Comments on: Quote of the Day: The Human Torch http://dcairns.wordpress.com/2008/03/05/quote-of-the-day-the-human-torch/ David Cairns' wilfully eccentric film blog Fri, 04 Jul 2008 12:42:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU By: dcairns http://dcairns.wordpress.com/2008/03/05/quote-of-the-day-the-human-torch/#comment-1591 dcairns Thu, 06 Mar 2008 15:54:19 +0000 http://dcairns.wordpress.com/?p=343#comment-1591 Her finest hour, for me, is Siodmak's delirious <em>The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry</em>, where her performance suggests she'd make a great, diabolical Netta. Would love to have seen that cabaret act! Her finest hour, for me, is Siodmak’s delirious The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry, where her performance suggests she’d make a great, diabolical Netta.
Would love to have seen that cabaret act!

]]> By: David Ehrenstein http://dcairns.wordpress.com/2008/03/05/quote-of-the-day-the-human-torch/#comment-1589 David Ehrenstein Thu, 06 Mar 2008 15:25:45 +0000 http://dcairns.wordpress.com/?p=343#comment-1589 Fascinating. I love her late performances in such diverse fare as <i>Arthur</i> and Marco Ferreri's marvelously demented <i>Bye Bye Monkey</i>. She had a cabaret act where she sang old Irish songs. Fascinating.

I love her late performances in such diverse fare as Arthur and Marco Ferreri’s marvelously demented Bye Bye Monkey.

She had a cabaret act where she sang old Irish songs.

]]> By: dcairns http://dcairns.wordpress.com/2008/03/05/quote-of-the-day-the-human-torch/#comment-1586 dcairns Thu, 06 Mar 2008 11:57:23 +0000 http://dcairns.wordpress.com/?p=343#comment-1586 I know of a couple of Hamilton bios but I'm not sure either is in print. The one I read was by Sean French, who occasionally writes on film. I believe he is the son of critic Philip French and one half of crime-writer "Nicci French" whose Killing Me Softly became a disastrous western outing for Chen Kaige). Just checked -- Nigel Jones' book appears to be in print. There's fascinating stuff about Hamilton stalking Geraldine Fitzgerald, who appears to have been the inspiration for the wicked Netta in Hangover Square -- thoguh her wickedness is likely to have been Hamilton's invention. I know of a couple of Hamilton bios but I’m not sure either is in print. The one I read was by Sean French, who occasionally writes on film. I believe he is the son of critic Philip French and one half of crime-writer “Nicci French” whose Killing Me Softly became a disastrous western outing for Chen Kaige).

Just checked — Nigel Jones’ book appears to be in print. There’s fascinating stuff about Hamilton stalking Geraldine Fitzgerald, who appears to have been the inspiration for the wicked Netta in Hangover Square — thoguh her wickedness is likely to have been Hamilton’s invention.

]]> By: David Ehrenstein http://dcairns.wordpress.com/2008/03/05/quote-of-the-day-the-human-torch/#comment-1583 David Ehrenstein Wed, 05 Mar 2008 22:39:52 +0000 http://dcairns.wordpress.com/?p=343#comment-1583 Interesting. <i>West Pier</i> was also the name of a play by Bernard-Marie Koltes -- a favorite wrrter of Patrice Chereau's. Is there a biography of Patrick Hamilton you might reccomend? Interesting. West Pier was also the name of a play by Bernard-Marie Koltes — a favorite wrrter of Patrice Chereau’s.

Is there a biography of Patrick Hamilton you might reccomend?

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