the film was Way to the stars, Redgrave fils, John Mills
Do not despair
For Johnny-head-in-air;
He sleeps as sound
As Johnny underground. Fetch out no shroud
For Johnny-in-the-cloud;
And keep your tears
For him in after years. Better by far
For Johnny-the-bright-star,
To keep your head,
And see his children fed.
by John Pudney
On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 1:53 AM, Max Richards <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> What was the ww2 RAF movie in which a poem began
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> Little Johnny Head-in-air
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> The poet's name will come to me shortly...
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> On 28/4/08 10:31 AM, "Jon Corelis" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> > The mention of John Wayne reminds me that he quoted Stevenson's
> > "Requiem" in John Ford's "They were expendable." And James Caan
> > quoted Poe's El Dorado in Howard Hawks' film of the same name.
> > Anyone remember any other poems quoted in their entirety in movies?
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