The Mysterious Mr Eliot - Production & Contact Info (original) (raw)

T.S. Eliot left the U.S. for England in 1914, carrying the draft of a poem that was to change the course of 20th-century literature: "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock." He was 26 years old. This 1971 documentary explores Eliot's life ...See moreT.S. Eliot left the U.S. for England in 1914, carrying the draft of a poem that was to change the course of 20th-century literature: "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock." He was 26 years old. This 1971 documentary explores Eliot's life and work through readings from his plays and poems, and interviews with his widow, friends and critics. Performance highlights: a film of Eliot reading from "The Four Quarters"; Alec McCowen interperts "Prufrock"; scenes from the 1952 film of Eliot's "Murder in the Cathedral"; excerpts from the plays "Sweeney Agonistes" and "The Family Reunion."See less