BBC Short Works: I Love You, Mr Demille
Currently on BBC Sounds: A silent movie writer finds her voice in this new story by Sara Sheridan – inspired by the true story of Lorna Moon & her close friendship with darling of the silver screen, Mary Pickford
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002ym80
#Scottish #literature #screenwriting #Hollywood #cinemahistory #filmhistory #womenwriters #20thcentury
“Scott is the most filmic of writers… He may be considered difficult to read today, long-winded & meandering by modern standards, but his narratives still come alive when the characters move dramatically in a visual world”
—Walter Scott & Cinema
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https://www.thebottleimp.org.uk/2013/05/wattie-goes-to-hollywood-scott-scotland-and-film/
#Scottish #literature #WalterScott #SirWalterScott #19thcentury #Victorian #romanticism #novel #cinema #film #cinemahistory
