A Positively Final Appearance: A Journal 1996-98A worthy successor to the beloved actor's earlier diary "My Name Escapes Me, " this new volume contains Sir Alec's journal from June 1996 to December 1998. A "New York Times" Notable Book of the Year. |
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Page 37
... remember me ? ' ' Er er - help me , ' I suggested . ' Remember The Card ? ' ' Yes , well , ' I said . The film of The Card was made forty - five years ago . ' I was one of the crowd artistes for a few days . Then I gave up acting ...
... remember me ? ' ' Er er - help me , ' I suggested . ' Remember The Card ? ' ' Yes , well , ' I said . The film of The Card was made forty - five years ago . ' I was one of the crowd artistes for a few days . Then I gave up acting ...
Page 95
... remember for years - To remember with tears ! — I can't have read that in the last sixty - five years or so except to verify the lines just now . - What a pity William ( Up the airy mountain ' ) Allingham felt he had to put a Victorian ...
... remember for years - To remember with tears ! — I can't have read that in the last sixty - five years or so except to verify the lines just now . - What a pity William ( Up the airy mountain ' ) Allingham felt he had to put a Victorian ...
Page 98
... Remember . It was in black and white and beautifully scripted by Eric Ambler . What good stories were told in the cinema in those days , swiftly , directly and without affectation . And how blessedly short they were when compared to the ...
... Remember . It was in black and white and beautifully scripted by Eric Ambler . What good stories were told in the cinema in those days , swiftly , directly and without affectation . And how blessedly short they were when compared to the ...
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