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Try Now. More Details Fandom may earn an affiliate commission on sales made from links on this page. Phipps's cut will be five thousand dollars. Feb 18, John rated it liked it. Not at the level of his best work, but even mediocre Wodehouse is awfully good stuff. Adhesive x3 Oil x4 Screw x2 Steel x5. Help Learn to edit Community portal Recent changes Upload file. Farrar, Straus, and Giroux. The two policemen return and are cheerful, having been hired as background actors. Smedley protests that it is in Spanish and gives it to Phipps to show him, but Phipps takes it and drives off. Categories : American pornographic film directors American pornographic film producers births Living people Businesspeople from Cincinnati Stroke survivors Directors of gay pornographic films Producers of gay pornographic films Gay male pornography in the United States Photographers from Los Angeles Businesspeople from Los Angeles. The hollywood and superba theme was a lot funnier in Pearls, girls and Monty Bodkin. Submachine gun Silver submachine gun , Spray n' Pray. To ask other readers questions about The Old Reliable , please sign up. Best known today for the Jeeves and Blandings Castle novels and short stories, Wodehouse was also a talented playwright and lyricist who was part author and writer of fifteen plays and of lyrics for some thirty musical comedies. We do have a lesbian here, yes? Feb 14, Gg rated it really liked it. However, Hurles also said: "There have been several thousand models. Oct 13, Katherine Rowland rated it really liked it Shelves: fic- humor. Adhesive x2 Aluminum x3 Gears x1 Oil x2 Screw x2. Former actress Adela Cork owns the Beverly Hills property known as the Carmen Flores place, after the famous and tempestuous Mexican actress who previously owned the house. In he had a massive stroke, and currently "is the most popular resident of a state-funded nursing home in East Hollywood". Incidentally, I have never encountered a Wodehouse story with more references to contemporary celebrities. Error rating book. Pretty sure this is my first Wodehouse without any of the series characters. The Old Reliable Writer

John Waters declared himself influenced by Hurles, and dedicated to him part of a chapter in his Role Models , stating that "The wonderful, beautiful, scary life of David Hurles has been an inspiration to my inner filth for years". Refresh and try again. Models were recruited among ex- convicts and addicts. Sort order. Bill again stalls by talking to the policeman about their ambition to become actors. I did find it to be very similar to Wodehouse's "Spring Fever," which I read recently -- many of the same plot elements. Jan 08, Benita Prins rated it it was amazing. Adhesive x2 Screw x5 Wood x5. Adela investigates but is stopped by Bill, who stalls by talking to Lord Topham. Best known today for the Jeeves and Blandings Castle novels and short stories, Wodehouse was also a talented playwright and lyricist who was part author and writer of fifteen plays and of lyrics for some thirty musical comedies. The producer was John Gibson. Finding the 1, Books to Read in a Lifetime. Add links. We do have a lesbian here, yes? Add links. Six feet under". Jeeves —81 Blandings — Namespaces Article Talk. As I've worked my way through the complete works of PG and moved into the s, I've started to worry that I'm too far into the downhill side of his career for too many more really funny novels. One of the few where the female love interest is not young and pretty. Hoping to escape from the domineering Adela, her brother-in- law Smedley, who has lived with her since losing his money, searches the house for Carmen's legendary lost diary, in the belief that its scorching revelations about the sex life of her fellow stars will make him millions. Topham loves Gladys "Toots" Fauntleroy, but they had an argument about her new hat. His first published pictures appeared in Drummer , 21 January ; [2] : no other magazine would touch them. Well, this is P. Not Wodehouse's best, but still great fun with lots of twists. Introduction to "Old Reliable: A legend in his own time. This is a light comedy which is also a sharp satire on Hollywood mores. Most were solos, but some were boxing or wrestling among two of his models. The Old Reliable Reviews

Feb 26, Caroline rated it really liked it. This one stands out for being set in California instead of England, though an English butler features prominently and one of Wodehouse's typical goofy young English upper-class men also features, somewhat less prominently. Jun 17, Joe Stevens rated it really liked it. I feel he could have done it better. We all have our reading bucket lists. Published August 27th by Vintage first published April 18th Community Reviews. Read in a collection of Wodehouse novels. Topham learns that Toots loves him still, making him very amenable, but he cannot lend Bill the money she needs for the literary agency because he can't spend his money out of England. Adhesive x3 Aluminum x3. Black and C. Behind the bravado and aggression of the models there sometimes come through haunting overtones of the fact that they are losers in life and they know it. She persuades Adela to pay him off with thirty thousand dollars, with a check made out to Bill. Showing Bill suggests to Joe that they buy her literary agent's business for twenty thousand dollars. Adhesive x4 Aluminum x6 Plastic x4 Screw x2. Performing Flea Over Seventy. Not bad. Sean O'Casey famously called him "English literature's performing flea", a description that Wodehouse used as the title of a collection of his letters to a friend, Bill Townend. Flores was killed in a plane crash the previous year. The characters are all familiar and similar to ones seen in other, more popular works. Views Read Edit View history. Not Wodehouse's best, but still great fun with lots of twists. David Randolph Hurles born September 12, , Cincinnati is a gay pornographer , whose one-man company, run from a private mailbox, was called Old Reliable Tape and Picture Company. Bill comes up with the idea to give Phipps strong drinks and taunt him into burgling the safe by suggesting he has lost his skill. Views Read Edit View history. Incidentally, I have never encountered a Wodehouse story with more references to contemporary celebrities. Original Title. But did the boys ever think to look beyond girls looks? The book was adapted as a radio drama by Felix Felton. Besides paying for modeling, Hurles paid many of his models to talk, while alone in a room with the door closed, into an ordinary cassette recorder, typically on how they would like to mistreat fags. Adhesive x3 Gears x4 Oil x3 Screw x3 Steel x6. Fortunately, Adela's sister, 'Bill' Shannon, not for nothing nicknamed 'the Old Reliable', is on hand to ensure a satisfactory outcome. Aug 03, Joseph Schoolland rated it liked it. No, we do not. Jan 23, Tanvi rated it it was amazing. The story is set in Hollywood , and follows the romantic and financial difficulties of various film stars, writers, movie moguls, butlers and safe-crackers. If I'm rooting for the slightly barmy characters that people a novel, I'm much more likely to have a good time. Refresh and try again. Friend Reviews. Bill wants Joe to fund the purchase, since he won a radio jackpot, but he explains that he has nearly spent all his winnings. Open Preview See a Problem? True Homosexual Experiences.

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Readers also enjoyed. List Category. Mar 14, Ian Wood rated it really liked it Shelves: p-g-wodehouse. She asks him to marry her and he agrees. Set in Hollywood in the late s, just before Wodehouse became an American citizen. Hidden categories: Webarchive template wayback links CS1 maint: archived copy as title All articles with unsourced statements Articles with unsourced statements from January A fast read, set in the house of the ex-Mexican star Carmen Flores over the course of two days- the comedy is full of twists and laughs. Aug 20, Ankita rated it really liked it. Phipps fails to focus on his task and argues in a disjointed way with Smedley and Joe before falling asleep. However, Phipps refuses to give Smedley the diary and keeps it. The Old Reliable is a novel by P. Category : Far Harbor unique weapons. Sold by Dejen in Acadia. From to Hurles added items to a revealing "Wish List" on amazon. Hoping to escape from the domineering Adela, her brother-in-law Smedley, who has lived with her since losing his money, searches the house for Carmen's legendary lost diary, in the belief that its scorching revelations about the sex life of her fellow stars will make him millions. Jackson and David S. Use of English language, already classified as Wodehouse and therefore skilful and elegant. Adhesive x1 Gears x1 Oil x2 Screw x2 Steel x6. Gears x1 Oil x2 Screw x2 Spring x2 Steel x4. What shall we do? To ask other readers questions about The Old Reliable , please sign up. Dec 10, Melissa rated it liked it. Community Reviews. But it's almost as if the author made a conscious decision to pepper the text with the names of movie, TV, and literary notables. Preview — The Old Reliable by P. This is a light comedy which is also a sharp satire on Hollywood mores. Wodehouse and I enjoyed it very much and look forward to reading another one of his humorous books. Adhesive x3 Screw x6 Steel x6. Other people had their problems too, at the Hollywood home of Adela Shannon, Empress of Stormy Emotion, none more than Phipps, butler extraordinary and safe-cracker cum laude Far Harbor. Get A Copy. One of the things I like about Wodehouse is that he sees women as real people. Friend Reviews. Bill knocks Joe out with her only Mickey Finn drug, planning to make Kay sympathetic to him. Hurles chose to downplay technical fireworks with his camera in order to focus on the emotional pyrotechnics of his models. Rage-filled robbers without rubbers. Apr 02, Patressa Kearns rated it really liked it. Namespaces Article Talk. Besides paying for modeling, Hurles paid many of his models to talk, while alone in a room with the door closed, into an ordinary cassette recorder, typically on how they would like to mistreat fags. The butler in the story is not Jeeves but a reformed safe-cracker. Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description is different from Wikidata.

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