Record Number |
783535 |
Title |
Enid : the revealing untold story of Enid Blyton [videorecording]. |
Publisher/Date |
[Australia] Umbrella, [2015] |
©2009 |
Pagination etc. |
1 DVD-video (83 min.) : sound, colour ; 12 cm. |
Contents note |
First screened in Britain on BBC Four in 2009. |
Creation Note |
Written by Lindsay Shapero ; Directed by James Hawes. |
Performer note |
Helena Bonham Carter, Matthew Macfadyen, Denis Lawson, Claire Rushbrook. |
Summary Note |
Edwardian child Enid Blyton begins to tell stories to her brothers as an escape from their parents' rows before the father deserts the family. Whilst training as a teacher after the Great War she sends her stories to publishers, one of whom, Hugh Pollock,takes her on and also marries her. They have two daughters but Enid is a terrible mother, letting a nanny rear them whilst she, ironically, bestows treats on anonymous children who worship her for her stories. She is completely self-absorbed,driving Hugh to drink and then to another woman. Enid uses the children as emotional blackmail to get a divorce on her terms before marrying Kenneth Waters, a weak man similar to her father. After World War Two she is as popular as ever, despite accusations of using a syndicate to pen her books and will carry on,adored by children who do not know her true nature, for another twenty years and her death in 1968. |
Target audience note |
Rated: M. |
Language note |
In English. |
Subject - Name |
Blyton, Enid -- Drama |
Subject |
Authors, English -- 20th century -- Drama |
Made-for-TV movies. |
Biographical films. |
Added Author |
Bonham Carter, Helena, 1966- actor. |
Macfadyen, Matthew, 1974- actor. |
Hawes, James director. |
Added title |
Enid (Made-for-TV movie : 2009) |
Shelf Location |
DVD F ENID |