#mine:dirk

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DARLING — 1965 dir. John Schlesinger

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Dirk Bogarde as Robert Gold DARLING — 1965 dir. John Schlesinger

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Have we so much to be ashamed of, I wonder? Let's find out.

Darling (1965) dir. John Schlesinger

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THE SERVANT (1963) dir. Joseph Losey

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I COULD GO ON SINGING (1963) dir. Ronald Neame

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Dirk Bogarde with his corgis, Sinhue and Bogie, at Beel House, 1960.

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I COULD GO ON SINGING (1963) dir. Ronald Neame

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“Bogarde himself wrote the scene in which Farr admits to his wife that he is gay and has continued to be attracted to other men despite his earlier assurances to the contrary. He wrote years later in his autobiography that his father had suggested he do The Mayor of Casterbridge, ‘But I did Victim instead, [...] playing the barrister with the loving wife, a loyal housekeeper, devoted secretary and the Secret Passion. It was the wisest decision I ever made in my cinematic life. It is extraordinary, in this over-permissive age [c. 1988], to believe that this modest film could ever have been considered courageous, daring or dangerous to make. It was, in its time, all three.’”

Dirk Bogarde as Melville Farr in VICTIM (1961) dir. Basil Dearden