Random Restless

1/31/11

Colonel Blimp's Trophies


Colonel Blimp, a movie based on a British cartoon character's life from the Boer War to WWII, is oddly entertaining, full of bluster and regret.  A strange but believable twist has the Colonel falling for one copy of Deborah Kerr after another.  And obviously, his trophy room caught my eye.


To keep busy between wars or after losing a copy of Deborah, he would fulfill his duty as a gentleman and rid the empire of exotic animals.


Note The Hun trophy above right.  And below, the Colonel's German opposite and friend, sick of war and barely hanging on, admires the centerpiece of the trophy room -- an awful oil portrait of Deborah Kerr -- and says "It's a strange place to hang such a lovely picture."