{"id":20354,"date":"2026-08-27T13:20:12","date_gmt":"2026-08-27T12:20:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onlandsedge.co.uk\/?post_type=ole_events_2026&#038;p=20354"},"modified":"2026-08-27T14:05:29","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T13:05:29","slug":"ein-hanes-john-huston-knew-my-father-moby-dick-and-other-fishy-tales","status":"publish","type":"ole_events_2026","link":"https:\/\/onlandsedge.co.uk\/cy\/ole_events_2026\/ein-hanes-john-huston-knew-my-father-moby-dick-and-other-fishy-tales\/","title":{"rendered":"EIN HANES-JOHN HUSTON KNEW MY FATHER: MOBY DICK AND OTHER FISHY TALES."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Venue:<strong>&nbsp;Theatr Gwaun<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Date:&nbsp;<strong>Wednesday September 9th<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Time:&nbsp;<strong>6:00pm<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u2018There are times when fiction is truer than truth\u2019.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading20354_415784-1b, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading20354_415784-1b[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading20354_415784-1b\"]{font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading20354_415784-1b mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading20354_415784-1b[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading20354_415784-1b\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading20354_415784-1b img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading20354_415784-1b[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading20354_415784-1b\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<h2 class=\"kt-adv-heading20354_415784-1b wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading20354_415784-1b\">Bill Hamblett\u00a0recalls how his dad\u2019s fantasy novel,\u00a0The Crazy Kill,\u00a0was inspired by true events surrounding the\u00a0filming of Moby Dick, and led to a small boy rubbing shoulders with Hollywood royalty.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The man organising the giant lantern parade at Fishguard and Goodwick\u2019s\u00a0Ar Ymyl y Tir\/On Land\u2019s Edge Moby Dick-themed festival\u00a0has a unique connection with the great white whale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bill Hamblett, director of Cardigan\u2019s Small World Theatre, was a near-neighbour of leading man\u00a0Gregory Peck\u00a0in California during the late 1950s and his father, Charles, a Hollywood screenwriter who worked on John Huston\u2019s classic 1956 movie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bill has offbeat recollections on the creation of Huston\u2019s masterpiece, as well as his own family\u2019s colourful background 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