pferguson | July 6, 2012
The Dawn Patrol’s Co-stars 1938 “Oh, it does look a ripping good yarn!” As we sit down to watch the 1938 Warner Brothers remake of the, The Dawn Patrol, directed by Edmund Goulding, we are near to clicking play. First though the DVD commands and of course Errol Flynn, his eyes watching slightly skyward…click…and the musical score and […]
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Tags: 1915, 1918, Basil Rathbone, David Niven, Errol Flynn, Film History, Gallipoli, John E.V. Rathbone, Liverpool Scottish, Military Cross, Next of Kin, The Dawn Patrol, William Edward Graham Niven
pferguson | June 20, 2012
The Gallipoli Peninsula and the Great War As the ezan begins in the distance, the phrases are caught by the next minaret and the two begin their lyrical rhythm. Like questions and answers following one another, a pause, a start, I listen as the call rolls gently through the morning. As I sit up from […]
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Tags: ANZAC, Atatürk, Gallipoli, Lone Pine, Mustafa Kemal, Rhododendron Ridge, V Beach Cemetery
