tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239062544101975016.post8000168947833396451..comments2024-03-28T10:20:44.291-07:00Comments on Sacnoth's Scriptorium: The Hobbit EMPIREJohn D. Rateliffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12324926298336489295noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239062544101975016.post-7499169068165247612012-11-21T04:30:54.135-08:002012-11-21T04:30:54.135-08:00According to the Hammond/Scull Tolkien Companion a...According to the Hammond/Scull Tolkien Companion and Guide, John Wyatt took pictures during the filming of the documentary in February 1968. All five photos appear to relate to the documentary, so even though they are not all labelled as by John Wyatt, I think they all are, so yes they are Merton and the Eastgate Hotel.Trotterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15148612245322776816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239062544101975016.post-70831963015968305662012-11-21T02:30:57.875-08:002012-11-21T02:30:57.875-08:00Thank you very much, Trotter. Yes, judging from th...Thank you very much, Trotter. Yes, judging from the clothes Tolkien is wearing that will probably have been the BBC2 shoot. So the pictures are taken at Merton and the meal at the Eastgate Hotel? Marcel R. Bülleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09537495830521624652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239062544101975016.post-58602925178959355842012-11-20T21:10:02.281-08:002012-11-20T21:10:02.281-08:00The photo is probably from 1968 and was taken whil...The photo is probably from 1968 and was taken while Tolkien was being filmed for the Tolkien in Oxford BBC documentary.<br /><br />http://www.bbc.co.uk/archive/writers/12237.shtml<br /><br />If you go to 23:53 you will see Tolkien in the location that the picture was takenTrotterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15148612245322776816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239062544101975016.post-83931131020594235752012-11-18T23:08:19.386-08:002012-11-18T23:08:19.386-08:00Dear Marcel
Many thanks for the link, which was...Dear Marcel<br /> Many thanks for the link, which was quite interesting. Of the five Tolkien photos they had there, two I knew and two more were new to me (aside from this particular one I'd just seen published for the first time) -- i.e., the two of him in a restaurant. <br /> Dr. Blackwelder wd have been delighted. And I'm pretty pleased myself. Though I think my favorite picture of Tolkien remains the 'white hat' photo.<br />--Yrs,<br />--John R.<br />John D. Rateliffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12324926298336489295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239062544101975016.post-3639643043675483202012-11-18T23:02:30.402-08:002012-11-18T23:02:30.402-08:00Hi Doug
I chose the 'Bilbo' cover. I fi...Hi Doug<br /> I chose the 'Bilbo' cover. I figured if I was going to get something about THE HOBBIT, I shd go for the cover with THE Hobbit on it.<br /> Though I must admit the Gandalf and Galadriel covers look v. nice . . . And if, like Robert Frost, I was given two choices, the second wd be for one or the other of them.<br /> --John R.John D. Rateliffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12324926298336489295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239062544101975016.post-43770657005139406212012-11-18T16:53:10.738-08:002012-11-18T16:53:10.738-08:00Hi John,
the picture you mentioned fascinated me ...Hi John,<br /><br />the picture you mentioned fascinated me - I looked it up at the photo agency, Scope Features. <br /><br />The picture used (I have the Galadriel edition, by the way ;)) has been heavily cropped and looks much nicer in its original form. <br /><br />The agency does not have a photographer for it (naming it "SC", obviously for "Scope Features") but some other pictures have been done by John Wyatt. <br /><br />You can have a look at the site as a guest - wonderful pictures. More recent ones have been done on Royd Tolkien.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.scopefeatures.com/nd/scope-features.jsp" rel="nofollow">Scope Features - guest access</a>Marcel R. Bülleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09537495830521624652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239062544101975016.post-85423913849020809012012-11-18T09:41:20.378-08:002012-11-18T09:41:20.378-08:00Which cover did you get, John?Which cover did you get, John?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com