The Public Image | Short Essay Answer Key

Short Essay Answer Key

1. What is the relationship of Billy O'Brien to the Christopher family?

Billy O'Brien went to drama school with Frederick Christopher and met Annabel twelve years ago when she married Frederick. Since Annabel had become the English Tiger-Lady of films, Billy treated her with the mock deference of an old acquaintance who assumes the attitude of having known her 'when.'

2. Until quite recently, how would people have described Annabel's physical appearance?

Annabel was a little bit of a thing, an English girl with a peaky face and mousy hair and eyes that mysteriously appeared large on screen. She played bit parts in British films, whenever a small but nondescript girl was needed.

3. Who was responsible for the transformation of Annabel and how did it come about?

Around ten years after Annabel's start in films, an Italian producer named Luigi Leopardi transformed her eyes on...
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