tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11838465.post4891208331009012008..comments2024-02-24T18:30:26.749-07:00Comments on prairiemary: WHEN THE MALE LOVER DIES...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11838465.post-41677736325109848522007-07-15T20:43:00.000-06:002007-07-15T20:43:00.000-06:00Sorry. Trevor Eve is in "The Heat of the SUN." Q...Sorry. Trevor Eve is in "The Heat of the SUN." Quite different.<BR/><BR/>He got his start playing Paul McCartney on the stage!! Does a lot of detectives.<BR/><BR/>Prairie Marymscriverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13567509503405689139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11838465.post-91969357316054364962007-07-15T20:34:00.000-06:002007-07-15T20:34:00.000-06:00There are books specifically about Bror as well as...There are books specifically about Bror as well as Dennis Finch-Hatton. Of course, Elspeth Huxley, Beryl Markham, and others were also writing about the same location and there is overlap in their casts of characters, though the periods of time are slightly different.<BR/><BR/>Now I'm watching "In the Heat of the Day" with Trevor Eve, an actor I've noticed before but never really thought about. He played Dennis Finch-Hatton in a Beryl Markham-based film, but that casting isn't quite right either. Eve is a rather stocky, working-class type and all agree that Dennis was an aristocrat all the way. Of course, maybe what I'm seeing is acting. There's a Beryl Markham knock-off in this film, too. These small cloth-covered airplanes were wonderful. My uncles flew them on the North American prairie and yearned for them ever after. There must be a good history somewhere.<BR/><BR/>Prairie MaryMary Strachan Scriverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00538160009129822362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11838465.post-32504002513500133662007-07-15T20:07:00.000-06:002007-07-15T20:07:00.000-06:00Jake beat me to it: "White Mischief" definitely go...Jake beat me to it: "White Mischief" definitely goes with the others.<BR/><BR/>Funny how Bror hardly appears in Karen Blixen's book at all; his character seems invented for the film.Chas S. Cliftonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00923547685265741325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11838465.post-83770533926709578822007-07-09T17:39:00.000-06:002007-07-09T17:39:00.000-06:00As it turns out, "White Mischief" is not available...As it turns out, "White Mischief" is not available on Netflix. Grrr.<BR/><BR/>Prairie MaryMary Strachan Scriverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00538160009129822362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11838465.post-53876739987092946042007-07-09T14:38:00.000-06:002007-07-09T14:38:00.000-06:00Thanks for the tip about "White Mischief." I look...Thanks for the tip about "White Mischief." I looked it up on IMDB.com and read the first review I've ever seen written by a family member of a main character! It looks good enough that I put it on my Netflix list.<BR/><BR/>The Ice Cream War will have to wait, but I'll put it on my list.<BR/><BR/>Prairie Marymscriverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13567509503405689139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11838465.post-61986218424943073742007-07-09T06:29:00.000-06:002007-07-09T06:29:00.000-06:00I'll second Jake's recommendation of White Mischie...I'll second Jake's recommendation of <I>White Mischief</I> - a very different sort of moral code being teased apart, there. It's been some time since I last saw <I>Out of Africa</I>, and I could probably stand to watch it again. My strongest impression of it was that it felt like a 70's movie, with the Meryl Streep character discovering truths of the heart while attempting to set up a self-sufficient commune of sorts in the wilds of Africa (rather than the wilds of Alaska).<BR/><BR/>I'm sounding rather pissy about these love stories, aren't I? My biases are showing, I guess.Whisky Prajerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14076228013022881173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11838465.post-31519142156007767222007-07-07T10:59:00.000-06:002007-07-07T10:59:00.000-06:00A movie you need to see is "White Mischief" based ...A movie you need to see is "White Mischief" based on a scandal in the European colony in Kenya in the thirties.<BR/>And a book you would enjoy is The Ice Cream War - sorry, can't remember the author - about the interaction of the Brit-Kenyans and the German-Tanganyikans when the Great War broke out.<BR/>Love<BR/>JakeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com