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Sun, Jan 5, 2003. Silas's nose is put out of joint by the visit of cousin Cosmo, who thrills Ned with his stories of foreign travel and charms Mrs. Betts by flirting with her. Seeking attention, he agrees to pose for Hermione, a sculptress, but she ends up revealing more than she should of herself, which causes trouble with her boyfriend.
He has enough faith in the reform of his reprobate brother, Silas (Derrick de Marney), suspected but in the clear of murder, to place her under his wing after his death. The hitherto naive heroine soon learns that scheming Uncle Silas is planning to kill her in order to get his hands on the family fortune, aided by the equally corrupt governess Madame de la Rougierre.
16 mar 2010 · A summer that every boy would love to have with an uncle that is kind, caring and a little bit of a rascal; full of life and adventure. Albert Finney is in my top 10 list of all time favorite actors, I love everything he is in. I also had an Uncle who told stories of his Uncle (my great uncle) with whom he spent one summer in 1947 at the age of 14.
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Character: Uncle Silas. London: Jonathan Cape, 1939 (October 27). 192 pp. Drawings by Edward Ardizzone. In the preface (pp. 9-11, attached), Bates says that the character of Uncle Silas as well as a number of the stories are firmly based on real events in the life of Joseph Betts, 'late husband of my maternal grandmother's sister Mary Ann.'.
Uncle Silas is directed by Charles Frank and adapted to screenplay by Ben Travers from the novel of the same name written by Sheridan Le Fanu. It stars Jean Simmons, Katina Paxinou, Derrick De Marney, Derek Bond, Sophie Stewart and Esmond Knight. Music is by Alan Rawstone and cinematography by Robert Krasker.
The Complete My Uncle Silas Stories. All 29 Uncle Silas Tales collected for the first time in a single volume and published an an ebook. Contains: The Lily; The Revelation; The Wedding; Finger Wet, Finger Dry; A Funny Thing; The Sow and Silas; The Shooting Party; Silas the Good; A Happy Man; Silas & Goliath; A Silas Idyll; The Race; The Death ...
28 ott 2001 · On the morning of his son's wedding Silas finds himself in charge of his 10-year-old nephew Edward. S1 E2 - Queenie White. Watch on supported devices. October 28, 2001. 24min. 7+. Silas and Edward take a job painting rooms for a frugal and temperate innkeeper. Silas tries to show the landlord's wife that there's more to life than work.
