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Last night, in my continuing quest to see more Patricia Roc, I watched RKO's Anglo-American 1947 film, So Well Remembered (dir. Edward Dmytryk), starring John Mills, Trevor Howard, Martha Scott, and Roc, with narration by a pleasingly-voiced James Hilton, who wrote the book. There's even a cameo appearance by a pretty little girl named Juliet Mills.

I haven't read the book so don't know how strictly the film adheres to the source, but the film either starts out being one story and then takes a sharp left turn into another, or it just meanders a bit before settling down to business. I found Scott ineffective but that might just be me, and as a general rule of thumb, if one has Patricia Roc in a film, one should not wait until halfway into the story to introduce her. These are minor quibbles, however; other than that, So Well Remembered is a worthy way to spend an evening. It's available through Warner Archive.

Have we spent sufficient time on this group gushing about both John Mills and Trevor Howard? I think not.

I once had a really great dream where i was sitting down and watching a whole Trevor Howard film. Too bad that was just a dream because it was a really a good film, i've often wished i could see it again.

greta

I once had a really great dream where i was sitting down and watching a whole Trevor Howard film. Too bad that was just a dream because it was a really a good film, i've often wished i could see it again.

greta

It wasn't that dream where Howard and Celia Johnson meet during their daily commute at a train station and fall in love, was it?

Have we spent sufficient time on this group gushing about both John Mills and Trevor Howard? I think not.

Absolutley not! I think John Mills is vastly underrated. Several years ago I had the chance to chat with daughter Haley briefly, and most of the conversation was devoted to me praising her dad.

Have we spent sufficient time on this group gushing about both John Mills and Trevor Howard? I think not.

Absolutley not! I think John Mills is vastly underrated. Several years ago I had the chance to chat with daughter Haley briefly, and most of the conversation was devoted to me praising her dad.

(THUNK!!) You got to meet HAYLEY??? omg, omg, omg...omg...

Smelling salts...quick!
She was in a play here in Seattle and we "just happened" to be hanging around the stage door after a performance........

Smelling salts...quick!
She was in a play here in Seattle and we "just happened" to be hanging around the stage door after a performance........

I'm trying to stop myself from doing a Kristin Bell and the sloth thing.

I have also met Hayley. She was touring Australia with a production of "The King And I" some years ago, and my mother and I bumped into her shopping for souvenirs. She was super nice - my mother, who worshipped her as a teenager, TRULY needed the smelling salts after that meeting.

Frederica, if you haven't caught it already, try and track down 'Sir John Mills' Moving Memories'. It's a documentary constructed out of Mills' own home movies from the 50s and 60s - really fascinating stuff.