"There's a scene in 'In Which We Serve' where Noel Coward (so terribly, terribly good) as Captain of HMS Torrin meets the new wife of AB (cor blimey) Blake (John Mills) on a train.
He salutes her"
What else could he do? Everyone knew the old fop was as queer as a coot, and if he'd attempted to act normally towards a woman it would have appeared too out of character to be believeable.
What beats me is why - knowing his habits - he was ever considered for a film role as a naval officer
Surely thats bending things too far?
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On consideration as the ship's captain was supposedly based on Mountbatten maybe we shouldn't be surprised. I wonder if Coward had as close a relationship with Mountbatten as he is said to have had with the Duke of Kent?
Last edited by Milo Minderbinder; 30th May 2012 at 19:07.