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11:30 AM May 5, 2021
Richard Mainwaring, Violet Patton-Ryder, Matt Joplin, Geri Allen , in rehearsal for a previous Eastern Angles Christmas show Stoat Hall written by Julian Harries and Pat Whymark. Last year s postponed show is being resurrected as a slice of summer silliness
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Eastern Angles is bringing some much needed laughter and what would have been seasonal cheer to its newly reopened and refurbished theatre in June – thanks to the inspired invention of writer/actor Julian Harries.
Julian, for many years the ‘architect’ of the Eastern Angles Christmas show, has adapted what would have been last year’s extravaganza into a summer sleuthing caper entitled ‘Sam Snape and the Curse of the Chillesford Chough.’
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In interviewing George Gallo (he wrote “Midnight Run”), I was hoping to come across as a total professional besides being a fan. Instead I blurted out, “I’m a huge FIT of Midnight!” What Mr. Gallo was thinking, I don’t know, but he was one of the most polite and interesting interviews I’ve ever done. Gallo got his start in a completely unique way; after developing his love of movies from his dad (especially Humphrey Bogart in the Sam Spade films), he thought he would take a shot at screenwriting. Gallo was growing up in the New York suburbs in the 70s (“a great time for cinema”) when he was able to sell a screenplay at the tender age of 19 to Universal. He had looked up film people in the phone book of all places and found the name of Arthur J. Ornitz. Ornitz, a well-known cameraman (“Serpico” and “Death Wish”) thought Gallo had a real ear for dialogue from his screenplay and connected him with Marty Bregman (producer, “Dog Day Afternoon”)
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Philip Marlowe, that most self-reliant of fictional detectives, had no boss and no one to boss around. Not so his creator, Raymond Chandler, who needed some help.
“Advice to a Secretary,” a rarely seen essay published this week in the spring issue of the literary quarterly Strand Magazine, is a wry set of instructions Chandler issued to his assistant in the 1950s, Juanita Messick. For Chandler, who had little family beyond his wife and few close friends, work was personal. His tone with Messick varied from indulgent employer to hapless spouse.
“Assert your personal rights at all times,” wrote Chandler, whose thrillers depicting the seamier side of Los Angeles in the mid-20th century are classics of the genre. “You are a human being. You will not always feel well. You will be tired and want to lie down. Say so. Do it. You will get nervous; you will want to go out for a while. Say so, and do it. If you get to work late, don’t apologize. Just give a simple