Although the British Communist Party newspaper The Daily Worker expressed disapproval similar to The Jewish Chronicle’s review of the London 1971 Roundhouse production of Andy Warhol’s Pork, it was clearly not their Party.
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( 3) The Cartier-Kneale 1954 BBC TV production of 1984 receives good coverage along with public reaction (22-38). The CIA was involved in the making of the animated version of Animal Farm (39-44) ( 2), and Australia’s Lux Radio Theatre flew Vincent Price in from Hollywood for their radio adaptation of 1984 (p. An NBC University Radio Theater production with David Niven appeared within weeks of the book “hitting the shelves” (11). The BBC’s Alexandra Palace studios (also used in the 1984 film version but later much more devastated) provided the background for location inserts for the 1954 TV production. They deal with the US live TV Studio One adaptation with Eddie Albert and Lorne Greene as O’Brien (yes there was a time when future Ben Cartwright played baddies as in Robert Aldrich’s 1957 Autumn Leaves!) the Nigel Kneale/Rudolph Cartier 1954 BBC adaptation Animal Farm (1954) and Michael Anderson’s 1956 film version. Part One, appropriately sub-titled “The 1950s: Bashing the USSR,” has four chapters. It is one of the best sources on Orwell versions so far.
Kennedy, an author introduction by a non-academic journalist but also a scholar who loves vintage films and television ( 1), the book features seven sections and twenty-three chapters dealing with Orwell adaptations from the 1950s to the present day. Written (according to the blurb) by a “former film critic” now working as a freelance journalist, this book from McFarland (2018) contains important information that DVD viewers should turn to for a broader understanding both of the author and his other texts.īeginning with forward by creative writing Warwick University professor (and “stand-up comic,” according to the DVD blurb), A.L. I not only read a book far better than the Criterion DVD’s opportunity to produce a really informative work with relevant supplementary information but also one recognizing the fact that Orwell had written other books in addition to 1984, several of which received adaptation in other media such as radio and television. Edmond O’Brien in 1984 (Michael Anderson, 1956)Īfter reviewing the latest Criterion DVD release of Michael Radford’s 1984 (1984), I felt obligated to obtain a copy of the above book since the author’s relatively brief appearance on the company’s special edition features revealed some interesting facts worthy of pursuit.