+00:00Oh, you must, Toffeeapple - it's a classic! Do...Oh, you must, Toffeeapple - it's a classic! Don't suppose it will be on TV for a while now they've re-released it. maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13955194101659665925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-731398893178184544.post-2731942315252337872015-11-02T15:54:43.742+00:002015-11-02T15:54:43.742+00:00And I have never seen it at all...And I have never seen it at all...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-731398893178184544.post-71536375149950035062015-10-31T17:46:15.582+00:002015-10-31T17:46:15.582+00:00Yes we saw it at the Kino in Rye in February. It w...Yes we saw it at the Kino in Rye in February. It was brilliant. I don't think I'd ever seen it all the way through. I noticed Celia's terrible teeth but didn't know they were false. I'd certainly go again armed with your observations.Lucillehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14414527658216916537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-731398893178184544.post-82798987726076268752015-10-31T11:51:45.139+00:002015-10-31T11:51:45.139+00:00Oh, I've just followed your link - how wonderf...Oh, I've just followed your link - how wonderful to meet Berril. I wonder if she's still alive? maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13955194101659665925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-731398893178184544.post-55579823985303592292015-10-31T11:46:53.208+00:002015-10-31T11:46:53.208+00:00I reckon Mary Lavelle, Lyn, because it was such a ...I reckon Mary Lavelle, Lyn, because it was such a best-seller and the timing is right. I'm sure I had an idea that it was Mary Lavelle and that you could glimpse it in Laura's basket - but, if so, I blinked at the wrong moment yesterday and missed it!<br /><br />It's definitely on at BFI, Gina - apart from that, just says 'in cinemas.' <br /><br />Sorry, Sue - now I know about the teeth I can't stop noticing every time she opens her mouth! But, oh, that awful clock - how could it have been dreadfully expensive and could anybody have wanted it! Can you imagine having children who spoke like that? I'd have had to lock them in the cupboard when it all got too much. The little girl was Celia's niece.<br /><br />That scene is wonderful, Callmemadam. You can feel the tension crackling ... and the only thing she's taken off is her gloves! maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13955194101659665925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-731398893178184544.post-8083749892331580102015-10-31T08:49:17.815+00:002015-10-31T08:49:17.815+00:00Oh, who doesn't find Trevor Howard sexy in tha...Oh, who doesn't find Trevor Howard sexy in that scene where he's explaining something scientific to Laura? The sexual tension is extraordinary.<br /><br />I have seen the film in the cinema, see <a href="http://callmemadam.livejournal.com/193412.html" rel="nofollow">here</a>.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-731398893178184544.post-77142660299416793052015-10-31T08:17:47.192+00:002015-10-31T08:17:47.192+00:00One of my favourites too and how lovely to see it ...One of my favourites too and how lovely to see it in the cinema. I totally agree with what you have said but it still remains totally captivating... And those fabulous clipped accents. I must watch out for it.Ginahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05689402000429710324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-731398893178184544.post-17260554394469617552015-10-31T03:26:15.090+00:002015-10-31T03:26:15.090+00:00Lovely post. BE is one of my favourite movies but ...Lovely post. BE is one of my favourite movies but I've never seen it at the cinema. But WHICH Kate O'Brien was Laura reading? It depends when the movie is set. Even though it was made in 1945, it feels pre-war, doesn't it? Even though Laura's clothes must have been contemporary if Celia wanted to keep them. Noel Coward's Still Life was 1935-6 so that would make the O'Brien The Ante-Room (1934) or Mary Lavelle (1936). Your post makes me want to watch the movie again & reread Nicola Beauman's A Very Great Profession. Did you know that NB wrote the book to answer her own question about the other books Laura would have been reading? I do have a soft spot for Fred, though...lynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04509400868331534237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-731398893178184544.post-87111705876603610932015-10-30T23:57:52.993+00:002015-10-30T23:57:52.993+00:00He sounds very dashing, doesn't he, EleganceMa...He sounds very dashing, doesn't he, EleganceMaison? Reading that biography made me want to look out his travel books. maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13955194101659665925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-731398893178184544.post-7919078900148063962015-10-30T23:44:54.743+00:002015-10-30T23:44:54.743+00:00I quite like it but mostly for the nostalgia of t...I quite like it but mostly for the nostalgia of the railway station and the fashion. Amazed to hear about Celia Johnson's false teeth. She also appeared in another classic 1940s film' This Happy Breed' this time with her RADA cockney accent. For me the most interesting thing about her is that she married the author and 'adventurer' Peter Fleming brother of the more famous Ian. In fact they both served in some version of the secret service. But Peter Fleming's book "News from Tartary" remains my favourite travel book of all time. elegancemaisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10043236515999573762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-731398893178184544.post-36365252420036112212015-10-30T23:15:22.322+00:002015-10-30T23:15:22.322+00:00Now is your chance, Elaine. It's back in cinem...Now is your chance, Elaine. It's back in cinemas next week. Although I shouldn't think for very long.<br /><br />I really need to watch it with my sister, Audrey!<br />maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13955194101659665925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-731398893178184544.post-3175917658146368422015-10-30T22:48:50.503+00:002015-10-30T22:48:50.503+00:00Oh, now it's going to be much more fun to watc...Oh, now it's going to be much more fun to watch this the next time, even on television. :)Audreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14912114716426828436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-731398893178184544.post-64740718778449812732015-10-30T22:47:33.726+00:002015-10-30T22:47:33.726+00:00I'm with you all the way on this one. I watch...I'm with you all the way on this one. I watch is regularly when I need a fix of British Rail, specks of dust in the eye, stale buns and a swift brandy, changing her books in Boots, and the o so very posh accents. Unlike you I do fancy Trevor Howard - my Mum had a bit of a crush on him too. Sadly I have never seen it on the big screen - what a treat that must have been.elaine https://www.blogger.com/profile/17075935631756457901noreply@blogger.com