Paul: My review of the film for Finest Hour (now up on www.winstonchurchill.org) and Andrew Roberts' review in thedailybeast.com both deal specifically with the Baldwin resignation scene.
David --- On Sun, 2/13/11, Paul Courtenay <[email protected]> wrote: From: Paul Courtenay <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [ChurchillChat] Re: The King's Speech To: [email protected] Date: Sunday, February 13, 2011, 3:54 PM #yiv11107684 .yiv11107684hmmessage P { PADDING-RIGHT:0px;PADDING-LEFT:0px;PADDING-BOTTOM:0px;MARGIN:0px;PADDING-TOP:0px;} #yiv11107684 .yiv11107684hmmessage { FONT-SIZE:10pt;FONT-FAMILY:Tahoma;} Paul Courtenay wrote: There was one scene, however, which I have not seen criticised and which almost made my hair stand on end. Stanley Baldwin came to see George VI and was made to say: "I have come to tender my resignation; Mr Neville Chamberlain will succeed me". How could such a crass pronouncement have been sanctioned by the script-writer, the director and the actor (Anthony Andrews)? Did they not know that no resigning prime minister would dream of saying such a thing? He would have waited for the Sovereign to ask for formal advice on whom to appoint in his place - a request which doesn't have to be made, but probably was on this occasion (the King knowing full well whom he would be advised to select). Nul points. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ChurchillChat" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/churchillchat?hl=en.
