I was much taken with Glamourpuss’s EDW this week, which rather successfully managed to dress up Father Christmas in louche and well-cut clothes. He would look the better for them.
The only thing I can think of that might match both elements of grace and surprise is this picture of Ivor Novello and a shapely leg. It comes from the original (1928) film of The Constant Nymph. I found the book in a Rutland second-hand shop when I was a teenager and adored it, but I’ve never seen any of the films. (Incidentally, just over seventy years ago, my grandfather managed to enrol almost all the other boys at his school in its branch of the League of Nations Club by block-booking the local cinema and offering all LoN members a free viewing of the 1933 version of the film. Everybody joined. His headmaster was furious.)
So, if anyone has a copy of any of the three versions they’re willing to lend…
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That is a wonderful photograph - his expression is priceless. I just wish that woman pointed her toes more…
Thanks for the heads up, Ben.
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