Hi Leo, Leo Enticknap wrote: > On Thu, 25 Feb 1999 10:40:30 -0000 "Julia C. Rice" > Hi Julia, > > Another reason why the title had to be changed was that the original film title > (And that of Compton Mackenzie's novel upon which it was based) had no 'e' in > whisky - i.e. the liquid involved was Scotch whisky, which uses malt as the > base (either one variety, which is known as a single malt, e.g. Glenfiddich > or Talisker, or a blend, e.g. Bells or Teacher's) and is spelt without an 'e', > as opposed to bourbon, which has rye and/or barley as the base, and is spelt > whiskey (the main difference is that bourbon is a lot sweeter). Obviously a whisky connoisseur ;-)) I promise never to use an *e* with so little thought in future..... if Irish Whisky is spelt with an *e* that might explain my error ;-)) > According to > Charles Barr's book on Ealing, the distributors thought that American audiences > would think that the original title contained a spelling error and thus decided > to change it altogether. This explanation actually makes more sense for the changing of the title.... (as a friend reminded me) prohibition had actually finished in the U.S. by the mid thirties however I have read (George Perry, 1981, *Forever Ealing* if memory serves me right) that it was felt that the US audiences ( in the same way that British audiences had no wish to be reminded about the war so soon after the event) would not want to see a film that reminded them of the prohibition. > > > L > > P.S. Now that the Euros are going to get rid of duty free, I think it's high > time another boatload of the stuff met a rocky end, preferably on the south > Devon coast... If that boatload of whisky actually does meet with a rocky end on the South Devon coast (or preferably the Welsh coast) and it happens to also have a supply of *Chanel No.5* let me know by email and I'll borrow a friends boat and help you get the stuff ashore ;-))) btw do you have any idea where I can get a copy of Disney's *White Wilderness* (1958).... you know the one with the *suicidal* lemming? take care, Julia [log in to unmask] > > __________________________________ > Leo Enticknap > Postgraduate Common Room > School of English > University of Exeter > Queen's Building, The Queen's Drive > Exeter > Devon EX4 4QH > United Kingdom > email: [log in to unmask] > > ---- > Online resources for film/TV studies may be found at ScreenSite > http://www.tcf.ua.edu/ScreenSite ---- Online resources for film/TV studies may be found at ScreenSite http://www.tcf.ua.edu/ScreenSite