She imagines Turner the man: a lonely and eccentric painter who was disappointed with the world and carried out a long affair with
his seaside landlady Mrs Booth.
Turner prefers to live the life of a bohemian bachelor, sexually exploiting his housekeeper, Hannah (Dorothy Atkinson) and then becoming obsessed with his Margate
seaside landlady Mrs Booth (Marion Bailey) for whom he conceives a great, uxorious love.
Profoundly affected by the death of his father and loved by his housekeeper, whom he takes for granted and occasionally exploits sexually, Turner forms a close relationship with
a seaside landlady with whom he eventually lives incognito with in Chelsea, where he dies.
Profoundly affected by the death of his father, loved by a housekeeper he takes for granted and occasionally exploits sexually, he forms a close relationship with
a seaside landlady with whom he eventually lives incognito in Chelsea, where he dies.
Not exact matches
Part of Turner's Impressionistic inspiration lies in various trips he makes to the
seaside town of Margate, where he meets and eventually falls in love with a
landlady, named Ms. Booth (Marion Bailey).
Still, there are marvelous moments strewn throughout the film, like the scene in London's Royal Academy when Turner goads his rival, John Constable; or the
seaside Margate scenes with his
landlady, Sophia Booth (a wonderful Marion Bailey), who becomes his doting and somewhat uncomprehending companion.