Isla Cameron (c. 1930 - 1980) was a Scottish singer and actress. She was, f… Read Full Bio ↴Isla Cameron (c. 1930 - 1980) was a Scottish singer and actress. She was, for much of the 1950s, a singing partner of Ewan MacColl. In her time she was one of Britain's most popular woman folk singers, performing regularly in clubs throughout the British Isles. Her pioneering work in the 1950s paved the way for such figures as Sandy Denny and opened English folk music to a wider audience than it had been perceived as having.
Isla Cameron was born in Scotland but was brought up in Dorset and Somerset. While trying to become an actress she joined Joan Littlewood who had co-founded the Theatre Workshop in 1945. Joan’s husband at the time, Ewan MacColl was to become Isla’s singing partner for much of the 50s.
During 1953-4, Peter Kennedy produced a series of Sunday morning BBC radio programs called “As I Roved Out”. Two of these were later issued on the Folktrax label, with Isla singing three folk songs, Seamus Ennis playing uilliann pipes and tin whistle, Ewan MacColl singing some songs and Bob & Ron Copper also singing.
In 1956 Isla Cameron appeared in another radio program “Ballads and Blues: Sea Music”. In 1960 “The Singers Club” opened in “The Princess Louise” pub in Holborn, London. It was run by Ewan MacColl and his new wife Peggy Seeger. Isla Cameron became a resident at this folk club, but by this point her film career had taken off. She acted in a number of movies, with her biggest acting role being in the 1969 version of The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie where she could use her Scottish accent to advantage.
She continued singing and recording during the 1960s. In 1962, Isla Cameron and Tony Britton recorded “Songs of Love, Lust and Loose Living”. In 1963, Peter Kennedy recorded Isla singing with accompaniment by Jack Armstrong on Northumbrian pipes. She sang songs by Bob Dylan and Bertolt Brecht but rarely sang after 1966, when acting took over her life.
She died in an accident in her home in 1980.
Isla Cameron was born in Scotland but was brought up in Dorset and Somerset. While trying to become an actress she joined Joan Littlewood who had co-founded the Theatre Workshop in 1945. Joan’s husband at the time, Ewan MacColl was to become Isla’s singing partner for much of the 50s.
During 1953-4, Peter Kennedy produced a series of Sunday morning BBC radio programs called “As I Roved Out”. Two of these were later issued on the Folktrax label, with Isla singing three folk songs, Seamus Ennis playing uilliann pipes and tin whistle, Ewan MacColl singing some songs and Bob & Ron Copper also singing.
In 1956 Isla Cameron appeared in another radio program “Ballads and Blues: Sea Music”. In 1960 “The Singers Club” opened in “The Princess Louise” pub in Holborn, London. It was run by Ewan MacColl and his new wife Peggy Seeger. Isla Cameron became a resident at this folk club, but by this point her film career had taken off. She acted in a number of movies, with her biggest acting role being in the 1969 version of The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie where she could use her Scottish accent to advantage.
She continued singing and recording during the 1960s. In 1962, Isla Cameron and Tony Britton recorded “Songs of Love, Lust and Loose Living”. In 1963, Peter Kennedy recorded Isla singing with accompaniment by Jack Armstrong on Northumbrian pipes. She sang songs by Bob Dylan and Bertolt Brecht but rarely sang after 1966, when acting took over her life.
She died in an accident in her home in 1980.
O Willow Waly
Isla Cameron Lyrics
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@JJBushfan
@@geslinam9703 I think a lot of the power of that scene comes from the fact that it involves stairs. I remember being wary of stairs as a child for several reasons, not least the fact that whether you stand at the top and look down, or at the bottom and look up, you can only see a limited area. Beyond that space, something might be lying in wait.
The Japanese use stairs quite a lot in their horror films, and the Japanese make some very good horror films. And I remember once quoting a well-known rhyme on my blog:
As I was walking up the stair
I saw a man who wasn’t there
He wasn’t there again today
I wish, I wish he’d go away
(There are slight variations in different versions, but that’s my favourite.) Anyway, a friend of mine who was reading the blog at the time said it was the scariest rhyme he’d ever heard, and it resonated very darkly with him.
Your name is unusual, by the way. Might I ask its origin?
@thomascoppolone2969
they dont make Horror movies like they used to. This film still holds up today.
@christine7956
another good one is seance on a wet afternoon
@shanehughes3511
Id argue that movies such 28 days later, Hereditary, It follows and Get Out will age well and be considered excellent horror movies in 50 years time. Some examples of modern masterpieces in the past 15-20 years.
The problem today is the market is over saturated with horror, so only a few are gems.
The haunting of Hill House, Bly Manor and The Terror however are proof that modern horror may work better on TV.
@alisonpurgatory85
@@shanehughes3511 yeah there are just as many, if not more, good and great horror movies made today, but with the benefit of time and hindsight we only remember the really good and really bad ones. THere were as many shameless cash-ins and bled-dry sequels as today, look at the universal monsters. The market was absolutely over-saturated as it is today. There are definitely some qualities that older movies have that modern movies simply don't but I think we're letting nostalgia get the better of us
@Swoooze
They do. They're almost too many great horror movies being released these days. It's overwhelming.
@Hernal03
@@alisonpurgatory85 Perhaps it's partially nostalgia --- the black and white photography and slow burn elements in the best of the old psychological / horror films will also challenge most modern viewers who've developed short attention spans (many of the best horrors --- even the modern ones, require that you go along for the ride and immerse yourself in the mood and atmosphere --- might be asking too much from younger audiences that have been weened on gratuitous violence, sex and CGI special effects and have grown accustomed to a more in your face fast paced type of horror). That being said, in addition to The Innocents (1961), some of the better and most subtle older horror/mystery films that were NOT cheesy gratuitous cash grabs (you're right, every age has had those), are films like Night of the Demon (1958); I Bury the Living (1958); Eyes Without a Face (1959); City of the Dead (1960); Night Tide (1961); Carnival of Souls (1962); Burn Witch Burn (1962); The Haunting (1963); Seance on a Wet Afternoon (1964); Blood on Satan's Claw (1971); The Wicker Man (1973); Don't Look Now (1973); The Exorcist (1973): The Sailor Who Fell From Grace With the Sea (1975); Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975); The Last Wave (1977); The Ninth Configuration (1980); The Changeling (1980); The Shining (1980); Wolfen (1981); Apartment Zero (1988) and many others --- there are even examples of more modern psychological films containing supernatural elements --- a few examples are The Mothman Prophecies (2002); Dark Water (2005); Half Light (2006); Devil (2010); It Follows (2014); Apostle (2018); The Vigil (2019); The Empty Man (2020) --- so you are also correct in saying that good films are still being made within the genre of subtle psychological horror --- one big difference however is that I believe today, those types of films are not nearly as appreciated by modern audiences as they were by audiences in the past.
@ds37
Having her slowly walking towards the screen would have been the death of me.
@CeruleanWriter
ds37 don't worry, she would have fallen into the water before reaching you.
@yoyoyoaliman
CeruleanWriter yoooo, but what if she walked OVER the water?! 😭
@fintanwatson8137
Alex Fairgood How about: she reaches the edge of the reeds and drops limply over the water. Her flailing body creates a thunderous splash, and there she remains, obscured by the murky waters. But then: (your heartbeat grows rapidly) the black mass of a corpse begins to float towards you under the water...