Richard Burton on his father and coal mining
Speaking of Burton (and we were), here’s Burton speaking.
I defy you to not find this story fascinating (the part I’m talking about begins where I’ve cued the tape up, at 12:29, and ends around 16:15):
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“The arrogant strut of the lords of the coal face…”
What a great clip. Simply great!
Thanks for that.
” They were kings of the underworld…”
God, how I envy those Brits who have mastered the English language (and he’s Welsh, not “really” an Englishman!).
And of course we shouldn’t forget the greatest film epic of Wales, How Green Was My Valley.
Not only a great epic but one that had one of the most tear-jerking endings of all time:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2A12CL1mFp4
” Men like my father cannot die. They are with me still, real in memory as they were in flesh, loving and beloved forever. How green was my valley then. “
Thanks for finding and sharing. I’ve been a big Burton fan since childhood, and that was a long time ago. This was very illuminating.
What a marvellous yet deeply flawed man.