


īlakeston joined the staff of Close Up, the magazine of the Pool Group, in August 1927. At age 16 he ran away, becoming a conjuror’s assistant, a cinema organist and studio clapperboy. Life īlakeston was born to a family of Austrian origin. His pseudonym combined a reference to the writer Osbert Sitwell with his mother's maiden name. He was also a poet and wrote in non-fiction areas including travel, cooking and pets.

Oswell Blakeston was the pseudonym of Henry Joseph Hasslacher (1907–1985), a British writer and artist who also worked in the film industry, made some experimental films, and wrote extensively on film theory.
