[net.books] Ahhhhhhhhhh!

arndt@lymph.DEC (08/15/85)

David M. MacMillan you are a Philistine!!

Yes there is a good movie of "Our Man In Havana", but it stars Alec Guiness!

Regards,

Ken Arndt

wjh@bonnie.UUCP (Bill Hery) (08/16/85)

> 
> Yes there is a good movie of "Our Man In Havana", but it stars Alec Guiness!
>

And don't forget Ernie Kovacs as the Cuban policeman and friend/advesary of
Alec.

BTW, the book by is by Graham Greene, who has written a number of
books which are both 'good reads' as well as good literature.  
He used to spend much of his time as a journalist in various foreign countries,
and usually wrote a novel set in each locale where he spent a lot
of time--Havana, Mexico, Haitii (under Papa Doc), Vienna (right
after WWII--The Third Man), Spain, Africa, and even the US (he's English).

One of my favorites is one that was written in the late fifties and takes 
place in Viet Nam before the French left.  When I read it the early 70's,
I had to keep checking the copyright date to be sure it was that old--
everything he wrote about the French in the early fifties was just
the same as the Americans fifteen years later!  I don't recall the name
of the book off-hand; Ill post it when I check my library at home.

Bill Hery

dmm@calmasd.UUCP (David M. MacMillan) (08/20/85)

     I know quite well that this should not appear in net.books. It 
should be emailed to K. Arndt, but I have failed at the correct approach,
so please bear with me.

     Ken points out that:

>
>Yes there is a good movie of "Our Man In Havana", but it stars Alec Guiness!
>
>Ken Arndt

     However, I didn't say it *starred* Noel Coward, only that it was
with Noel Coward.  I checked, and he does indeed appear in the film.

    To redeem this posting for net.books, I might add that N. Coward
wrote many plays which I find enjoyable.  It isn't absolutely necessary
to see them performed (though that would be nice); they're delightful,
sometimes bittersweet reading.  (Try to find an edition with pictures.)

                                      David M. MacMillan

wjh@bonnie.UUCP (Bill Hery) (08/20/85)

> BTW, the book by is by Graham Greene...
> 
> One of my favorites is one that was written in the late fifties and takes 
> place in Viet Nam before the French left.  When I read it the early 70's,
> I had to keep checking the copyright date to be sure it was that old--
> everything he wrote about the French in the early fifties was just
> the same as the Americans fifteen years later!  I don't recall the name
> of the book off-hand; Ill post it when I check my library at home.
> 

It was The Quiet American.

Bill Hery

gail@calmasd.UUCP (Gail B. Hanrahan) (08/20/85)

It was David MacMillan's mention of Noel Coward plays that
reminded me...

Sheridan Morley's biography of Coward is excellent.  
That I can remember this after having read it over ten years
ago certainly says something, doesn't it?

-- 

Gail Bayley Hanrahan
Calma Company, San Diego
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alan@sun.uucp (Alan Marr, Sun Graphics) (08/24/85)

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