I adore the fantastical magic of The Company of Wolves. Based on Angela Carter's short story, it's a film I just love and is up there with The Fearless Vampire Killers as a rare but rewarding treat.
Seeing it again this week I noticed some publications in the bedroom set, one particularly mysterious, as I simply cannot find another example!
This mystery is the magazine on the bed. It's visible on the film poster and in the film itself you can see it's a A My Weekly with the words The Shattered Dream on the bottom. The picture looks like the girl in the film. It could well be a made up prop. What do you think readers?
Less of a mystery are two more publications in the heroine's bedroom. I can see the Take of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle but what's the other one?
The Enormous Turnip https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=32376447472&dest=usa&ref_=ps_ggl_18382194370&cm_mmc=ggl-_-US_Shopp_Trade0to10-_-product_id=COM9780721402673USED-_-keyword=&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=17190383930&gbraid=0AAAAAD3Y6gsS-kBungFSvTm4Xm5a5g6lc&gclid=Cj0KCQiAvtzLBhCPARIsALwhxdovt_0KJRJN1cKY0H0zp9_M5VXqFGIwIz066gD81RIIGiDMd9aLvUYaApvfEALw_wcB#&gid=undefined&pid=1
ReplyDeleteThe Enormous Turnip is a Ladybird easy reader book. The my weekly is a custom cover, made for the film. A lot of the props are purpose built, to tie in with the story, like the grandma doll, made to look like Angela Lansbury. Love that film, ive got the soundtrack on vinyl too. Bill
ReplyDeleteHow do you know it's a custom prop Bill?
Deletethe text is off centre and the graphics look really rough
DeleteA trained eye!
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