You don't have to go to the city to find interesting things.This morning a local animal welfare charity had a sale underneath the Old Grammar School here in Market Harborough. And I bought a DVD from them.
It was the 1952 film The Voice of Merrill, which stars Valerie Hobson and James Robertson Justice.
With it came a catologue from its publisher, Odeon Entertainment. As you will see from their website, they specialise in reviving British films that are so obscure that even I have never heard of them.
Talking of James Robertson Justice, here is a plug for James Hogg's biography What's the Bleeding Time? The website says the book is sold out, but no doubt you could find a secondhand copy.
2 comments:
Does the biography explain why JRJ appeared in "The Magnet" (still, as far as I know, the only film to be shot extensively on the streets of Wallasey) under a nom de guerre? Was it connected with his standing for Labour in the general election?
I have not read the book, but that is the reason usually given. I wonder if the Wirrall was quite as middle class in 1950 as The Magneet makes it seem.
Saw James Fox playing Charles Powell the other day - still going strong 59 years on. It is sad that everyone has him confused with his brother these days.
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