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[thisbluespirit]

Since I was complaining a few posts ago about the lack of James Maxwell in Subway in the Sky, I should say:

a) That paid off - swordznsorcery pointed me to this Design for Loving campaign sheet from eBay, which has a large pic of Mr Maxwell, plus a synopsis and cast list, and then liadt pointed out that it is up on the BFIplayer here (although only for rental, and I'd have to watch it online and not keep it and rip it and cap it, but still; if lack of JM overcomes me anytime, I could do that). Plus, bonus pic!* (It was 1962, though. I can't remember why I had 1958 in my head. I should know by now there is no 1950s JM, however much I want to make that not be true.)

And b) my other film, The Third Secret, which I will have to talk about properly sometime (it was very pretty and complicated) coughed up a satisfactory cameo. I'll also have to picspam it better, because I'm lazy tonight and these are via my tumblr, so the links most likely won't last long.


He was perfectly easy to spot this time! According to the info that comes with the DVD, this film was savagely cut and given that James Maxwell does nothing whatsoever except give Paul Rogers's (functional) character someone to talk to, I'm not sure how he's still in it, but I'm fine with that.


No moustache in sight and he's in it briefly, obviously, but he seems mostly quite sweet and earnest and just gets snapped at by Paul Rogers. (Paul Rogers, btw, is The Man Who Said Sorry from Public Eye. That'll teach him to snap at James Maxwell.)


Making hurt faces when being snapped at for no reason. No random barometers, though. There can't always be a random barometer.


It also had a young Judi Dench, in it only slightly more than James Maxwell, but I couldn't get quite as good screenshots, though I tried - she's mainly not close up when she's on screen:




The moral of this story always seems to be that it pays to moan on the internet about my favourite old actors. /sheepish


* I don't know why James Maxwell looks like he's in a threesome there, though. Don't these people know that he only ever makes worshipful love to people's hands and would be tragically in the way?

Comments

[justice_turtle]

Aww, the tiniest James Maxwell! I want to ruffle his hair. :-)

[thisbluespirit]

<3 Heh, if you can reach! (Which I say from the lowly position of 5"1 1/2...)

[pedanther]

There was a work titled "Design for Loving" that did come out in 1958, just not the one with James Maxwell in: it was an episode of Alfred Hitchcock Presents, based on a story by Ray Bradbury, about a man who buys a robot duplicate to spend time with his wife so he doesn't have to. (The twist ending is, of course, that the wife ends up with the robot duplicate, which is probably supposed to be a warning about letting technology take over our lives but frankly sounds to me like a net win for the wife.)

[thisbluespirit]

That is an impressive coincidence, but I don't think it's my excuse. I could pretend it was, though. :-D

[persiflage_1]

Bless.

[thisbluespirit]

<3

[liadt]

Aw, poor snapped at James Maxwell. Judi Dench doesn't look like Judi Dench!

[thisbluespirit]

She did when I was watching it - I just had trouble getting good screencaps afterwards! (I promise it's her!)

[dimity_blue]

"The moral of this story always seems to be that it pays to moan on the internet about my favourite old actors. /sheepish"

Ha! I'm glad it worked out so well for you.

[thisbluespirit]

It is so much more fun than actually doing the Googling myself!

(I have Googled James Maxwell a lot, but I don't always Google things he was in, but probably one day when I'm bored I should do that more because clearly it can pay!)