tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6648851613509486338.post3649025353787554939..comments2023-07-27T13:50:05.697+01:00Comments on Dr Keith M Johnston: The Great Ealing Film Challenge 17: Dead of Night (1945)Keith M. Johnstonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09486936538577641893noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6648851613509486338.post-86201830003551082522011-12-09T09:31:15.954+00:002011-12-09T09:31:15.954+00:00Conservation Officer,
No, you're right, that ...Conservation Officer,<br /><br />No, you're right, that was a piece of badly written explanation on my part. 'Hearse Driver' is based on a story by Benson, and apparently his work also inspired aspects of the linking narrative, which was directed solely by Dearden. But Benson, obviously, had no actual hand in the production, being dead at the time...Keith M. Johnstonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09486936538577641893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6648851613509486338.post-51442325604857346682011-12-09T09:30:06.017+00:002011-12-09T09:30:06.017+00:00This comment has been removed by the author.Keith M. Johnstonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09486936538577641893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6648851613509486338.post-70950226982904587082011-12-07T17:14:33.687+00:002011-12-07T17:14:33.687+00:00I'm really enjoying this marathon, but I'd...I'm really enjoying this marathon, but I'd be very surprised if E F Benson had any hand in writing (still less directing) the linking narrative as this review implies: Best known for writing the Mapp and Lucia series of comic novels, and a Cambridge friend of the ghost story writer M R James (present at the first public reading of the first of James' ghost stories, no less), Benson died in 1940...Conservation Officerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14878838787361306401noreply@blogger.com