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Sapphire is a 1959 British crime drama. It focused on racism in London toward immigrants from the West Indies. The film was directed by Basil Dearden, and stars Nigel Patrick, Earl Cameron and Yvonne Mitchell. It received the BAFTA Award for Best Film and screenwriter Janet Green won a 1960 Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America for Best Foreign Film Screenplay. It was a progressive movie for its time.
Earl Cameron who played the part of Dr Robbins, Sapphire's brother, would appear two years later in another English film dealing with racial issues, the 1961 film Flame in the Streets.
Dearden and Green later also collaborated on another 'social problem' film, Victim, although this one was focused on blackmail of gay men before the passage of the Sexual Offences Act 1967 provided limited decriminalisation of male homosexuality.
The film is about a pregnant girl found stabbed on Hampstead Heath. Although she appears to be white, her brother (Earl Cameron) arrives at the police station to give evidence and he is black. It becomes evident to the police officers the girl has been passing herself for white. This film reveals the underlying insecurities and fears of ordinary people that exist towards another race.
A very unusual British police procedural from the 1950s, 'Sapphire' begins with the murder of a young music student. What could have been a very ordinary 'B' movie is transformed by its exposure of racial bigotry in post-War Britain. 'Sapphire' is no masterpiece and its stereotyped characters and wooden dialogue haven't aged well, but this film certainly deserves a DVD release.
A famous scene from Basil Dearden's 'Sapphire', as Nigel Patrick and Michael Craig try and locate 'Johhny', whilst hearing about 'lilyskins'
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Philip Green: music from "Sapphire" (1959). Performed by Johnny Dankworth & His Orchestra.
Clip from Basil Dearden's Sapphire (1959), clip shot outside Chelsea Police Station
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Carol Ferris is first introduced in S.O.S. Green Lantern!, which ran in Showcase vol. 1, issue #22 (October 1959). In her original appearance, Hal Jordan becomes employed at Ferris Aircraft and (after asking her to dinner) she makes it clear that she does not date employees. However, she would go on to play an on and off romantic role in his life. She first appears as the second Star Sapphire in Green Lantern vol. 2, #16 (October 1962). As Star Sapphire, she battles Jordan (as Green Lantern) for many years. This first happens as the Zamarons want to prove men are inferior, so they make her battle Green Lantern. When she is first defeated by him they take away her memory of the event, but the persona keeps resurfacing. When Jordan becomes the Spectre, he removes the Star Sapphire persona fr...
Carol Ferris is first introduced in S.O.S. Green Lantern!, which ran in Showcase vol. 1, issue #22 (October 1959). In her original appearance, Hal Jordan becomes employed at Ferris Aircraft and (after asking her to dinner) she makes it clear that she does not date employees. However, she would go on to play an on and off romantic role in his life. She first appears as the second Star Sapphire in Green Lantern vol. 2, #16 (October 1962). As Star Sapphire, she battles Jordan (as Green Lantern) for many years. This first happens as the Zamarons want to prove men are inferior, so they make her battle Green Lantern. When she is first defeated by him they take away her memory of the event, but the persona keeps resurfacing. When Jordan becomes the Spectre, he removes the Star Sapphire persona fr...
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Hi! Welcome back for another episode of our show about salvaging junk and getting it to run just for the hell of it. This time it's a 1959 Biscayne 4 door sedan. It is in pretty rough shape after sitting around outside since 1971 or so. Pretty much everything is ruined, but I still think it would be cool to see it moving around under its own steam again. Join us as we try to make this old Chev go and tidy it up just enough to look presentable while preserving the "farmyard" character of the car. Please subscribe to the Cold War Motors channel if you like this sort of thing! Thanks! Coming soon: Shirts / Dealership decals!
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Sapphire & Steel is a British television science-fiction fantasy series starring David Mc Callum as Steel and Joanna Lumley as Sapphire. Produced by ATV, it ran from 1979 to 1982 on the ITV network. The series was created by Peter J. Hammond who conceived the programme under the working title The Time Menders,[1] after a stay in an allegedly haunted castle. Hammond also wrote all the stories except for the fifth, which was co-written by Don Houghton and Anthony Read.
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Kate Bush's song 'And So Is Love' from The Red Shoes, with clips from 'Sapphire' (1959 Basil Dearden). 'Sapphire' won the BAFTA for Best British Film 1959. The screenwriter Janet Green ('Victim' 1961) was nominated for Best British Screenplay. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053242/ http://www.screenonline.org.uk/film/id/440288/ http://www.postmodernjoan.com/wp02/?p=7737
I miss you more than words can say
What I would do just for one more day
To be lost in your eyes
And at the mercy of your touch
Ever since I've been without you
My world has turned a dark and stormy hue
And I don't know if I wanna stay here anymore
Sapphire
I have nothing to live for
Sapphire
I have nothing to breathe for
Everywhere I look I see
Constant reminders of you and me
But if I close my eyes
I see you staring back at me
If the way I feel is wrong
Then I will sing the sinner's song
I would sell my soul