Thursday, September 23, 2010

Captain Horatio Hornblower



A few days ago I saw the last half of this movie on TV. It was interesting to see the ships, the riggings close up, and the costumes. Hornblower (Peck) wore his hat the right way, like Jack Aubrey. The love interest was Virginia Mayo, which may be one reason the movie didn't make much of a splash.
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In contrast to the break-even Amazon.com sale of the big book last week: Yesterday I cleared nearly $8.00 on a 1967 paperback copy of Portrait of Jennie. I still have my copy, even older than that, which I enclosed in cardboard covers years ago.

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