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Thread #117716   Message #2542179
Posted By: Jack Blandiver
18-Jan-09 - 10:32 AM
Thread Name: Folklore: Blacking up for morris - origin?
Subject: RE: Folklore: Blacking up for morris - origin?
Look Out There's A Monster Coming.

And not forgetting the late Trevor Howard, who blacked up in the film of Vivian Stanshall's Sir Henry at Rawlinson End; this from a man whose idea of fun was dressing up in a Nazi uniform and going out on the town with his oppo Keith Moon. By the way, I'm a huge Vivian Stanshall fan and fully appreciate his take on such things was, out of necessity, rather complicated.

Not forgetting Vic and Bob as Otis and Marvin, no footage of them blacked up on YouTube, but here's Vic's Barry White http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=ttb1gjs8s1g.