Well, I wonder how many of you will respond to this thread. I cannot profess to being a serious aviation enthusiast. However over the past few months, my research for a television drama series that I am writing, has led me to become at the least nostalgic for and at best almost passionate for the heyday of the great air races of the 1930s.
My research of the Castle Bromwich aeroplane factory put me in touch with The curator of The Alex Henshaw archive at Hendon, Daniel Scott-Davies and in turn to the great man himself. I am honoured to count this remarkable legend of flying and a wonderful Englishman, as my newest friend.
I am fairly convinced that there will be a massive amount of interest in my next project, which is to make the movie version of Alex marvelous Book “The Flight of The Mew Gull”,and he has granted me permission to proceed.
Please check out my website. I’m not a crank, this is 100% genuine and I’d love to hear the thoughts of as many of you as possible. I suspect that this will be of interest to people who don’t normally look in the historic forums, so perhaps some of you may like to draw your friends attention to this posting and my website
http://www.carvery.zoomshare.com
[email]carvery@zoomshare.com[/email]
cheers
Jon better known on the web as Brumbear
By: mike currill - 2nd September 2006 at 08:52
Go for it! I’ll echo AW’s sentiment. Has to be one of the best books I’ve ever read.
By: brumbear - 21st August 2006 at 17:43
Only one seat.??? Thanks for your comments. As far as someone to play Alex goes, at present that’s giving me minor nightmares. Not least because I shall need the actor to play Alex in my television drama series A MIDLANDS TOWN as well. There are any number of actors who look a lot like he did when in his 20s, but they’re all too damn tall. Alex is a dot now and he was then too…..Any thoughts vey gratefully received. I would like to think it could be an unknown, but Elijah Wodd is hovering in my brain. Probably because of him playing the Hobbit Frodo Baggins.
Keep intouch and to all of you posting here, please help to spread the word.
Mind ow yer a gooin
John
www.carvery.zoomshare.com My homepage blog and links to all things about both projects
By: brumbear - 21st August 2006 at 17:41
Only one seat.??? Thanks for your comments. As far as someone to play Alex goes, at present that’s giving me minor nightmares. Not least because I shall need the actor to play Alex in my television drama series A MIDLANDS TOWN as well. There are any number of actors who look a lot like he did when in his 20s, but they’re all too damn tall. Alex is a dot now and he was then too…..Any thoughts vey gratefully received. I would like to think it could be an unknown, but Elijah Wodd is hovering in my brain. Probably because of him playing the Hobbit Frodo Baggins.
Keep intouch and to all of you posting here, please help to spread the word.
Mind ow yer a gooin
John
By: Dakkg651 - 21st August 2006 at 14:28
Book me a seat now. Good luck with the project.
Anyone in mind to play the leading role?
By: brumbear - 21st August 2006 at 08:10
thanks north eagle. i shall do my very best
By: northeagle - 20th August 2006 at 19:27
Hi Jon,
Sounds great, a fantastic period of aviation. I’m sure you will do it proud. Even if you do make a hash of it, and i’m sure you won’t, it sounds a lot better than any of the remakes that have been proposed. More power to your elbow!!
Best Wishes.
By: brumbear - 20th August 2006 at 18:47
Hi Beetle.
I don’t know yet, but I will do,I’ll ask Alex and get back to you.
thanks for posting
John
By: Beetle2 - 20th August 2006 at 12:33
This is related I guess, I posted this on the Royal Aero Club site without response
My father’s flying logbook states that he took G-ACND for handling and dive tests July 5 1935 at Martlesham Heath.Gordon Kinsey reports in the book “Martlesham Heath” that “a member of the Royal Family” had entered the Mew Gull G-ACND in the King’s Cup for 1935. Can anyone tell me who the Royal was please?
By: brumbear - 16th August 2006 at 23:26
new Alex Henshaw blog…regular MEW GULL THE MOVIE UPDATES
Johnhttp://alexhenshaw.blogspot.com/2006/08/alex-henshaw-is-not-only-best-s…
By: brumbear - 16th August 2006 at 23:24
new henshaw blog site
http://alexhenshaw.blogspot.com/2006/08/alex-henshaw-is-not-only-best-solo-non.html
John
By: brumbear - 2nd August 2006 at 20:51
Hi arm waver. The same thread is running elsewhere on these boards and I’ve had a great response. Thanks for yours.
You’ve hit the nail right on the head though. It is a very atmospheric book, written by the most passionate Englishman that I have ever known. The director that I have in mind LOVES the subject.
By: Arm Waver - 2nd August 2006 at 11:41
If you can capture the atmosphere in the book it should be good.
By: brumbear - 28th July 2006 at 21:12
Well thanks for the replies.sconnor, you sound as though you may have experience..get back to me…..I’m er, not exactly a novice myself.
Texan. Alex DOES approve. He’s alraeady given me the go ahead and was pleased with the tester scenes that I’ve already shown to him
RPS I added to the Beaufighter fund at Duxford the other week and I want to win that flight in the tandem Spit. To answer your questions. Alex would love it to be ready for when the Hawker static Mew Gull is unveiled at Cosford. There’s no chance of that though. I agree that a Knighthood is long overdue but though at one time he would have loved it, I think he’d hate the people he would have to share it with now
By: RPSmith - 28th July 2006 at 20:01
Great idea – good luck. How long would it take to get it to the screen?
Perhaps the premiere could co-incide with the conferring of the long-overdue Knighthood for AH.
Roger Smith.
By: TEXANTOMCAT - 28th July 2006 at 17:57
Sounds great! Alex is our honorary President and is a wonderful gentleman I’m sure he would approve!
TT
By: sconnor - 28th July 2006 at 17:53
“The Flight of the Mew Gull” would make a sensational movie, it wouldn’t be cheap to make, period pieces never are, but I’m sure if it had the right Director and Writer it would work very well.
Good luck with it, getting a movie off the ground is never easy – At least you have the actual aircraft available.
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