Martinique in Popular Culture

December 9, 2008 at 11:10 am | In Blogging, Culture, Guide, Martinique, Nature, Photo, Photography, Photos, Pictures, Travel, Trip, Vacation | 1 Comment
  • Martinique was the main setting of the 1944 film To Have and Have Not starring Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall.
  • The island is mentioned in the song Uffington wassail by Half Man Half Biscuit.
  • In the gothic soap opera Dark Shadows, the characters of Angelique Bouchard Collins, Josette du Pres, and Josette’s family are from Martinique.
  • Martinique was also featured in the 1999 remake of “The Thomas Crown Affair,” and in the movie “Sugar Cane Alley”.
  • It is also mentioned in the Beach Boys hit “Kokomo” with the line “To Martinique, that Montserrat mystique”

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  1. For a month I went all floppy just to see where I’d end up
    The morgue was my considered guess, or maybe Martinique

    You’ll find the full lyrics to Uffington Wassail at the Half Man Half Biscuit Lyrics Project


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