Bottle later met Crippen's executioner, John Ellis, who recounted to him the details of Crippen's hanging. Memory - which he doesn't answer - is "When was Crippen hanged?" In 1932, Bottle published his memoirs in which he recounted the many times he met with Hawley Harvey Crippen and his wife, Cora, who was a music hall singer under the stage name "Belle Elmore". In the film, one of the questions asked to Mr. He couldn't help showing it off, even at the cost of his life. Otherwise, he would have been ordinary, but his pride in it made him a victim. He was neither a magician nor a genius, you see. I found Memory’s compulsion to answer quite fascinating. The character is based on a real person named Datas, who had an act in London when I was young. I have many favorites among those who people my films, but none of whom I’m fonder than Mr. Hitchcock expressed similar sentiments to Charlotte Chandler: Memory knows what the thirty-nine steps are, and when he is asked the question, he is compelled to give the answer. The audience would ask him questions about major events, like: "When did the Titanic sink?" and he would give the correct answer The whole idea is that the man is doomed by his sense of duty. He's based on a true-life music-hall personality called Datas. There was also another interesting character in the film, Mr. Speaking to François Truffaut about the The 39 Steps, Hitchcock recalled: Watson also uses Datas' well-known catchphrase, "Am I right, sir?" The performance in the film seems to capture some of this - "How old is Mae West? / I know, sir, but I never tell a lady's age." - and Watson's appearance bears more than a passing resemblance to Datas. Bottle combined his prodigious ability to recall facts with his quick wit, a necessity for dealing with hecklers in the audience. The character was based on William James Maurice Bottle (1875-1956), who performed in music halls and theatres from 1901 onwards as "Datas: The Memory Man". Memory is a character in The 39 Steps (1935) and was played by actor Wylie Watson.
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