Pass the Poison Separately by Oswell Blakeston

Under his own name, he wrote novels and story collections such as Extra Passenger (1929), Few Are Chosen (1931, with Francis Bruguière), Magic Aftermath (ca. Collaborating with Roger Burford under the pseudonym Simon, Blakeston published four mystery novels which received a fair amount of notice: Murder Among Friends (1933) Death on the Swim (1934) The Cat with the Moustache (1935) and The Mystery of the Hypnotic Room (1949). The following year, with the American photographer Francis Bruguière, he made one of the first abstract films in England, Light Rhythms.Īmong his early literary endeavors was the co-editorship (with Herbert Jones) of the little magazine, Seed (1932-1933). Blakeston first tested his directorial skills with the 1929 film, I Do Like to Be Beside the Seaside. At the same time, Blakeston contributed film reviews and articles to other periodicals. D., Robert Herring, and Kenneth Macpherson. This apprenticeship was followed by an editorial position with the small yet influential film magazine, Close-Up (1927-1933), the venue in which Blakeston met contributors such as Bryher, H.

His professional life began in the British film industry in which he worked as a camera boy at the Gaumont Studios along with David Lean. Oswell Blakeston, artist and writer, was born Henry Joseph Hasslacher on May 17, 1907.

(Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (HRC) University of Texas at Austin). From the description of Papers, 1927-1985.

Pass the Poison Separately by Oswell Blakeston