Originally Posted by Steve Crook That's a strange picture. Who wears a towel in the bath? Steve

The clue is in the title! Terrible film.


Especially for John Lennon's murderer

Not another candidate for 'Anyone Recognise This Actor?' Maybe Chris William as 'Trainee Black'?

Soon afterwards, many books are ruthlessly bundled into bags and emptied in the middle of a road.
A boy, who I think must be Kevin Elder, picks up one of the books and flicks through it. His father
takes it from him, under the watchful glare of Anton Diffring, and tosses it into the ready-to-burn
pile. And we then notice it's The Moon and Sixpence - but what are the partially-obsured books?


I managed to capture this image, just before the Somerset Maugham book lands on top of them:

The Picture of Dorian Gray, Tom Brown's Body by Gladys Mitchell and something by Margaret Mead.

Can you identify the others? I'm not very happy about this strikingly individual film being remade

Moonfleet posted a photo from Roman Polanski's The Ninth Gate, which I don't know anything about,
but the book cover implies it's another witchcraft movie. A 'Rosemary's Baby Special' is on it's way!

P.S . I've just noticed that the first capture, with the unknown fireman, is identical to the one on IMDb's page!

Originally Posted by cornershop15 Didn't realise A Matter of Life and Death was filmed in 1945. So it came out a whole year after filming was completed?

Fahrenheit 451 has some of the most breathtaking images I've ever seen in films, even more so when you have time to study them during screencapping. Many of the books are shown for a split second before being picked up by brainwashed firemen or engulfed in the flames they've created. The first book that appears on screen, prominently at least, is Don Quixote by Cervantes

(Courtesty of a search on eBay)

This edition is from 1976, ten years after the film.

Originally Posted by cornershop15 Thanks very much. How did I miss THAT? It's the first time I've seen the film's Wikipedia profile though. Unfortunately, the list seems to be far from complete...

Originally Posted by will.15 I would never have gotten any of these. But no one has mentioned the most obvious one, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, an actual non-fiction book that became the basis for the musical, with the protagonist following the book's advice.

Originally Posted by cornershop15 Thanks very much. How did I miss THAT? It's the first time I've seen the film's Wikipedia profile though. Unfortunately, the list seems to be far from complete, with the Gladys Mitchell book not included, nor (what looks like) Guide to British Economics by Peter ?.* It's definitely possible to identify the Margaret Mead one, having looked at her Wikipedia page, which has a list of her publications. And anyway I might find out from alternative images from the film. *"I've found it, Mr. Elsinore, I've found it!". YES, posi-tively, I am sure this is the same book, NOT Economics but Economy ... (Courtesty of a search on eBay) This edition is from 1976, ten years after the film.

Originally Posted by Steve Crook That's a strange picture. Who wears a towel in the bath? Steve

Originally Posted by cornershop15 Thanks very much, Fellwanderer. It's always a shame when someone says "used to have" (I daren't ask why). I've also searched eBay for the Margaret Mead book, hoping you're right. Images of various reprints of the book don't match my capture but there's still hope, and it's nice to know she's still popular, with 3 pages at the American eBay.

THAT'S THE ONE!!!

Many thanks, Fellwanderer. I was looking at the US
eBay items, which produced more results. Here it is:


A reminder of it's place in Fahrenheit 451. Hard to believe seconds later all these would perish:

The previously-pictured Guide to the British Economy is underneath. The Ginger Man in the middle?

A brilliant contribution from Fellwanderer tonight. This house is also overwhelmed by books.

'You're Only Supposed To Blow The Bloody Doors Off'