There were tales that didn't make it into the final
cut of, A Write Carry On. Take, for instance, the one about Kenneth Williams
and the showgirl.
Kenneth wasn't one to party. He'd more than likely
slink off home after a long day's filming and prefer the company of his mother
than that of his fellow actors.
But on occasions he'd venture out and, when he
did, he would more likely be the life and soul of the gathering. For all his professional
bravado, Kenneth was inwardly shy and full of self-loathing. So when a fan all
but lay at his feet in awe of his talent, he wasn't one to walk away.
One such fan was a rather forward and over
enthusiastic showgirl, known as Miss Lash.
Unbeknownst to Kenneth she was madly
in love with him and had thoughts of a short engagement, luscious wedding and a
long and happy married life with Kenneth and their four children!
Miss Lash latched onto Kenneth at one of Talbot ‘Tolly’Rothwell's soirées. She was there at the behest of my brother, Martyn. He was a
wild card was Martyn, if the unexpected was expected, then, and only then,
would he do the expected. Miss Lash certainty wasn't on Tolly's guestlist!
She waltzed in arm-in-arm with my brother. As the
room's attention turned to the somewhat inebriated couple, Kenneth swung round
to see what or whom had stolen his spotlight. He liked what he saw.
Miss Lash had the verbals, as well as the attitude.
There was no-way he could compete, so he needed her onside. He raised his
nostrils into the attack position and, to everyone's surprise, poured
compliments on to the unsuspecting Miss Lash. She fell hook, line and sinker
for his manufactured charm.
By the party’s end, with Miss Lash fuelled on drink
and compliments, she managed to extract Kenneth’s contact details from his
nemesis, Sid James.
Sid knew the score, and he wasn’t going to miss the
opportunity to let Kenneth score an own goal! By 4am the next morning Kenneth
had his phone off of the hook and a mood that carried a cloud the size of Russia
Tolly used to tell this story with a relish. As much
as the scriptwriter loved Kenneth, he wasn’t averse to the actor being taken a peg-or-two.
A Write Carry On
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