Kensington Gardens

As seen in this picture with Diana walking through the gardens. This area is the the Italian Gardens area of the park and remains largely unchanged from when the film was filmed.

This area is completely at contrast to the other parts of the film, set in a dark and dingy prison cell. To me this scene is particularly poignant because of this. Diana, or Mary, walks through the gardens slowly, and with the poem being read throughout the film, highlights her days being numbered and she wouldn't see this beauty again. I think this was further highlighted by her clothes in this scene with them being very dark and gloomy. The black and white filming of the film also add to this gloom.

Yield To The Night Poem

A Loveliest Tree - A.E. Housman

Loveliest of trees, the cherry now
Is hung with bloom along the bough,
And stands about the woodland ride
Wearing white for Eastertide.

Now of my threescore years and ten,
Twenty will not come again,
And take from seventy springs a score,
It only leaves me fifty more.

And since to look at things in bloom
Fifty springs are little room,
About the woodlands I will go
To see the cherry hung with snow


Parts of this poem are read out at various places during the film by Diana/ Mary as she stares the prospect of death in the face. This is the poem in full, a beautiful poem made even more beautiful from Diana's soft, delicate voice.

Diana Dors Tribute Video

Thanks to williebeable21too for making this tribute video of Diana.

It has lots of nice clips of Diana in films, tv and other scenes too set against music that is perfect for the montage in my opinion.

Yield To The Night pictures

Here are some stills taken from the fantastic 'Yield To The Night' where Diana puts in a mesmerisingly good performance. I will write more about the film itself in upcoming posts.
This film is widely regarded by critics as Diana's best work and it is certainly amongst her best. It's difficult to name for definite her best work as there is so much to choose from but this perfomance in 'Yield to The Night' is one of the best displays of acting I've ever had the pleasure of witnessing. She made the part her own and she really understood the role she was playing perfectly. She delivers each line thoughtfully but naturally through her great talent and guile.

Hello and welcome

As the title suggests, this is a blog dedicated to Diana Dors. Personally I'm completely mesmerised by Diana, I think she was an excellent actress who carried such grace, beauty and she had an aura surrounding her which is so unique. Despite ataining iconic status, Diana still retained her common-touch, she was kind, sensitive, witty and treated everybody with respect. This is what made Diana so special.

It would be great to have a lively area where Diana Dors fans can come together and bask in her wonderful legacy.