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Featured in today's edition of "unexpected connections to Journey's End": noted socialist/suffragist/feminist/anti-imperialist/labour organizer/future Minister of Education/all-around icon Ellen Wilkinson, MP.
This is one dinner party about which I want to know every single detail, but alas, must settle for this brief article from the Nottingham Evening Post, January 23, 1930. (Bonus irrelevant chicken-related news included; it's what R. C. Sherriff would have wanted.)
Transcript below:
MISS ELLEN WILKINSON, M. P.
THE GOOD FAIRY OF "JOURNEY'S END"
Miss Ellen Wilkinson, M.P., is the fairy godmother of "Journeyâs End."
It was she who introduced Mr. Maurice Browne to Mrs. Dorothy Elmhirst, the daughter of a millionaire, and it was Mrs. Elmhirstâs interest in Mr. Browneâs theatre ideals that caused her to find the money without question when Mr. Browne made his rapid decision to present Mr. R. C. Sherriffâs famous play.
Mr. Browne spoke of those obligations at the supper following the âJourneyâs Endâ anniversary--with the original âdug-outâ scene from the Savoy Theatre as a background to the Kit-Kat festivities--in the small hours of yesterday morning. Miss Wilkinson was present.
Colin Clive, sitting beside Jeanne de Casalis, his wife, made a humorous speech in which he foresaw the need for an institute for the cultivation of infant actors to play in the interminably running âJourneyâs End.â
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At the London Bantam Club Show, Tooting, to-day, Mr. R. F. Hearnshaw, Burton Joyce, four firsts and cup for the best bantam in the show.
#Ellen Wilkinson#Journey's End#Maurice Browne#Colin Clive#Jeanne de Casalis#R. C. Sherriff#oh and Dorothy Payne Whitney Elmhirst also founded the New School for Social Research and the New Republic magazine#for more context#anyway i suppose i should take this as a hint to stop posting ephemera on tumblr and go do something useful
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Genre: Comedy, Mystery, Thriller, War
Language: English
IMDb Ratings: 6.8/10
Quality: 1080p Bluray
Movie Size: 1.71GB
Director: Anthony Asquith
Movie Cast: Leslie Banks, Alastair Sim, Jeanne De Casalis
Sypnosis: Allied spies and Nazi Agents insinuate themselves at a Scottish cottage (converted to a wartime hospital) with interests on an inventor's nearly perfected bomb sight.
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For just $3.99 Cottage to Let Released September 6, 1941: The inventor of a new bombsight for the war effort is in danger when strangers move into the cottage next door. Directed by: Anthony Asquith Written by: Geoffrey Kerr with screenplay by Anatole de Grunwald and J.O.C. Orton. The Actors: Leslie Banks John Barrington, Alastair Sim Charles Dimble, John Mills Flight Lieutenant George Perry, Jeanne De Casalis Mrs. Marguerite Barrington, Carla Lehmann Helen Barrington, George Cole Ronald Mittsby, Michael Wilding Alan Trently, Frank Cellier Ernest Forest, Muriel Aked Miss Fernery, Wally Patch Evans the butler, Muriel George Mrs. Trimm, "Hay Petrie Dr. Truscott, Catherine Lacey Mrs. Stokes, Annie Esmond lady wrapping parcels for the bazaar, Peter Gawthorne Senior Royal Air Force Officer, Arthur Hambling Scotland Yard Inspector, Roddy Hughes German agent, Sydney King Ministry official, Brefni O'Rorke Scottish Police Inspector, Charles Rolfe German Agent, Sydney Tafler Royal Air Force Officer, Ben Williams Scottish fisherman. Runtime: 1h 30m *** This item will be supplied on a quality disc and will be sent in a sleeve that is designed for posting CD's DVDs *** This item will be sent by 1st class post for quick delivery. Should you not receive your item within 12 working days of making payment, please contact us as it is unusual for any item to take this long to be delivered. Note: All my products are either my own work, licensed to me directly or supplied to me under a GPL/GNU License. No Trademarks, copyrights or rules have been violated by this item This product complies withs rules on compilations, international media and downloadable media. All items are supplied on CD or DVD. On Dec-07-16 at 14:44:49 PST, seller added the following information:
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ProcĂšs de lâHistoire de France Saint Louis, Colbert, NapolĂ©on, Jules FerryâŠtous victimes du politiquement correct !
Non, lâHistoire de France nâest pas un crime contre lâHumanitĂ©Â !
 Mise en procĂšs par une poignĂ©e de procureurs, elle est pourtant accusĂ©e dâĂȘtre Ă lâorigine de (presque) tous les maux de notre sociĂ©tĂ©. Ce phĂ©nomĂšne, appelĂ© mouvement dĂ©colonial, nous vient des Ătats-Unis. Des associations communautaires, au nom de la lutte pour lâĂ©mancipation, instrumentalisent lâHistoire Ă leur profit et rĂ©activent lâidĂ©e de « race ». Ils exigent de dĂ©boulonner les statues des hĂ©ros de notre Histoire, dâeffacer leur nom de nos Ă©coles et de nos rues. De Clovis Ă Mitterrand, tous nos grands personnages sont attaquĂ©s sans aucune contextualisation : Saint Louis, un croisĂ© fanatique, envahisseur du Moyen-Orient, Jeanne dâArc « égĂ©rie du FN », Colbert et NapolĂ©on, des esclavagistes, Ferry un « salaud de colonialiste » et nos gĂ©nĂ©raux Faidherbe, Gallieni et Lyautey des «gĂ©nocidiaires».Â
 La montĂ©e de lâignorance, la totale mĂ©connaissance des faits historiques se tĂ©lescopent avec une actualitĂ© en constante Ă©bullition oĂč tout se conjugue au prĂ©sent. Ces groupes communautaires (CRAN, CCIF, PIR) soutenus par des associations comme SOS racisme, des syndicats enseignant (SUD Ă©ducation), Ă©tudiant (lâUNEF) et des personnalitĂ©s politiques, proposent une vision du monde binaire : dâun cĂŽtĂ©, les oppresseurs, la France et ses grands hommes, pilleurs des pays du tiers-monde, de lâautre les opprimĂ©s, eux-mĂȘmes, les victimes. Câest vouloir imposer une Histoire en noir et blanc oĂč lâanachronisme est maĂźtre mot.Â
Câest remettre en cause les valeurs françaises de libertĂ© dâexpression, dâopinion, de tolĂ©rance et dâuniversalisme qui nous portent. Attaquer nos pĂšres fondateurs, câest attaquer ce qui constitue le socle de nos repĂšres : Jeanne dâArc ne dĂ©montre-elle pas dĂšs 1429, que la femme nâest en rien infĂ©rieure Ă lâhomme ?
Pour pouvoir assumer notre passĂ© sans honte : enseignons et Ă©duquons. Ce sera la clĂ© de notre volontĂ© de vivre ensemble. Car un pays qui nâenseigne plus son histoire est un pays perdu. Le but de cet ouvrage est de rĂ©concilier tous les Français quelles que soient leurs origines : « Je nâai pas une goutte de sang français mais la France coule dans mes veines » disait un immigrĂ©, Romain GaryâŠ
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Do you have any photos of Colin Clive and Jeanne de Casalis together?
Hello frankofstein,
After about four years or so being a hardcore Colin Clive fan I have been unable to find a picture of them together. Iâve done extensive internet searches but havenât found anything. I believe if a picture of them together survives it was either destroyed or exists in a private collection.Â
Sorry I couldnât help you. If I do find anything I will post about it!Â
Thank you for asking!Â
-SJP
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From Picturegoer Weekly, July 29, 1933
Transcript follows:
âThe Woman Who Thrilled Me, by Colin Cliveâ
In an interview with John Gliddon
It has become a Hollywood habit to send an urgent message to Colin Clive asking him to jump on the next boat for a rush journey to Los Angeles.
It has happened once a year since his first spectacular dash to Universal City to play his original part of Captain Stanhope in Journeyâs End.
Now Colin is wise in the ways of Hollywood and has become an expert at packing his bags and leaving England at less than twenty-four hoursâ notice; he packed in a hurry to star in Frankenstein: he did it again when Hollywood wanted him as Katharine Hepburnâs leading man in Christopher Strong.
That time he had two big thrills--meeting Katharine Hepburn, the Star Who Can Act, and finding out at first hand what it feels like to be in a Hollywood earthquake.
Letâs hear what Colin has to say about the Hepburn thrill before the earthquake is staged; but let me warn you about one thing. Colin Clive is one of those grand fellows who Hates Being Interviewed; he thinks going to the dentist is much better fun.
Maybe he is right. When I explained to him that we might just as well have a chat about Hollywood and not call it an interview, he brightened up a whole lot and ordered another drink.
Said Colin Clive in enthusiastic tones: âKatharine Hepburn is a grand girl. She is certainly different. There is nobody quite like her in Hollywood--or anywhere else, for that matter. What is her appeal? Certainly not beauty; she isnât beautiful in the least, yet she has a magnetic personality and terrific vitality.â
âKatharine has got something bigger than beauty; she has got brains and above all things she is an actress, to her finger-tips.
âShe is not just--a face, but a great personality. I said just now that she is not beautiful; that is true, though she understands the art of acting so amazingly that she can convey the illusion of beauty if the situation demands it.
âWhen you get to know Katharine Hepburn you are impressed by her natural intelligence. She can talk; I donât mean chatter the usual Hollywood gossip, but talk like the intelligent woman she is about interesting things that happen in the bigger world beyond the Hollywood circle.
âFew stars talk interestingly on any topic--except themselves, but Katharine Hepburn is the delightful exception.
âOn the set, I was impressed by her powers of tremendous concentration. She likes to rehearse, and rehearse until she feels the scene is right, even though her director may be quite satisfied by the scene as it stands.
âNo, she always seems to strive after perfection in her acting.
âI have never known a star to be as painstaking as Miss Hepburn.
âIn Christopher Strong, we both had the novel experience of being directed by a woman--Dorothy Arzner.
âMiss Arzner is a clever technician, but it seemed a bit queer, at first, being told what to do--by a woman!
âI got used to it after awhile, though another thing that struck me as a bit strange, until I got over the shock, was that Dorothy Arzner never lost her temper. I suppose she leaves that privilege to the male directors. She is very reserved, very gentle, very clever, and she is an âaceâ for angles.â
When shooting on Christopher Strong finished, a bank crash hit Hollywood, and nobody was allowed to draw out any money.
Colin wanted to return home. He took his cheques to the bank, but the banks were closed, and he had to wait until they were re-opened. He waited a few weeks and was getting tired of kicking his heels round Hollywood when the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studio snapped him up for Service, the screen version of Dodie Smithâs play of shop life.
The only bright spot in those weeks of waiting for the banks to resume business were some happy week-ends with Elizabeth Allan and husband Bill OâBryan.
This young couple have made a hit with Hollywood.
Then he told me about that other big thrill--the earthquake.
âI was sitting in my hotel room writing to Jeanne (Jeanne de Casalis, Mrs. Colin Clive), when suddenly the radio started to screech and the lights flickered. Then I heard a rumble, the house quivered, my books came tumbling down, and great cracks appeared on the ceiling.
âI rushed downstairs and out into the street. There was tremendous excitement. People looked scared. Two girls fainted just in front of me. For a few moments there was panic.
âThen, though it seemed longer at the time, a few seconds later it was all over. There followed a series of small shocks but I wasnât taking any chances and went back to my room and stood in the archway of the open door. That is the safest place I was told to stand when an earthquake is on.
âComing home, I dreamt about that âquake and woke up in my cabin, having forgotten I was safely at sea, and jumped out of bed to stand in the archway of the cabin.
âThen I woke up--properly, and realized it was only a dream. You see, they are nasty things--earthquakes!
I gave Colin Clive a minute or two to get the impression of that earthquake out of his mind before asking him to talk about two other interesting members of the cast of Service, Lionel Barrymore and Lewis Stone.
âI have never met an actor with less personal pride than Lionel Barrymore,â he told me. âHe is an extraordinarily well-read and intelligent man. When he talks it is always about something worth while, though I think he likes sleeping better than anything else.
âI have seen Lionel Barrymore enjoying a sound sleep in his chair at the side of the âset,â yet the instant his cue comes he is wide awake and ready for the âshot.â
âLewis Stone is another very delightful man; in fact he is one of the nicest men I have ever met. Reserved, cultured, charming and courteous to everybody, he certainly seems to know all there is to know about picture acting, yet, with all his experience, he never questions his director, or make suggestions of his own about how the scene should be played.
âLewis Stone always does what he is told, and how well he does it!
âIt was certainly an interesting experience, playing in Service with such splendid actors as Lionel Barrymore and Lewis Stone, though--what pleased me most of all--was the knowledge that âLizâ Allan is regarded as one of the most promising of all Hollywoodâs younger stars.
âItâs a grand break for an English girl to win personal popularity in Hollywood. But âLizâ Allan seems everybodyâs favourite.â
At the end of Service, James Whale offered Colin Clive the leading part in The Invisible Man, but as it meant waiting two months for the picture to begin, Clive felt he could not accept, though the part appealed to him as being âdown his street.â
Colin Clive gets a kick out of playing parts like his grim role in Frankenstein; he certainly does not see himself as a leading man or a romantic lover. He wants the strong stuff.
When Colin Clive is home in England you will have to look for him right in the heart of the country.
Somewhere in Kent, he and Jeanne de Casalis have a small cottage where they spend as much time as possible, winter or summer.
âI have no use for parties,â Colin said to me, âI never go to them, and the only life I really enjoy is away from London, pottering about in the garden at the cottage.
âI suppose it may sound a bit queer for a fellow to say that there is no spot on the earth to compare with England when you want the joy of the simple life. Well, I have yet to discover anything better than English country life.â
That is a true portrait of Colin Clive, the star Hollywood always wants--in a hurry.
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Genre: Comedy, Mystery, Thriller, War
Language: English
IMDb Ratings: 6.8/10
Quality: 720p Bluray
Movie Size: 1.08GB
Director:Â Anthony Asquith
Movie Cast: Leslie Banks, Alastair Sim, Jeanne De Casalis
Sypnosis:Â Allied spies and Nazi Agents insinuate themselves at a Scottish cottage (converted to a wartime hospital) with interests on an inventor's nearly perfected bomb sight.
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Macron: « il nây a pas de culture françaiseâŠÂ »
Emmanuel Macron a provoquĂ© trois polĂ©miques dâaffilĂ©e en attaquant, la culture française, (il nây a pas de culture française, lâhistoire de France en parlant de la colonisation en AlgĂ©rie comme dâun « crime contre lâhumanitĂ© » et enfin Ă Londres derniĂšrement il a dĂ©clarĂ© quâil ne savait pas ce quâĂ©tait lâart français⊠Ces propos sont insupportables parce que faux. Emmanuel Macron vient de prouver quâil Ă©tait ignorant de lâHistoire du pays, de la culture et des arts du pays quâil voudrait gouverner. Rien dâĂ©tonnant malheureusement puisque cette histoire nâest plus enseignĂ©e Ă lâĂ©cole, puisque cette culture nâest plus promue par lâEtat. Dire cela câest refuser aux jeunes et aux immigrĂ©s dâaccĂ©der Ă la culture Française de la Chanson de Roland Ă Romain Gary. Or partout dans le monde on connaĂźt la culture Française on aime la France pour sa culture. Chaque annĂ©e 84 millions de touristes viennent dans notre beau pays pour voir le Louvre Versailles ou les Invalides. Ce qui en fait la premiĂšre destination touristique planĂ©taire. Dans la « France hollandaise » ou tout a Ă©tĂ© dĂ©construit, sali, dĂ©truit, piĂ©tinĂ©, il ne reste plus rien ni la culture ni les arts⊠Certes la culture Française nâest pas figĂ©e et continue Ă sâenrichir ou mĂȘme pourrait-on dire de sâappauvrir⊠Les gloires de la France sont devenues des hontes, la mĂ©moire de nos ancĂȘtres et de nos morts est saccagĂ©e et piĂ©tinĂ©e comme lors de la commĂ©moration du centenaire de la bataille de Verdun en 2016. Les institutions rĂ©publicaines sont dĂ©tournĂ©es a des fins partisanes par la gauche mĂ©diatique in carnĂ© par ce jeune et fringuant ex ministre de lâĂ©conomie Ă la culture dâĂ©narque. les Ă©narques savent parler de tout sur tout mais creusez en profondeur, ils ne savent rien sur rien. Avec Benoit Hamon, lâessentiel pour eux est que la France en tant que Nation disparaisseâŠMacron renie toute spĂ©cificitĂ© de la France et se soumet Ă la domination anglo-saxonne de la mondialisation.
Marcon et le crime contre lâhumanitĂ© Il faut cesser dâemployer des termes Ă la signification trĂšs prĂ©cise hors de leur contexte historique ! Selon la Chartre du TPI (article 7) on peut parler de « crime contre lâhumanitĂ© » lorsquâil y a une attaque systĂ©matique dirigĂ©e contre toute une population civile dĂ©signĂ©e, quâelle se fasse par le meurtre, lâesclavage ou la dĂ©portation. Ce nâest absolument pas le cas de la colonisation en AlgĂ©rie, ni mĂȘme de lâesclavage par ailleurs. Ces faits historiques peuvent ĂȘtre dramatiques ou Ă©pouvantables mais ils ne sont pas des crimes contre lâhumanitĂ©. Par ailleurs, Emmanuel Macron oublie un peu vite quâil y a dans toute colonisation une Ćuvre civilisatrice, mĂȘme sâil y a aussi des destructions. Que serait la France sans la colonisation romaine ? LâAlgĂ©rie nâa pas Ă©tĂ© capable de faire fructifier ce que la France a laissĂ© alors que câest un grand pays⊠De qui est-ce la faute ? Ce nâest certainement pas Ă la France de sâexcuser pour cela. Il faut Ă©galement rappeler, parce que câest lĂ aussi un fait historique, que lâAlgĂ©rie nâexistait pas lorsque nous sommes arrivĂ©s en 1830. La crĂ©ation de lâĂtat algĂ©rien date de lâindĂ©pendance, et ces terres Ă©taient prĂ©cĂ©demment occupĂ©es par les Turcs. Quand on se tourne du cĂŽtĂ© de lâAngleterre, on constate que les Anglais assument tout Ă fait leur passĂ© colonial. La France nâa jamais Ă©tĂ© capable de le faire, par peur. Il faut que cela cesse. Il ne sâagit pas de nier que la conquĂȘte de lâAlgĂ©rie sâest faite dans le sang, mais il est impossible dâoublier par ailleurs les Ćuvres sanitaire, Ă©ducative et Ă©conomique de la France. Les mĂ©decins français ont Ă©radiquĂ© lĂ -bas toutes les maladies infectieuses, il ne sâagit pas exactement dâun crime contre lâhumanitĂ© ! Câest dâailleurs ce qui explique que la population locale soit passĂ©e de 2 millions Ă notre arrivĂ©e Ă 10 millions lorsque nous sommes partis. Emmanuel Macron dit tout simplement nâimporte quoi, et se fait le porte-parole dâune vision totalement dĂ©sĂ©quilibrĂ©e et culpabilisante de notre Histoire. Emmanuel Macron avait dâailleurs lui-mĂȘme parlĂ© des Ćuvres civilisatrices dans une autre interview et prouvĂ© ainsi quâil est un homme sans convictions rĂ©elles, puisquâelles sont sans cesse contradictoires. On ne peut aller aux fĂȘtes de Jeanne dâArc Ă OrlĂ©ans, au Puy du Fou, puis dĂ©clarer quâil nây a pas de culture française ou affirmer des choses aussi malhonnĂȘtes sur la colonisation, sans vision de long terme ! Cette dĂ©claration remet en question tout son discours basĂ© sur le fait quâil serait un homme nouveau, au-dessus des partis⊠Il vient de faire exactement la mĂȘme chose que François Hollande en allant docilement faire pĂ©nitence Ă Alger, dans le but de se faire adouber par Abdelaziz Bouteflika ! Il sâagit lĂ dâun pur calcul Ă©lectoral : Emmanuel Macron a lui aussi cherchĂ© Ă sĂ©duire la communautĂ© des Français dâorigine algĂ©rienne, peu soucieux de la vĂ©ritĂ© historique de son propre pays. LâHistoire est souvent tordue Ă des fins Ă©lectorales Et lĂ , câest Ă©vident. Mais câest dâautant plus grave que câest extrĂȘmement dangereux pour notre pays. Quel homme dâĂtat peut avoir assez peu de scrupules pour ainsi humilier son propre pays Ă lâheure oĂč le feu couve dans nos banlieues ? Est-ce vraiment le moment de diviser encore un peu plus les Français par Ă©lectoralisme ? Il est urgentissime dâapprendre ce quâest la France Ă tous les petits Français, et donc aussi Ă tous ces enfants dĂ©racinĂ©s qui sont une proie facile pour lâislam radical. Ce nâest certainement pas en rĂ©pĂ©tant ce genre de contre-vĂ©ritĂ© historique que la France va devenir aimable dans nos banlieues. Je rappelle que, selon lâInstitut national dâĂ©tudes dĂ©mographiques (Ined) et le ministĂšre de lâIntĂ©rieur, 37% des jeunes dâorigine Ă©trangĂšres ne se sentent pas Français ! Ce genre de dĂ©claration ne fait quâenvenimer les choses. La LibertĂ© religieuse totale promise par Macron au nom de la diversitĂ© culturelle constitue la fin de la laĂŻcitĂ© Câest en plus, Ă mon avis, un trĂšs mauvais calcul parce quâEmmanuel Macron se met ainsi Ă dos les anciens combattants, les quatre millions de Français rapatriĂ©s, leurs descendants ainsi que tous les HarkisâŠ
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Well heck, why not post this one as well. I had seen excerpts before, but just recently found the whole thing. From Picturegoer Weekly, June 27, 1931.
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âThe Strange Case of Colin Cliveâ by Randolph Carroll Burke
By his astonishing performance as Captain Stanhope in the talkie version of Journeyâs End, Colin Clive made a great name in filmdom, despite the fact that previous to this he had never even set foot inside a film studio.
Journeyâs End enjoyed a world-wide release. Mr. Cliveâs mail-bag was laden to bursting-point with requests for signed photographs.
I sat back and waited with enthusiasm for his next picture.
Nothing happened for quite a considerable time. Then one day I read that the Gainsborough Company had signed him up to act in a talkie called The Stronger Sex.
At last, I thought, we shall be able to see some more of the man who made Stanhope a living personality.
The Stronger Sex was made in 1930. Colin Clive has done no more movies.
Determined to investigate the strange case of the film star who disappeared, I went along to the Playhouse Theater recently, where Mr. Clive is acting in a legitimate play, The Crime at Blossoms. I waited in his dressing room for him. On a side-board reposed a photo-frame. In the photograph were two photographs, both of Jeanne de Casalis, the actorâs wife.
The Clive-de Casalis marriage has existed for quite a long time. In fact, no pukka film star would dare to flout convention by such outrageous marital endurance!
Colin Clive entered, looking very much younger than Captain Stanhope. He proceeded to crack a bottle of beer.
âWhy havenât you done any more films after Journeyâs End and The Stronger Sex?â I asked him.
âBecause I am not the least bit interested in motion pictures,â he told me.
I pointed out that many filmgoers all over the world were inquiring about him. That after his portrayal of Stanhope he had fired the popular imagination. In short, the public were waiting to see more of his work.
Then he told me the truth about himself.
Journeyâs End, he said, was a fluke. Any fairly capable actor could have got away with the part of Stanhope. The cameraman was also responsible for a lot of his success.
When he finished the war film he made up his mind that nothing would induce him to act in another talkie.
An English company approached him with a big money offer to take part in a picture called The Stronger Sex. As he wanted money at that time, he took the job.
I asked him whether his distaste for films was due to any dissatisfaction he had for Jouneyâs End. He confessed he had never even seen it. He hates films because they are unreal. He canât bring himself to act the final scene of a picture on the first day of production. Or the beginning of the story in the middle or at the end of production time.
Films are shot in this hap-hazard style to facilitate set-striking.
Colin Clive would rather have two lines to speak on stage than a star part in the biggest super film that ever came out of Hollywood.
He is seriously considering returning to California to do a film, but only because the terms are so fat that it would be folly to refuse the offer.
Then he plans to come back post haste to this little berg to act on the stage and thereby wash the taste of canned drama out of his mouth!
Pertinaceous questioning revealed the fact that he never visits a kinema. People who rave about montage and other technical points strike Mr. Clive as ridiculous.
True dramatic art can only be successfully accomplished by living people before a living audience, with the footlights intervening.
Regarding the fans who are craving more of his work, Mr. Clive was a little sceptical.
âTrue, I still get letters from all parts of the world,â he told me, âbut my consistent absence from the screen will cause the public to forget all about me and pin their affections on some other player.â
When he went to Hollywood, he stayed at the Hotel Roosevelt, on the Sunset Boulevard. He really isnât sure whether he did or not. Frankly, he wants to forget all about the film capital.
When he wasnât working he went to bed.
He went to a few parties because he didnât want to appear churlish.
The people he met at these functions were pretty decent, but the fact that they were film stars thrilled him less than going around under bogey. To make Colin Clive interested you have got to talk in stymies.
I agree with him when he says that film stars are worshiped out of all proportion to their merits. Enthroning them as demi-gods is foolish he thinks.
He will kill in cold blood the very next person who asks him whether it was real whisky he drank in Journeyâs End.
If he does return to Hollywood to relieve the moguls of all that money you neednât think that motion pictures have converted Colin. He simply refuses to be overawed by the Great God Celluloid.
He will act his part before the robotesque camera and then he will set his face against Hollywood until he wants some more money.
#Colin Clive#colin clive#1931#interview#someone sounds a bit grumpy here#oh and i know it's small but if you right click and choose 'view image'--possibly twice--you can see it bigger#that's probably obvious#but just in case not#The Stronger Sex#Journey's End
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« LâHistoire mondiale de la France » pensum de lâanti-France ?
LâHistoire mondiale de la France (Seuil), ouvrage collectif paru le mois dernier sous la direction de lâhistorien Patrick Boucheron apparait comme la derniĂšre production effarante de cette volontĂ© dĂ©libĂ©rĂ©e dâattaquer la connaissance et la culture qui saisit aussi les « pĂ©dagogistes » de lâEducation Nationale.
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« VoilĂ bien ces historiens soixante-huitards crĂ©pusculaires pris en flagrant dĂ©lit dâinstrumentalisation politique de lâhistoireâŠÂ » Dimitri Casali
Cet ouvrage qui parait bien plus politique quâhistorique entend livrer un rĂ©cit progressiste de lâHistoire de France en montrant que la nation française nâexiste pas en tant que telle mais quâelle est un tissu mouvant en perpĂ©tuelle en Ă©volution. Curieuse histoire de France oĂč NapolĂ©on, justement le Français le plus populaire au monde, y est presque absent, oĂč Jeanne dâArc nâa pas mĂȘme pas lâhonneur dâavoir une entrĂ©e Ă son nom, oĂč Versailles nâest pas le gĂ©nie de la France mais la rĂ©ussite du multiculturalisme et oĂč le gĂ©nĂ©ral De Gaulle est cĂ©lĂ©brĂ© le 28 aoĂ»t 1940 Ă Brazzaville, capitale de la France libre, et non pas Ă Londres en juin. Ătrange histoire de France oĂč lâon ne tient pas compte de ce que la France a apportĂ© au monde et oĂč ne sont prĂ©sents ni Rabelais, ni MoliĂšre, ni Racine, ni La Fontaine, ni Poussin, ni Monet, ni Berlioz, Debussy, ni Ravel ( le compositeur le plus jouĂ© au mondeâŠ), mais oĂč est rendu un vibrant hommage aux Mille et nuits (trĂšs progressiste, lâĂ©pouse dâun sultan luttant pour ne pas ĂȘtre dĂ©capitĂ©e) et abondamment saluĂ© son traducteur, Antoine Galland, qui eut lâaudace dâajouter au rĂ©cit original des contes que lui avait fait un voyageur arabe venu dâAlep. Balzac est citĂ©, mais les auteurs dĂ©plorent quâil ne fasse pas la place belle Ă lâhybridation, et lui opposent lâuniversalisme de Claude Fauriel, un universitaire qui occupa la premiĂšre chaire de littĂ©rature Ă©trangĂšre Ă la Sorbonne et qui consacra une partie de son temps Ă Ă©tudier lâinfluence des auteurs arabes sur la littĂ©rature française. Cette histoire pĂ©nitentielle ressemble Ă un film comique.
VoilĂ bien ces historiens soixante-huitards crĂ©pusculaires pris en flagrant dĂ©lit dâinstrumentalisation politique de lâhistoire⊠Le but de cet ouvrage est de prendre systĂ©matiquement lâexact opposĂ© de ce que nous apprenions jusquâĂ prĂ©sent, et de sans cesse rabaisser, dĂ©nigrer tout ce qui a pu ĂȘtre grand dans lâhistoire de notre pays. Tout ce que dĂ©crivait encore le grand historien George Duby dans son « histoire de France des origines Ă nos jours », publiĂ©e en 1995 il y a encore un peu plus de vingt ansâŠ
En accumulant les rĂ©fĂ©rences aux migrations des populations, Ă la mondialisation et Ă lâĂ©cologie, Histoire mondiale de la France souffre dâanachronismes et de paradoxes. Patrick Boucheron oublie la premiĂšre leçon que tout historien apprend en premiĂšre annĂ©e de facultĂ© dâHistoire : toujours replacer dans le contexte de lâĂ©poque les faits et personnages historiques. Ă trop retracer le passĂ© Ă travers les obsessions dâaujourdâhui ces historiens prennent le risque dâĂȘtre taxer de rĂ©visionnisme⊠On expliquera aux morts de 14-18, pourquoi on raconte leur histoire Ă partir dâun Ă©piphĂ©nomĂšne, celui de la rĂ©ticence des kanaks en passant sous silence tout ce que la dĂ©fense du territoire nationale reprĂ©sentait pour nos arriĂšres-grands parents.
Un histoire⊠bien politisée
Ainsi le sens de cette entreprise est de dissoudre ce que lâhistoire de France a de spĂ©cifique dans des idĂ©es dans lâair du temps que sont la diversitĂ© et le mĂ©tissage. Selon la fine fleur des historiens français (122), la rĂ©ponse contemporaine au terrorisme islamisme est donc dâaffirmer la dette de lâOccident envers lâIslam, par une Ă©trange auto-flagellation, ainsi du rĂ©cit de lâinvasion de Narbonne par les musulmans en 719 oĂč « les cultures se sont mĂȘlĂ©es » avant que les Francs, « hĂ©las », nâintĂšgrent de force cette ville Ă leur royaume. On est dâautant plus surpris de ce parti pris quâaucune mention nâest faite de ces « Ă©trangers » que sont HĂ©rĂ©dia, Romain Gary, Troyat, Sarraute, Cioran, Ionesco, LĂ©vinas, Kundera qui ont pourtant enrichi le patrimoine français pour qui la France Ă©tait la « Patrie littĂ©raire ». Mais sans doute nâavons-nous pas de dette coloniale envers eux Ă rĂ©parer.
Mondialiser lâhistoire de France, câest dissoudre son identitĂ© son gĂ©nie propre dans le grand bain de la mixitĂ©. Le rejet obsessionnel de lâidentitĂ© a fait place nette de la culture. La haine de toute affirmation identitaire pousse ces chercheurs Ă vider la France de sa substance et de son hĂ©ritage. Cette histoire toute entiĂšre est consacrĂ©e au dogme du politiquement correct.
Exit Hérédia ou Ionesco et vive Lilian Thuram !
Câest grave car cette histoire mondiale de la France Ă©crite sous lâĂ©gide du CollĂšge de France est relayĂ©e par lâunanimitĂ© des mĂ©dias. Si elle sâimpose aujourdâhui on assistera Ă une vĂ©ritable DĂ©sintĂ©gration Française pour reprendre le titre de mon dernier essai, ça y est ! Nous y sommesâŠÂ ! Si ce brĂ©viaire de la repentance et de la soumission sâimpose, la France va perdre la mĂ©moire de ce quâelle a de meilleurâŠtoute sa civilisation. Encore un autre lien avec Georges Duby et son « Histoire de civilisation française » et que lâon ne peut surtout pas le qualifier historien rĂ©actionnaire. Lui et Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie, ont su rappeler Ă travers leurs Ćuvres que la France est une nation avec laquelle on peut sâattacher par le cĆur aussi fortement que par les racines. « Lâhistoire Mondiale de la France » rend cet attachement impossible. Ă force de rĂ©cuser le concept dâidentitĂ© française puisque dĂ©sormais il nây a rien de spĂ©cifiquement français, la France nâest plus la France, tout intĂ©gration Ă la culture française semble inutileâŠ
« Le national renvoie Ă une vision figĂ©e et idĂ©ologique de lâhistoire, quand celle-ci, par nature, doit ĂȘtre libre, toujours en mouvement, sans cesse analysĂ©e et rĂ©interprĂ©tĂ©e » malgrĂ© les prĂ©cautions oratoires de Patrick Boucheron dans son introduction, tombe le masque. Sauf que la dĂ©nonciation de lâinstrumentalisation des faits, exercice qui nâa jamais Ă©chappĂ© aux historiens, est chez lui le prĂ©texte au vagabondage culturel et ne lâexempte pas, bien au contraire, dâinstrumentaliser lâhistoire selon sa propre idĂ©ologie. En mâattaquant personnellement dans lâHumanitĂ© du 5 janvier en traitant dâescroquerie intellectuelle ma rĂ©Ă©dition « complĂ©tĂ©e » dâErnest Lavisse, alors quâil nâa mĂȘme pas lu mon livre, montre sa suffisance tant il croit dĂ©tenir la vĂ©ritĂ©. LâĂ©tude historique nâa rien gagnĂ© Ă devenir, comme lâenseignement ces derniĂšres annĂ©es, la lice des joutes politico-politiciennes ! Il est certain que quand des historiens veulent prouver quelque chose dans lâair du temps dâaujourdâhui, faciliter le vivre ensemble avec des populations qui, sociologiquement ou culturellement, veulent une autre Histoire, on risque effectivement de sâĂ©loigner de celle qui a façonnĂ© lâesprit des Français de toutes origines jusquâĂ plusieurs dizaines dâannĂ©es. Pas dâhistoire de France sans histoire du monde, dâaccord. Mais la rĂ©ciproque ? Pas dâhistoire du monde sans la France il lâoublie totalement. LâidĂ©e que nous avons Ă©tĂ© le pilote du vaisseau de lâhumanitĂ© peut faire sourire. Il se trouve quâil y eut en effet de nombreux moments oĂč la France le fut. Et un autre Ă partir de la RĂ©volution oĂč son projet universaliste
eut lâoriginalitĂ© de se fonder sur la libertĂ©. On est en droit dâespĂ©rer que ces moments puissent survivre Ă toutes les dĂ©constructions et toutes les repentances.
A lire Patrick Boucheron, on y dĂ©cĂšle le contentement de soi de celui qui a enfin trouvĂ© la martingale permettant de dĂ©considĂ©rer ceux qui sont attachĂ©s Ă une identitĂ© nationale et territoriale. Le rĂ©cit national sâappuie sur des rĂ©alitĂ©s : de la guerre des Gaules en passant par Jeanne dâArc (dont nous avons les Ă©crits de son procĂšs et les tĂ©moignages) jusquâaux trente glorieuses. Autant de personnages qui ont construit une identitĂ©, des valeurs, la sociĂ©tĂ© de partage qui a vĂ©cu jusque dans les annĂ©es 80. Le patriotisme, câest dâabord sa patrie et ensuite les autres pays, comme chacun dâentre nous fait avec ses proches : dâabord sa famille et ensuite les autres. AprĂšs, le tout est de savoir ce quâest la « patrie » â pendant la rĂ©volution, patriotisme est quasiment synonyme de « civisme »- dans cette conception, la patrie nâest pas un univers Ă©triquĂ©, câest la « res publicaâŠÂ ».
Patrick Bouchron
Lâacharnement dâĂ©puration post-colonialiste de ces universitaires rejoint la bĂȘtise de ces Ă©tudiants de lâUniversitĂ© de Londres membres de la School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) qui ont rĂ©cemment voulu interdire lâĂ©tude des philosophes blancs tels que : Platon, Aristote, Voltaire, Montesquieu, Kant. On est bien Ă©videmment en prĂ©sence dâun aveuglement totalitaire de la pensĂ©e, qui sous couvert de progrĂšs rejoint en effet des archaĂŻsmes profonds (on pense par exemple Ă lâIndex des livres interdits par lâEglise ou bien par les Nazis ou encore Staline). Mais lĂ oĂč on se dit que ces propos sont le fait dâune poignĂ©e dâĂ©tudiants illuminĂ©s, lâon se rend compte que tous les jours, en France sous la plume dâuniversitaires Ă©mĂ©rites du CollĂšge de France, lâopportunisme idĂ©ologique gagne du terrainâŠ
 Je veux bien que lâon sâinquiĂšte du concept dâidentitĂ© Française pour quâil ne devienne pas complĂštement figĂ©. Certes, mais alors remplaçons-le par le concept de civilisation qui pousse Ă prendre en compte toute sa culture et tous ses arts. Romain Gary â pas citĂ© dans lâHistoire Mondiale de la France- a bien Ă©crit : « je nâai pas une goutte de sang français mais la France coule dans mes veinesâŠÂ ». Les civilisations sâĂ©lĂšvent et sâeffondrent selon la vitalitĂ© de leurs idĂ©aux culturels, et non seulement selon le poids de leurs richesses matĂ©rielles. LâHistoire nous apprend que la plupart des sociĂ©tĂ©s cultivent des valeurs sacrĂ©es pour lesquelles leurs peuples sont prĂȘts Ă se mobiliser passionnĂ©ment, sans faire de compromis. La recherche du savoir, de la connaissance, la quĂȘte de lâexcellence et du progrĂšs sont des valeurs qui nous protĂ©geront de la barbarie et de la montĂ©e de lâignorance. Celles-ci doivent ĂȘtre enseignĂ©es. Il y va de notre avenirâŠ
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A Matter of Good Taste 1932
This is a relatively unheard of short film featuring Colin Clive. It isn't even listed on IMDb. Here is what I know of it from Gregory William Mank's book Hollywood's Maddest Doctors page 289) Â
Released October 3, 1932; Director: George Dewhurst; Cinematography: Walter Blakely; 10 minutes
Cast: Colin Clive (Terry), Jeanne de Casalis (Daphne), Den Warren (Butler), Connie Ediss (Cook), Marguerite Allan (Girl)
MORE INFO HERE WHICH IS SLIGHTLY CONTRADICTORY.
After I posted it, a friend of mine and I decided we think that the BFI info is probably more accurate than Mank's.Â
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