And Sophie Neville has had to deal with those who identify her only as Titty the little girl who played The Able Seaman as she sailed across Coniston, imagining she was an intrepid adventurer seeking out new lands.Īs a last intriguing note, Sophie considers how the quality of their acting may have been better if the film had been shot out of story sequence, as of course many films are. She probably spent the rest of her life trying to life up to everyone's dream image of her as Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz. The case of Judy Garland is very well known. I have occasionally wondered about how the reality of having once being a child star affects one's life. But what Sophie writes of the aftermath is equally if not even more worthy of note. The description of the process of film-making is captivating in itself. Sophie Neville played Arthur Ransome's child hero Titty in the 1973 film "Swallows and Amazons" and she recounts every day of the shoot, with the aid of many photos taken at the time, and her own childhood diary. A fascinating book for all those interested in film history, film-making and how it feels to be a child star.
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