Between 1939 and 1947, the number of divorces in Britain rose from 9,970 to 24,847. In Summer of the latter year, Picturegoer magazine ran a piece on the way in which marriage was perceived in the country’s theatres at the time, refuting strong claims from figures as influential as the Archbishop of York that sensationalism on screens was partly to blame. “The …
The Ghost Train Directed by Walter Forde Written by J.O.C. Orton, Val Guest, & Marriott Edgar Starring Arthur Askey, Richard Murdoch, Kathleen Harrison, and Carole Lynne UK, 85 min – 1941. “I say, I wonder if I could teach you to talk. I wonder if you could say ‘Heil Hitler.’ Eh? No, not with a …
How to Re-Establish a Vodka Empire Directed by Dan Edelstyn UK, 2011 When Dan Edelstyn imported his first batch of the Ukrainian vodka, Zorokovich 1917, to Britain, he presented them to Ian Wisniewski, one of the country’s most “eminent and influential vodka experts”. After a careful tasting, Wisniewski deemed the spirit disappointing, and that competitive …