M. E. Clifton James the basis for the script of the 1958 film starring John Mills and Cecil Parker with James playing himself and Montgomery. The script was 'tweaked' for effect; 'Operation Copperhead' became 'Operation Hambone', and additional elements of comedy, danger and intrigue were added. James also appeared in a short cameo (and non-speaking) appearance as Field Marshal Montgomery in the 1957 film "High Flight", starring Ray Milland. On 20 January 1959, James appeared on an episode of the TV series "To Tell the Truth". James died on 8 May 1963 at his home on Thorn Road in Worthing, Sussex, aged 65. M.
Lucille Clifton Writers" (ed. Brenda Scott Wilkinson) and "Bedrock: Writers on the Wonders of Geology" (ed. Lauret E. Savoy, Eldridge M. Moores, and Judith E. Moores (Trinity University Press). Studies about her life and writings include "Wild Blessings: The Poetry of Lucille Clifton" (LSU Press, 2004) by Hilary Holladay, and "Lucille Clifton: Her Life and Letters" (Praeger, 2006) by Mary Jane Lupton. In 1980 Clifton published "homage to my hips" in her book of poems, "Two-Headed Woman". "Two-Headed Woman" won the 1980 Juniper Prize and was characterized by its "dramatic tautness, simple language … tributes to blackness, [and] celebrations of women", which