Enid : the revealing untold story of Enid Blyton.
Publisher number: DAVID3394 | UmbrellaPublication details: Australia : Umbrella, 2015.Description: 1 DVD-video (83 min.) : sound, colour ; 12 cmOther title:- Revealing untold story of Enid Blyton [videorecording]
- Enid (Made-for-TV movie : 2009)
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- Written by Lindsay Shapero ; Directed by James Hawes.
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reserves | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DVD | Melbourne Athenaeum Library | DVD | ENI | Issued | 16/04/2024 | 064837 |
First screened in Britain on BBC Four in 2009.
Written by Lindsay Shapero ; Directed by James Hawes.
Helena Bonham Carter, Matthew Macfadyen, Denis Lawson, Claire Rushbrook.
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.
Rated: M.
DVD ; Region 4 ; PAL.
In English.
