The book by Nevil Shute was written in 1948 and the movie
was made in 1951. In 1950 he moved from UK to Australia.
Peeking in the World Directory it turns out that Elspeth Garman
was born after all these events. Perhaps her parents liked
the movie and were prescient about her future career. Seems
unlikely, however.
Amazing what one can find out in a few minutes these days.
Frances
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On Sun, 27 Mar 2011, harry powell wrote:
Yes, this is based on a Neville Shute story, stars James Stewart and Marlene
Dietrich.
James Stewart's character's daughter is "interested in crystallography", and
her name is Elspeth (a BCA connection?)
On 27 Mar 2011, at 21:04, Frances C. Bernstein wrote:
Picking up an old thread...
Herbert and I just saw the 1951 film "No Highway in the Sky"
and it has several mentions of crystallography.
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