tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6952132016236201534.post4370325921706178101..comments2024-02-25T01:29:54.175-05:00Comments on The Films in My Life - a personal journal of cinema: The Spanish Gardener (1956)kate gabriellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00524340938024619737noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6952132016236201534.post-43839533440152750852013-04-01T05:52:39.369-04:002013-04-01T05:52:39.369-04:00The fascinating thing about The Spanish Gardener i...The fascinating thing about The Spanish Gardener is that it totally reverses the A J Cronin popular novel. In the book Jose in 19 and the stuff father starts to find him attractive ..... and accidentally causes Jose's death when he is on the run. Bogarde was 35 at the time and Rank were not going to kill off their "Idol of the Odeons" so Jose survives! <br /><br />Michael O'Sullivanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17820802843771524920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6952132016236201534.post-57104146652835087122009-08-28T18:00:31.713-04:002009-08-28T18:00:31.713-04:00Cool review! And a link! Might just have to clic...Cool review! And a link! Might just have to click on that. You choose some nice-looking shots of Mr. Bogarde there. :-D<br /><br />I like Michael Hordern, but he's in Where Eagles Dare (one of my favorite movies), as well as a bunch of other things I watch regularly, Shogun, Ivanhoe, Genghis Khan.... He looks so much younger in the screenshots than I'm used to seeing him! Cool.<br /><br />Do you know, I won't watch Shane because I can't stand that kid?DKorenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05819702518388146971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6952132016236201534.post-12390636040590994152009-08-28T17:21:59.112-04:002009-08-28T17:21:59.112-04:00Matthew- Yes! Someone who agrees with me about 195...Matthew- Yes! Someone who agrees with me about 1950's brats! :D I don't get to see too many British films unless they're on TCM because for some reason the movie industry thinks Americans don't want to see British classics -- they all seem to be Region 2 :( I really think the only thing I've seen Hordern in is A Christmas Carol but I'll take a look at his filmography and see if anything else rings a bell. Thanks for the Rex Harrison story; it's fascinating!!!<br /><br />Nicole- oh, you have to! Watch out, as you can probably tell it's pretty easy to become obsessed after seeing one of his movies ;)<br /><br />vivienne- Thanks for mentioning chutzpah-- I realized I spelled it wrong!! Funny "hootspa" wasn't detected on my spellcheck... :)<br /><br />Mercurie- It's funny, the Roman films don't bother me as much because I can't imagine what a Roman accent would sound like (since they spoke Latin back then, not Italian, right?) but it's just a glaring problem when the characters are supposed to be Spanish. Actually, even in Dr. Zhivago the fact that the cast is British never dawned on me -- it must just be Spanish speaking countries, isn't that strange?<br /><br />Lolita- lol, he was!!! But you should watch it anyway, it really was a good film if you try to ignore the annoyingness of the boy :) By the way I LOVE Bediiinnii!! He is so much fun in that film!Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02026961018017690353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6952132016236201534.post-50993401475463688332009-08-28T16:45:08.462-04:002009-08-28T16:45:08.462-04:00Eww, I can really see how that child could have be...Eww, I can really see how that child could have been annoying as hell.<br />Great review! And thanks for the YouTube-link :)<br />About fake accents I just watched Top Hat - that self-loving temperamental "Bediiini!" is just hilarious. His character feels like it's meant to taunt fake-accent characters like you talk about!Lolita of the Classicshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03596876234508882958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6952132016236201534.post-84500090697672036842009-08-28T15:05:58.838-04:002009-08-28T15:05:58.838-04:00I have the same problem you did with the fact that...I have the same problem you did with the fact that everyone was British rather than Spanish. Dirk is very English, even in this film! In a way it reminds me of all those movies about ancient Rome (many of which I love), where every Roman has an English or Welsh accent....Terence Towles Canotehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18397088843628331615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6952132016236201534.post-30264430370974689112009-08-28T14:31:39.596-04:002009-08-28T14:31:39.596-04:00great review and I love that you used the word chu...great review and I love that you used the word chutzpah!!vivienne strausshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07950873670326776362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6952132016236201534.post-20240452815452792842009-08-28T14:20:30.215-04:002009-08-28T14:20:30.215-04:00I love that you've been on a kick of watching ...I love that you've been on a kick of watching Dirk Bogarde's movies because now I'm very curious to see some of his movies, including this one. It sounds quite interesting and I think I'll give it a try some time. Great review by the way!Nicole Newcombhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07858454185709468641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6952132016236201534.post-83025604877363521222009-08-28T13:41:26.812-04:002009-08-28T13:41:26.812-04:00The guy that plays Wesley in On Moonlight Bay and ...The guy that plays Wesley in On Moonlight Bay and By The Light of the Silvery Moon is the only fifties kid actor I can stomach, and even he grew up to be a bit of a jerk. <br />To the British Michael Hordern is above all else the voice of Paddington Bear - do you know him? I'll wager you've seen him more often than you realise (Hordern I mean, not Paddington - there's no mistaking Paddington). <br />I know an incredibly funny anecdote about Hordern and Rex Harrison during the making of Cleopatra that's far too long for this comments box, but if you ask me nicely...Matthew Coniamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00302989527514886503noreply@blogger.com