Blazingly brilliant updating of the Hogarth classic, being a classic in its own right. A lowly clerk inherits a fortune in early 1930s London, and blazes a path across the sky, coming to the inevitable end (though it's a bit softer than in the original Hogarth). Some truly gorgeous water-colours by Low, packed with personalities of the era. Alas! No key for them, though one can recognize many personalities (there's even a young Alfred Hitchcock in one picture). ( )