The Real Mrs Miniver
“I always think it’s better for authors who know nothing about script-writing to keep their fingers out of the pie. Yes, Mrs Marchpane, I simply loved the film. Since I had nothing to do with making it, I can speak quite freely. Why, yes, Mr Syllabub, I thought the casting was excellent. The station-master? Oh, yes, exactly the way I always imagined him to be. (And then I would know that Mr Syllabub hadn’t read the book, because the station-master didn’t come into it.) From J.S’s unfinished book on America, ‘Cactus and Columbine’ THE ABBREVIATIONS FOR American radio and television stations, CBS, WNEW, WSB, KTMS and WEVD, pepper the pages of Jan’s engagement book for 1942. ‘B’cast, 5.30.’ Her voice, speaking to a country at war, was becoming a national morale-boosting presence on the airwaves. Often, the ‘b’cast’ was preceded by ‘H.D.’ – hairdresser’s – in the morning.
For these hairdressing appointments, Harlem beckoned. When no one was looking, she took a bus northwards up Third Ave...nue, on and on, as the buildings grew seedier and the hair curlier, like her own.MoreLess
For these hairdressing appointments, Harlem beckoned. When no one was looking, she took a bus northwards up Third Ave...nue, on and on, as the buildings grew seedier and the hair curlier, like her own.MoreLess
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