#peter mcenery

John could be especially tough on Brian, if not downright cruel. One night during the disc interlude at the Cavern, Brian stopped backstage, as he often did, to visit with the band. Instantly, Bob Wooler knew rough weather was brewing from the tart look on John's face and the way he was slumped in his seat. It was a comportment the deejay recognized all too well, an ornery prestrike effect, forewarning that someone, unexpectedly, was about to get the royal treatment. The cloud burst, Wooler recalls, when John crooked one side of his mouth to reflect aloud: "I see that new Dirk Bogarde film is at the Odeon." More than an observation, it was a cue for someone else in the room to respond: "Which one is that?" To which John replied: "Victim. It's all about those fucking queers."

𝐁𝐚𝐝 𝐡𝐞'𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐞'𝐬 𝐠𝐨𝐭 𝐚 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭'𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐦𝐞? 𝐖𝐞'𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐞𝐞… 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐰𝐞 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐧'𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐧, 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐇𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐇𝐞 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬 𝐰𝐞'𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐌𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥 𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐞 𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐚𝐭, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐄𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐌𝐫. 𝐒𝐥𝐨𝐚𝐧𝐞… -𝐥𝐲𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐛𝐲 𝐆𝐞𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐢𝐞 𝐅𝐚𝐦𝐞

Classic Polish movie posters - ZDOBYCZ (The Game Is Over)

Piece from the TV Times Fri 11 Nov 1960 (p13) on The Essay Prize (part of the Television Playhouse anthology). Longtime lurkers round these parts will be delighted to know that we finally have word from James Maxwell on all those fake moustaches. XD

James Maxwell has to gain a few years as the father, Keith. "I'm 31 and have to be about 40. It's rather a hard age to play. A bit older and you can put on an older man's mannerisms, but I have been looking around to see who is 40, and they look just the same as myself."

A few weeks ago, in the play Changing Values, Maxwell played a store manager with a stuck-on moustache. "I've been sticking on moustaches for years," he said. "They often look more real than the genuine article, but for this part I'm having a shot at growing my own."