The Wreck of the Hesperus Felicia Hemans rather than to Longfellow). Additionally, in Kevin Sullivan's 1985 film of "Anne of Green Gables", a character recites "The Wreck of the Hesperus" prior to Anne's rousing rendition of "The Highwayman". "The Wreck of the Hesperus" is also mentioned in the 2017 Woody Allen film "Wonder Wheel". "The Wreck of the Hesperus" is referenced in the comic song "Lydia the Tattooed Lady" by Harold Arlen and Yip Harburg, performed by Groucho Marx in the movie "At the Circus" (1939); by Virginia Weidler in "The Philadelphia Story" (1940); by Robin Williams in "The Fisher King" (1991); by Kermit the
The Man Who Would Be King (film) which he had to walk to the middle of the bridge. The cinematic version of "The Man Who Would be King" (1975) is a generally faithful adaptation of the novella "The Man Who Would Be King" (1888), by Rudyard Kipling, yet there are narrative differences: John Simon of "New York" magazine considered the film to be Huston's best work since "The African Queen", 23 years earlier. Jay Cocks of "Time" commented "John Huston has been wanting to make this movie for more than 20 years. It was worth the wait." Roger Ebert gave the film 4 stars and wrote: "It's