Grand Hotel

Original trailer for "Grand Hotel" starring Greta Garbo and John Barrymore, 1932

But meanwhile, back in Scarborough ...

Winston Churchill once stayed here, and there is a plaque dedicated to Anne Bronte.

Actor and director Charles Laughton's parents were hoteliers in Scarborough, owning "The Victoria" and then "The Pavilion". Laughton moved to the U.S. and became a well regarded, although troubled actor, and married "Bride of Frankenstein", 1935, elegant Elsa Lanchester.

The river boat scene from Laughton's "Night of the Hunter", 1955, starring the delicious Robert Mitchum.

Scarborough fair

We went to Scarborough on Sunday - daytip to the seaside! This is the Futurist Theatre, renovated in the 30s, although its facade is 60s. Love the oversized meerkat.

It was bright and sunny and we walked along the prom and had fish and chips in a very stylish 50s retro cafe. It has a wonderfully stirring low relief mural of a galleon.

Then we walked back and had 99s. Haven't got a photo - they were melting!

Cue Simon and Garfunkel's "Scarborough Fair" theme from "The Graduate".