An Orme Collection
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#OTD John Cleese, born October 27th, 1939.
1972 - They did things differently then.
Born #OTD tv presenter, yachtsman, singer and all-round nice guy, Simon Le Bon. Most famous in the 1980s for being the front man of new romantic band Duran Duran. Now and then.
Kiss me and you will see how important I am.
Sylvia Plath, born #OTD in Boston, Mass, in 1932. Died by her own hand in 1963.
Her last poems, compiled and published after her death, Ariel in 1965. (This Faber reprint 1970)
Rage rage against the dying of the light..
My quote during last night's power outage (again) in North London.
Born #OTD in 1889 (d 1981), playwright & novelist, Enid Bagnold - “a scallywag who married a very rich man” according to Virginia Woolf! . #Booksintomovies National Velvet, first pubd 1935, made into an eponymous movie in 1944, starring a young Elizabeth Taylor and Mickey Rooney.
Born #OTD in NYC in 1923, went to heaven in 1997 (hidden poem), Roy Lichtenstein, probably the most famous of the 1960s “pop art” movement – alongside Jasper Johns and Andy Warhol - using popular culture and print techniques as his inspiration. Tongue-in-cheek, but very serious.
#OTD in 1985, Chat (ITP/ IPC ) “The first mass market women’s weekly launched since the late 1950s”, exploiting real life stories. Using newsprint format, with colour – a successful concept in Germany. Subsequently needed to change format to suit supermarket shelves.
Born #OTD in 1930, John Arden, d 2012, alone an angry young man of British theatre (Sergeant Musgrave’s Dance, The Workhouse Donkey), but with partner Margaretta D’Arcy a strong force for re-imagining drama with a political slant, cf an exploratory play The King’s Pardon (1967)
From 1945, Baron Philippe Rothschild racing car enthusiast & vineyard owner commissioned a major artist to design the label for the year’s Chateau Mouton Rothschild vintage. Bacon, Koons, Dali, Braque. In 1973, the privilege given to Pablo Picasso (born #OTD in 1881, died 1973
Born #OTD in England in 1886, Leo G Carroll (d 1972). Found his way to Broadway and then Hollywood, where a busy career saw him in six Alfred Hitchcock films. His defining tv role as the spymaster Mr Waverley in the UNCLE organisation, with David McCallum and Robert Vaughan.
Launched #OTD in 1975, the first issue, Number 1, of Mickey Mouse (born 1928) in his own weekly comic. From IPC Fleetway, who held the Walt Disney UK licence for many years, cf Fantasia Poster Magazine 1979. #MickeyMouse #WaltDisney
#OTD in 1981, Titbits celebrated its 100th anniversary. Originally Tit-Bits “from all the most interesting Books, Periodicals and Newspapers in the world”. Asimov, Haggard and Wodehouse among the contributors. Passed away forty two years ago in 1984.
Il est un rock star.
Born #OTD in 1936, William Perks, better known as Bill Wyman. Bass guitarist, songwriter, formerly with The Rolling Stones, now with his own band, back briefly on Hackney Diamonds. Autobiographer, collector of Stones memorabilia, etc. And he did this in 1974!
#booksintomovies, Brokeback Mountain, a fine example of Annie Proulx’s honed prose, Ang Lee (born #OTD in 1954) won the Oscar for best director in 2005. Life of Pi was a 2012 movie directed by Ang Lee, winning 4 Oscars including best director, again. And if you like endpapers….
Born #OTD in 1932, Diana Fluck. Thoughtfully changed her name to Diana Dors, became a UK film star in the Jayne Mansfield, Marilyn Monroe style. Showed true acting chops in Yield to the Night (1956). Her memoir For Adults Only (1978), and A to Z of her recollections. Died 1984.
#booksintomovies 2024, based on the true story of Trudi Ederle (born #OTD 1905, died 2003) Young Woman and the Sea, by Glenn Stout, first woman to swim the English Channel – a game changer for women’s sports in the 1920s. Slightly uneven movie but feel good, with Daisy Ridley.
