It stars maggie smith, alec mccowen, louis gossett jr. Travels with my aunt 1972 plot summary 2 at his mothers funeral, stuffy bank clerk henry pulling alec mccowen meets his aunt augusta bertram dame maggie smith, an elderly eccentric with morethanshady dealings who pulls him along on a whirlwind adventure as she attempts to rescue an old lover. Aunts, travel, fiction, voyages and travels, older women in fiction, older women, british in fiction, voyages and travels in fiction, retirees, aunts in fiction, open library staff picks, british, adventure stories, travelers in fiction, women travelers, women travelers in fiction, travelers, retirees in. Soon after, she persuades henry to abandon southwood, his dahlias and the major next door to travel her way, brighton, paris, istanbul, paraguay. Travels with my aunt by graham greene 29 editions first published in 1969. Travels with my aunt was prepared specifically for katharine hepburn, george cukors congenial collaborator on films made twentyfive years before. Travels with my aunt remastered, manufactured on demand on. Travels with my aunt quotes showing of 42 christmas it seems to me is a necessary festival. It tells us the entertaining story of henry pulling our very conservative, socially compliant, dull and boring erstwhile bank manager of some years standing. But he put travels with my aunt 1969 in a class by itself as the only book hed ever written just for the fun of it. Travels with my aunt really cemented my love for graham greene. The first edition of the novel was published in 1973, and was written by graham greene. Watch travels with my aunt online 1972 movie yidio.
Travels with my aunt has class cleveland press february 10, 1973. Joined laurence oliviers royal national theatre company in 1963. Travels with my aunt 1972 george cukor, maggie smith. This new disc is a dazzler that shows off director cukors smartly chosen views of paris and the great lighting of cinematographer douglas. Travels with my aunt, brisbane, queensland, australia. Travels with my aunt by graham green the sleepless reader. Aunt augusta pulls henry away from his quiet suburban existence into a world of adventure. Travels with my aunt 1972 movie clip perhaps you find. The films plot retains the books central theme of the adventurous, amoral aunt and her respectable middle class nephew drawn in to share her life, and also features her various. Jul 07, 2017 graham greenes novel about an accountant who trades his humdrum life for one of adventure thanks to his eccentric, criminal aunt receives its screen adaptation courtesy of george cukor and company. I met aunt augusta for the first time at my mothers funeral. This content was uploaded by our users and we assume good faith they have the permission to share this book.
Travels with my aunt ebook by graham greene 9781504052559. Travels with my aunt came out in 1969 and aunt augusta is more or less what id expect miss hargreaves to be if shed lived thirty years later, and been rather less respectable. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading travels with my aunt. George cukors travels with my aunt is a whimsical romantic fantasy that works. The movie centers around an old woman, augusta smith approaching her nephew henry mccowen at. Pg 1h 48min adventure, comedy 22 february 1973 australia. Travels with my aunt is a 1972 american comedy film directed by george cukor, written by jay. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Flamboyant, flamehaired 70plus augusta bertram has opened a. Loosely based on the 1969 novel of the same name by graham greene. Made her broadway debut in the 1956 revue new faces of 56. A bill kenwright presentation of a play in two acts, adapted from the graham greene novel, directed by giles.
Described by graham greene as the only book i have written just for the fun of. The films plot retains the books central theme of the adventurous, amoral aunt and her respectable middle class nephew drawn. Read travels with my aunt by graham greene available from rakuten kobo. Maggie smith is the aunt in travels with my aunt, a 1972 film also starring alec mccowen, lou gossett jr. Jul 08, 2014 maggie smith in travels with my aunt 1972 duration. Based on one of graham greenes drollest novels, directed with lan by george cukor, and starring the magnificent maggie smith as augusta and nimble alec mccowen as bewildered nephew henry, the joyously cockeyed travels with my aunt won a best costume design academy award out of four nominations and a valise full of critical praise.
There will be a special talkback on friday, april 21, with the cast and artistic director. Free download or read online the honorary consul pdf epub book. Travels with my aunt minetta lane theater, new york. Travels with my aunt movie simple english wikipedia, the. Travels with my aunt comes down to a one woman show.
Travels with my aunt movie simple english wikipedia. Maggie smith was unforgettable in the 1973 comedy drama as aunt augusta bertram. Other articles where travels with my aunt is discussed. A retired london bank manager is yanked out of the suburbs by. March 19, 2015 at his mothers funeral, stuffy bank clerk henry pulling meets his aunt augusta, an elderly eccentric with morethanshady dealings, who pulls him along on a whirlwind adventure, as she attempts to rescue an old lover. Henry puller, a middleaged retired bank clerk is cremating his mother and meets a relative he hasnt seen for a long time. It will play wednesdays at 7pm, thursdays through saturdays at 8pm, saturday and sunday matinees at 2pm with sundays at. A film adaptation of the book was made in 1972 and a stage version was written to which was presented as a play in 1989.
Hot summer week 1972 trailer by movietrailerfan 1980. Studied acting at oxford playhouse school in oxford, england, from 1951 to 1953. It was nominated for 4 oscars and won an academy award in 1973. Reisen mit meiner tante ist eine britische filmkomodie aus dem jahr 1972. The comedy starts with the funeral of the prim and proper narrator henry pullings mother at which he meets his decidedly unconventional 75yearold aunt augusta. Oct 29, 2010 travels with my aunt opens at a funeral. Travels with my aunt kindle edition by greene, graham.
Graham greenes novel about an accountant who trades his humdrum life for one of adventure thanks to his eccentric, criminal aunt receives its screen adaptation courtesy of george cukor and company. The play was first staged at citizens theatre in glasgow on 10 november 1989 with havergal, derwent watson, patrick hannaway, and christopher gee, and has been performed in london west end theatres, offbroadway in new york, and in san francisco. Travels with my aunt 1972 travels with my aunt 1972. Travels with my aunt has class cleveland memory project. Travels with my aunt 1969 is a novel written by english author graham greene the novel follows the travels of henry pulling, a retired bank manager, and his eccentric aunt augusta as they find their way across europe, and eventually even further afield. Download now greenes fine sense of humor is displayed in this warm and farreaching comic novel, travels with my aunt, a bestseller when it appeared originally. Pdf travels with my aunt download full pdf book download. Travels with my aunt is a 1972 american comedy film directed by george cukor, written by jay presson allen and hugh wheeler, and starring maggie smith.
Opening night on saturday, april 15, at 8pm, includes a postshow reception. Travels with my aunt the 1972 movie, trailers, videos and more at yidio. Pdf the honorary consul book by graham greene free. Review by luke krayenhoff, actors readthrough theatre, abbotsford, british columbia, canada. Pdf the honorary consul book by graham greene free download. Follows the travels of henry pulling, a retired bank manager, and his eccentric aunt augusta as they find their way across europe, and eventually even further afield.
Travels with my aunt is a 1972 american adventure comedy film directed by george cukor and based on the 1969 novel of the same name by graham greene. It was nearly too much for me i found myself wincing from time to time when one of the movies ornate props seemed about to bean me but in the end i was won over, i guess. The main characters of this fiction, classics story are eduardo plarr, charles fortnum. Those plans went sour over artistic differences with mgms production head james aubrey jr. Maybe the english have a corner on this commodity or perhaps the sort of character lends itself to their particular form of humor. Travels with my aunt 1972 song at a funeral youtube. Travels with my aunt 1972 at his mothers funeral, uptight banker henry pulling alec mccowen meets an eccentric woman claiming to be his aunt, augusta bertram maggie smith. Travels with my aunt part 1 chapter 1 title the beginning of the end 1.
Released 1972, travels with my aunt stars maggie smith, alec mccowen, louis gossett jr. Travels with my aunt film by cukor 1972 britannica. There is a beautiful comic rhythm to arkles travels with my aunt at the assembly roxy, coupled with an almost boundless invention in its staging, that is very pleasing indeed. The novel follows the travels of henry pulling, a retired bank manager, and his eccentric aunt augusta as they find their way across europe, and eventually even further afield. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 265 pages and is available in paperback format. There is a beautiful comic rhythm to arkles travels with my aunt at the assembly roxy, coupled with an almost boundless invention in its staging, that is very pleasing indeed graham greenes 1969 novel about henry pulling, a retired and retiring bank manager who meets his aunt augusta at his. Aunt augusta pulls henry away from his quiet suburban existence into a world of adventure, crime and the highly unconventional details of her past. At his mothers funeral, stuffy bank clerk henry pulling alec mccowen meets his aunt augusta bertram dame maggie smith, an elderly eccentric with morethanshady dealings who pulls him along on a whirlwind adventure as she attempts to rescue an old lover. The audience was swept up with the outrageous characters and comical plot. Only love among the ruins 1975, a madefortelevision romantic comedy shot in england with hepburn and laurence olivier, and the corn is green 1979, also made for television, with katharine hepburn in the role of a. Travels with my aunt is a 1989 comedy adapted by scottish dramatist by giles havergal from graham greenes novel of the same title. Travels with my aunt penguin classics deluxe edition graham greene, gloria emerson isbn. The book touches on an important subject of how adventure and travel can change the way one feels about life and how their view of the world can change through traveling.
Maggie smith in travels with my aunt 1972 duration. Travels with my aunt kindle edition by greene, graham, havergal, giles. Rodney dangerfield at his best on the tonight show starring johnny carson. Earlier transfers for laserdisc were on the mushy side, pretty much neutralizing the films basic visual appeal. Apparently, graham greene described it as the only book i have written for the fun of it which doesnt speak so well for his other novels, and it was quite amusing, but also somehow serious at the same time in a way. Travels with my aunt isnt on the same level as sylvia scarlett, a star is born, and bhowani junction, probably my favorites, but it often seems just as personal, and it does have some of the superbly intricate and dispersed scope compositions that one often finds in the latter two. Travels with my aunt 1972 george cukor, maggie smith, alec mccowen, louis gossett jr.
Toting the ashes of the woman he believed to be his mother, henry alec mccowen is hustled away by his previouslythoughtdead aunt augusta maggie smith to her london flat where he meets her livein wordsworth, louis gossett jr. At his mothers funeral, henry pulling, a stuffy, retired bank manager with an interest in dahlias, meets his aunt augusta. There is nothing quite like eccentrics for offbeat comedy, especially eccentric old ladies, and most especially british eccentric old ladies. Travels with my aunt is the story based on the graham greene bestseller of an outrageous femme of indeterminate years cavorting in a set of outrageous situations which spell high comedy. The warner archive collections dvdr of travels with my aunt is touted as a remastered edition, which in this case really makes a difference. Travels with my aunt penguin classics deluxe edition. Travels with my aunt 1969 is certainly the funniest book by graham greene that i have read so far.
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