John Mc Lean (b 1939) has been likened to British art's secret weapon: a self-propelled missile whose long career has been an unfettered exploration of abstraction & a unique journey into colour. This book celebrates his creativity in painting, as well as his forays into printmaking, sculpture & his designs for cathedral stained-glass windows. ...

Box set of films starring John Mills. ' Great Expectations' (1946) is the classic film version of Dickens' novel, directed by David Lean, in which orphan Pip (Anthony Wager) befriends an escaped convict before being elevated to higher circles as the companion of mad Miss Havisham & her niece Estella (Jean Simmons), with whom the boy quickly falls in love. When the adult Pip (Mills) discovers a mysterious benefactor has paved the way for him to become a gentleman, he assumes Miss Havisham is responsible. In ' The October Man' (1947), a young man (Mills) is accused of murdering a model. He has to prove his innocence to the police, society & himself, as he has a history of mental disorders that may have made him commit the crime without him realising. In ' Morning Departure' (1950), based on the play by Kenneth Woollard, the crew of a submarine, led by Lt. Commander Armstrong (Mills), is trapped on the sea floor when it sinks. Will they be rescued before they run out of air? ' Waterloo Road' (1945) is a story of ordinary people in wartime that stars Mills as a soldier gone AWOL, & Stewart Granger as the cad out to seduce his wife. Noel Coward co-directed, wrote & starred in ' In Which We Serve' (1942), a patriotic piece of World War II propaganda about a destroyer, told through flashbacks & the reminiscences of the surviving crew after their beloved ship is torpedoed. Mills plays Ordinary Seaman ' Shorty' Blake. ' We Dive at Dawn' (1943) is a World War 2 drama that highlights the characters (all aged only between 19 & 23 years) as much as the actual events. The British submarine Sea Tiger's crew is looking forward to a long shore-leave after months at sea. This is cut short when they are ordered to pursue & sink the German battleship Brandenburg. The crew's sub-Commander (Mills) struggles to fulfil the mission despite discovering that the battleship is heavily defended. Along the way Sea Tiger encounters many obstacles & once the crew has attempted to sink the battleship they have to escape knowing that they are about to run out of fuel. In ' Flame in the Streets' (1961) a Union man has to confront the prejudices of his members when a black foreman is appointed, & the members threaten to strike. When he discovers that his daughter (Sylvia Sims) wants to marry a Jamaican he must confront his own prejudices. In ' The History of Mr Polly' (1949) Mills stars as Alfred Polly, recently sacked from his job he inherits money from his father, thus enabling him to take a bike tour of the country. He falls in love but it all goes wrong so Alfred ends up marrying his cousin, Miriam (Betty Ann Davies). They set up a draper's shop in a small town. Miriam sours, they face bankruptcy & boredom & Mr Polly comes to hate his life. In utter despair he decides to commit suicide, but even this goes wrong & he is forced to take to the road again. ...

Eight films by the legendary British actor. In ' Car of Dreams' (1935), John Mills stars as a wealthy playboy who falls in love with a poor factory worker (Grete Mosheim), buying her a Rolls Royce as a love token. In ' Forever England' (1935), Mills stars as the young, illegitimate son of a naval officer who heroically & singlehandedly plots the destruction of a German Warship in World War One. In ' The Long Memory' (1952), Mills plays a man freed after a long prison sentence for a crime he did not commit. Once outside, he must decide between revenge or making a new life for himself. In ' The Vicious Circle' (1957), Dr. Howard Mortimer (Mills) finds the German actress he's just met at London Airport, dead in his flat. As he investigates, he's drawn into a deadly world of blackmail & murder. ' Above Us The Waves' (1955), chronicles the British efforts to destroy the German battleship ' Tirpitz' in a Norwegian fjord during WWII. John Mills leads a stalwart British cast in this documentary-style film. In ' Tiger Bay' (1959), Polish seaman Korchinsky (Horst Buchholz) shoots his girlfriend dead in a fit of jealous rage. The murder is witnessed by 12-year-old Gillie (Hayley Mills), who steals the gun in order in order to impress her friends. The police begin investigating the case, asking Gillie a series of questions, but at the same time a bond of silence is growing between the girl & the sailor. Finally, ' This Happy Breed' (1944), is an episodic tale of an average working class family in the interwar years. Narrated by Laurence Olivier & directed by David Lean, the story traces the melodrama caused by illicit affairs, family bereavement, the first ripples of women's liberation & political instability in the country during the General Strike. Adapted from Noel Coward's stage play. ...

A bibliography that covers a ten-year period (1989-1999) in Milton studies & criticism, a period notable for both the quality & quantity of Milton scholarship produced, as well as for the many critical methodologies employed to examine & interpret Milton & his writings. ...

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