![]() Playwright John van Druten described the musical as "enormous fun" and Joshua Logan said it was "fresh, witty, magical, exciting". The result was the 1947 film The Lady from Shanghai. He also borrowed from Columbia Pictures president Harry Cohn, on a promise to write, produce, direct and star in a film for Cohn for no fee. When Mike Todd pulled out, Welles put up his own money. The show had a cast of 70 and included four mechanical elephants and 54 stage hands. Also, according to critical Welles biographer Charles Higham, "Porter wrote the songs far too quickly and badly". However, he had no money left for a star cast and used performers who were not well known. He raised money from Mike Todd, producer William Goetz, and Alexander Korda, who held the title's European rights. He visualized an entire circus on stage, a train running through the West, and other extravagant production ideas. FOGG scan it.After he finished shooting his 1946 film The Stranger, Welles decided to make a musical out of one of his favorite childhood books, Around the World in Eighty Days. I have come about your advertisement for a new valet.įOGG ( unfazed). He’s just behind you, love.įOGG is intercepted by PASSEPARTOUT, but continues his usual route as they talk. Excuse me, I’m looking for Number Seven, Savile Row, Mr Phileas Fogg’s residence?įLOWER-SELLER. He is French and a former circus performer. Passepartout Finds a Comfortable Position Shall I place an advertisement for a new man before I go? ( Knowing he’s done for.) I expect that’s it for me, then. It is not at the required ninety-seven degrees. The day in the life pattern begins to repeat.Īt the moment FOGG ’s lips touch the tea everything comes to a screeching halt.įOGG. Goodnight.ĭay 3: Morning in London, Wednesday October 2nd, 1872. But a fine fellow is Mr Fogg!įLOWER-SELLER ( to STREET-SWEEP). No, keeps to himself, hasn’t any family or friends beyond his whist partners at the club. Not lavish but when money is needed for a noble or useful cause, he seems to supply it quietly.įLOWER-SELLER. But no one knows how he made his fortune and, from what I’m told, Mr Fogg never speaks of it himself.įLOWER-SELLER. ![]() Movement sequence continues under dialogue as FOGG :įLOWER-SELLER. As they talk, the movement sequence continues in its regular pattern. Although everything around FOGG is slightly different, FOGG is exactly the same in every movement, action and gesture.Īs the sequence continues, we see a STREET-SWEEP approach the FLOWER-SELLER. The day in the life pattern begins to repeat. – Gives his coat, hat and cane to his valet JAMES.ĭay 2: Morning in London, Tuesday October 1st, 1872. – Collects his winnings into a little purse. – Takes a flower from the FLOWER-SELLER for his lapel. – Has tea and toast delivered by his valet JAMES. In a movement sequence we see FOGG ’s very regimented routine: Out of bed rises PHILEAS FOGG, handsome, around forty, a man so precise that to say his life runs like clockwork is no exaggeration. Read moreĭay 1: Morning in London, Monday September 30th, 1872. Passepartout was just gorgeous with his devotion to Fogg and his journey.If you’ve never read a classic, I suggest you start with this one – it’s short and feels completely modern. Fogg’s trip was interesting from both a cultural and historical perspective. It read like a modern book to me, I had no problems with language or dreary bits. ![]() One thing you will learn is longitude and latitude in an important but fun way!I found this book fast paced and interesting. Add to this a ride on an elephant, rescue of a young widow, a meeting with the Sioux and a circus troupe (not at the same time) and like Fogg, this book never stops. However, Detective Fix is on Fogg’s trail, suspecting him of stealing from the Bank of England. Armed with a book of timetables of ships and trains (as well as good luck), they begin their journey. ![]() Accompanied by his new but trusty servant, Passepartout, he leaves the Reform Club, London promising to return back in exactly eighty days. Palin’s journey was inspired by this classic.As you can probably guess, this book deals with Phileas Fogg’s attempt to go around the world in eighty days in the 1800s. I must admit that my motivation to read this book came from the book and TV series by Michael Palin (who attempted to go around the world in eighty days strangely enough in the 1980s). ![]()
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