My Very Own Edinburgh Tattoo (1 Viewer)

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I was wondering if anyone would get the reference.:salute:: -- Al

Yes, just saw it last week on TCM! A very good, albeit a little odd, movie.

 

[Obee]

Very impressive. All the tunes of glory... -- Al

Tunes of Glory was a 1960 British drama film directed by Ronald Neame, based on the novel and screenplay by James Kennaway. The film was a "dark psychological drama" focusing on events in a wintry Scottish Highland regimental barracks in the period following the Second World War.[1] It stars Alec Guinness and John Mills, and features Dennis Price, Kay Walsh, John Fraser, Susannah York, Duncan MacRae and Gordon Jackson.

About 10 years ago a US collector asked me to source and then paint a set of figures from this movie.

I asked Giles Brown who then owned Dorset Soldiers if he could help, and he came up with the suitable figures, which I then assembled and painted. Because the movie is a high-powered drama about the conflict between two officers in a Highland regiment, that ends in tragedy. The Ministry of Defence, knowing this project, strongly “suggested” that because of the volatile nature of the script, that no existing particular Highland regiment be depicted – less an audience take the rather daring and dangerous aspects of the goings-on within, to be something as really having happened. Therefore when it came to painting I decided to paint them as Gordon Highlanders, as seen in the image to make the figures a real regiment.



Seen here is the CO entering the mess, some officers wearing trews, others in battledress top and kilts, and extras are a piper, ladies, a dancer and the RSM.

The collector was most impressed, so a real unique set !!

John

 

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Tunes of Glory was a 1960 British drama film directed by Ronald Neame, based on the novel and screenplay by James Kennaway. The film was a "dark psychological drama" focusing on events in a wintry Scottish Highland regimental barracks in the period following the Second World War.[1] It stars Alec Guinness and John Mills, and features Dennis Price, Kay Walsh, John Fraser, Susannah York, Duncan MacRae and Gordon Jackson.

About 10 years ago a US collector asked me to source and then paint a set of figures from this movie.

I asked Giles Brown who then owned Dorset Soldiers if he could help, and he came up with the suitable figures, which I then assembled and painted. Because the movie is a high-powered drama about the conflict between two officers in a Highland regiment, that ends in tragedy. The Ministry of Defence, knowing this project, strongly “suggested” that because of the volatile nature of the script, that no existing particular Highland regiment be depicted – less an audience take the rather daring and dangerous aspects of the goings-on within, to be something as really having happened. Therefore when it came to painting I decided to paint them as Gordon Highlanders, as seen in the image to make the figures a real regiment.

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Seen here is the CO entering the mess, some officers wearing trews, others in battledress top and kilts, and extras are a piper, ladies, a dancer and the RSM.

The collector was most impressed, so a real unique set !!

John

Gorgeous figures. The movie is a real gem. Brilliant acting by Guinness and Mills. -- Al

 

[King & Country]

Tunes of Glory was a 1960 British drama film directed by Ronald Neame, based on the novel and screenplay by James Kennaway. The film was a "dark psychological drama" focusing on events in a wintry Scottish Highland regimental barracks in the period following the Second World War.[1] It stars Alec Guinness and John Mills, and features Dennis Price, Kay Walsh, John Fraser, Susannah York, Duncan MacRae and Gordon Jackson.

About 10 years ago a US collector asked me to source and then paint a set of figures from this movie.

I asked Giles Brown who then owned Dorset Soldiers if he could help, and he came up with the suitable figures, which I then assembled and painted. Because the movie is a high-powered drama about the conflict between two officers in a Highland regiment, that ends in tragedy. The Ministry of Defence, knowing this project, strongly “suggested” that because of the volatile nature of the script, that no existing particular Highland regiment be depicted – less an audience take the rather daring and dangerous aspects of the goings-on within, to be something as really having happened. Therefore when it came to painting I decided to paint them as Gordon Highlanders, as seen in the image to make the figures a real regiment.

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Seen here is the CO entering the mess, some officers wearing trews, others in battledress top and kilts, and extras are a piper, ladies, a dancer and the RSM.

The collector was most impressed, so a real unique set !!

John

A terrific set, John...a great movie...and a very interesting background story!

A few years back an old friend of mine in the movie business in LA gave me an signed copy of the movie’s director, Ronald Neame’s own autobiography.

My pal knew I loved ‘Tunes of Glory’ and was a friend of Mr. Neame.The Director was then around 93 or 94 and still bright as a tack and had lived in Hollywood for a number of years.

If you’ve not seen the flick try and see it...no battle scenes but an excellent film of an old Highland Regiment in peacetime just after the war.
All the best,
Andy.

 

[Obee]

A terrific set, John...a great movie...and a very interesting background story!

A few years back an old friend of mine in the movie business in LA gave me an signed copy of the movie’s director, Ronald Neame’s own autobiography.

My pal knew I loved ‘Tunes of Glory’ and was a friend of Mr. Neame.The Director was then around 93 or 94 and still bright as a tack and had lived in Hollywood for a number of years.

If you’ve not seen the flick try and see it...no battle scenes but an excellent film of an old Highland Regiment in peacetime just after the war.
All the best,
Andy.

Thanks for your comments Andy,most appreciated

These are the castings that Giles supplied, and the names of the characters.



And the 2 ladies, painted.



John

 

[HB120050]

Wonderful the way this thread morphed into a discussion about a movie and then a set of figures depicting the characters in the movie. Well done all! {bravo}}