Comments on: CAMP DAVID JULY 2010: THE BAROQUE MIRRIORS OF ERIC PORTMAN http://www.filmsinreview.com/2010/07/21/camp-david-july-2010/ Film Reviews and Articles - Since 1909 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:40:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: manoah bowman http://www.filmsinreview.com/2010/07/21/camp-david-july-2010/comment-page-1/#comment-32097 manoah bowman Fri, 20 Aug 2010 19:57:57 +0000 http://www.filmsinreview.com/?p=3919#comment-32097 great and fascinating article on this strange and interesting film. I'm hoping you can get in touch with me again as I have material for you that I sat aside -- want to make sure of where you are before I send it out since it's one of a kind. great and fascinating article on this strange and interesting film. I’m hoping you can get in touch with me again as I have material for you that I sat aside — want to make sure of where you are before I send it out since it’s one of a kind.

]]> By: Raymond Funamoto http://www.filmsinreview.com/2010/07/21/camp-david-july-2010/comment-page-1/#comment-32037 Raymond Funamoto Thu, 19 Aug 2010 23:18:59 +0000 http://www.filmsinreview.com/?p=3919#comment-32037 Dear David, Just a quick addendum of Eric Portman's playing the "hero", a gypsy framed of the title character's murder in MARIA MARTEN or THE MURDER IN THE RED BARN and as a son avenging his father's brutal murder in THE CRIMES OF STEPHEN HAWKE(which had the great later director Ronald Neame as Cinematographer), in both films where Portman gets the best of the villain in both films, the great TOD SLAUGHTER! It seems that a leading young actor always played the hero in 2 different Slaughter films in which they walk away after having given Tod his just deserts! (John Warwick in THE TICKET OF LEAVE MAN and THE FACE AT THE WINDOW, Sir Bruce Seton in SWEENEY TODD THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET and THE CURSE OF THE WRAYDONS). Portman was quite fierce, causing the "cowardly" Tod to cower from his staring eyes and commanding voice! In addition, Portman played the seedy no-good hubby Archie Ross of Dame Edith Evans suffering elderly pensioner in THE WHISPERERS and watching the two interplay is a delight indeed! Eric and Tod, Eric and Dame Edith! Dear David,
Just a quick addendum of Eric Portman’s playing the “hero”, a gypsy framed of the title character’s murder in MARIA MARTEN or THE MURDER IN THE RED BARN and as a son avenging his father’s brutal murder in THE CRIMES OF STEPHEN HAWKE(which had the great later director Ronald Neame as Cinematographer), in both films where Portman gets the best of the villain in both films, the great TOD SLAUGHTER! It seems that a leading young actor always played the hero in 2 different Slaughter films in which they walk away after having given Tod his just deserts! (John Warwick in THE TICKET OF LEAVE MAN and THE FACE AT THE WINDOW, Sir Bruce Seton in SWEENEY TODD THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET and THE CURSE OF THE WRAYDONS). Portman was quite fierce, causing the “cowardly” Tod to cower from his staring eyes and commanding voice!
In addition, Portman played the seedy no-good hubby Archie Ross of Dame Edith Evans suffering elderly pensioner in THE WHISPERERS and watching the two interplay is a delight indeed! Eric and Tod, Eric and Dame Edith!

]]> By: M. Usher http://www.filmsinreview.com/2010/07/21/camp-david-july-2010/comment-page-1/#comment-30614 M. Usher Sun, 25 Jul 2010 18:21:07 +0000 http://www.filmsinreview.com/?p=3919#comment-30614 Dear David, By coincidence, last night I was watching Eric Portman in The Archers' production of ..One of Our Aircraft Is Missing, and asking myself if contemporary audiences even remember the often chilly and but always charismatic Mr. Portman. Many stars of today can project intellect, but very few can combine this intelligence with a cultured grace and style in such an effortless display. I mourn the loss of Mr. Portman every time I have the good fortune to experience the uniqueness he brings to the screen. Dear David,

By coincidence, last night I was watching Eric Portman in The Archers’ production of ..One of Our Aircraft Is Missing, and asking myself if contemporary audiences even remember the often chilly and but always charismatic Mr. Portman. Many stars of today can project intellect, but very few can combine this intelligence with a cultured grace and style in such an effortless display. I mourn the loss of Mr. Portman every time I have the good fortune to experience the uniqueness he brings to the screen.

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