Lance comfort event!

[Dora Bracken]

Hi All



Just a note to let you know that Monday 11th August is the centenary of one of our most underrated directors: Lance Comfort. To celebrate, BFI Southbank is screening two of his 1940s melodramas: Daughter of Darkness (1947) and Temptation Harbour (1948). The first will be introduced by Jonathan Rigby, author of English Gothic, and we're delighted that actress Margaret Barton will be introducing Temptation Harbour. Comfort's son John, production manager for many years, will be in attendance too.

So join us at the Southbank on Monday 11th. Daughter of Darkness screens at 18.20 (and again on Thursday 14th at 20.20); Temptation Harbour at 20.40 (and again on Sunday 17th at 16.00). Tickets cost £8.50 or a joint ticket for Monday 11is available for £12.50. Box office no. is 020 7928 3232.



I will be there on the 11th to introduce the guests so do come and say hi if you're there.



Jo Botting

Fiction Curator

BFI National Archive

[smudge]

Darn it! There's no way I can get to this, but good luck with the event!



Cheers,



Smudge

[batman]

name='smudge']Darn it! There's no way I can get to this, but good luck with the event!



Cheers,



Smudge

Ditto!



I have never seen Max on the big screen and I am a huge Lance Comfort fan as well.



Good luck with the event Jo and please keep us informed of any more such events.

[Lord Brett]

And I'll be in the Black Forest avoiding the bears and wild boars. Does anyone here get advance notice of BFI events that can put details up so we can make plans around the dates?

[Steve Crook]

name='Lord Brett']And I'll be in the Black Forest avoiding the bears and wild boars. Does anyone here get advance notice of BFI events that can put details up so we can make plans around the dates?

BFI members get advance notice - when they tell us. But some events are only organised (or announced) at the last minute



Roast boar is very nice



Steve

[batman]

name='Steve Crook']



Roast boar is very nice



Steve

Boars become fine sausages too.

[Lord Brett]

name='batman']Boars become fine sausages too.

Sorry- vegetarian. Quornwurst for me for the next two weeks.

[CaptainWaggett]

name='Lord Brett']Sorry- vegetarian. Quornwurst for me for the next two weeks.

I'm sure Quornwurst is delish

[Dame Starry]

name='batman']Boars become fine sausages too.

Any meat makes lovely sausages......



DS x.

[CaptainWaggett]

name='Dora Bracken']Hi All



Just a note to let you know that Monday 11th August is the centenary of one of our most underrated directors: Lance Comfort. To celebrate, BFI Southbank is screening two of his 1940s melodramas: Daughter of Darkness (1947) and Temptation Harbour (1948). The first will be introduced by Jonathan Rigby, author of English Gothic, and we're delighted that actress Margaret Barton will be introducing Temptation Harbour. Comfort's son John, production manager for many years, will be in attendance too.

So join us at the Southbank on Monday 11th. Daughter of Darkness screens at 18.20 (and again on Thursday 14th at 20.20); Temptation Harbour at 20.40 (and again on Sunday 17th at 16.00). Tickets cost £8.50 or a joint ticket for Monday 11is available for £12.50. Box office no. is 020 7928 3232.



I will be there on the 11th to introduce the guests so do come and say hi if you're there.



Jo Botting

Fiction Curator

BFI National Archive

Did anyone see the special event showing of Temptation Harbour? I'm just back from a showing with no special guests and it was excellent - I'd be interested to hear what Margaret Barton (who gave a fine performance) had to say about it. According to the programme notes, it did better at the box office than Brighton Rock and, shorn of the Greene/Carol Reed names, it's hard to see why this film is almost completely forgotten while Brighton Rock (and Odd Man Out, to name another British noir with William Hartnell) are so well remembered.

[DB7]

name='CaptainWaggett']Did anyone see the special event showing of Temptation Harbour? I'm just back from a showing with no special guests and it was excellent - I'd be interested to hear what Margaret Barton (who gave a fine performance) had to say about it. According to the programme notes, it did better at the box office than Brighton Rock and, shorn of the Greene/Carol Reed names, it's hard to see why this film is almost completely forgotten while Brighton Rock (and Odd Man Out, to name another British noir with William Hartnell) are so well remembered.

Lance Comfort is overlooked full stop. Hatter's Castle is fairly well known but he directed some great b-thrillers during the 50s & 60s. Sadly many of us have one or two of his films on our wanted list.

[glyn horton]

I saw Temptation Harbour at the NFT with Margaret Barton in the audience. She only gave a fairly short introduction I'm afraid mainly saying how proud she felt being given the chance play the part and remembered how composer Mischa Spoliansky turned up on the set at least once a week so he could get the 'feel' of the film while writing his score. The film itself is great - a really moody, expressionist piece and interesting in that even the unsympathetic characters are given an element of humanity so that even if we don't agree with their actions we can see reasons why they have taken the path they choose.