Produced by gaumont british picture corporation, 1927 directed by maurice elvey in conjunction with victor saville black and white with intertitles and musical accompaniment. The only movie directed by sir laurence olivier, in which he did not appear. In a new century, the mint theater company is demonstrating that this littleknown play with its perplexing title. During wakes week, the hindle mill workers go on holiday to blackpool. I saw this film some years ago on tv and have been trying to purchase it ever since. Hindle wakes was obviously a big influence on king vidors the crowd which came out a year later. Showing how the summer holidays were spent in true northern style, back in the decades. It seems an amazing coincidence that the film version of hindle wakes was showing at the cinemas just at the time in 1952 when hartley, a food writer known to not be above a bit of inventive decoration, was sitting down to write her food in england.
Ahead of his time, the playwright created young female protagonists with sexual openness and independent spirits. Hindle wakes 1931 film wikipedia, the free encyclopedia hindle wakes is a 1931 british film drama, directed by victor saville for gainsborough pictures and starring belle chrystall and john stuart. Fanny hawthorn is relaxing at the seashore with a girlfriend when she runs into alan jeffcote, the mill owners son. Stanley houghtons hindle wakes, an obscure british play from 1912 thats been dusted off and revivified by the mint theater company, begins with a storm. Hindle wakes 1952 stream and watch online moviefone. Set in the north of england hindle, two mill workers jenny lisa daniely and mary sandra dorne take off to blackpool for the wakes week holiday. The film was also released under the title fanny hawthorne. Hindle wakes 1931 full movie download full hd youtube. A factory worker lisa daniely falls for her boss son brian worth but enlists the aid of her girlfriend to keep it a secret. The 1927 hindle wakes is a superior silent english drama with excellent production values and a remarkably liberated theme.
See shorts and features, showing the best from the bfi, national and regional archives including 120 years of britain on film. Hindle wakes 1976 12191976 gb drama, tv movie 1h 18m user score. Admirably, in this play from 1910 houghton championed womens freedoms. Based on the stage play by stanley houghton, this silent film by maurice elvey tells the story of a factory girl named fanny estelle brody who takes a short vacation to blackpool, sometimes called. Find out more about the production after the show on thursday 30 april free. Jenny is attracted to the mills bosss son brian worth. Performances will begin december 23 at the clurman. The film is adapted from stanley houghtons 1912 stage play of the same name, and reunites brody and stuart following their hugely popular pairing in the previous years mademoiselle from armentieres. Set in the north of england hindle, two mill workers jenny lisa daniely and mary sandra dome take off to blackpool for the wakes week holiday. High praise should also be given to in the nursery, the british group who scored the film. Hindle wakes is a 1927 british silent film drama, directed by maurice elvey and starring estelle brody and john stuart. Hindle wakes is a 1952 british drama film, directed by arthur crabtree and starring lisa daniely and leslie dwyer. The film is set in the lancashire cotton town of hindle during the annual wakes when the mills closed and the workers took their holidays, stanley houghtons.
Hindle wakes by stanley houghton, directed by gus kaikkonen for the mint theater company, ravishes the audience with ironic modernism. North wales colliery deputies and shotfirers association. Kinothek asta nielsen has commissioned internationally renowned. The film was the fourth and last screen adaptation of the famous stanley houghton play of the 1910s, dealing with an independentminded young woman insisting on her right to enjoy a sexual flirtation regardless of the disapproval of family or society. With ernest butcher, eileen draycott, wendy hiller, frank pettingell. Saville had been the producer on the highly regarded 1927 version directed by maurice elvey. Fanny is a millhand in the factory owned by alans father and their. However, you can give the free 7 day trial version of premium a try. Free digital downloads while our kew site is closed, signedin users can download. When she agrees to spend a week with the young man, jenny enlists her roommates help to keep this liaison a secret. Hindle wakes is a film programme that first aired in 1952 and has been classified a pg certificate. Set in the hindle, two mill workers take off to blackpool for the wakes holiday. Tristram kenton for the guardian stanley houghton was part of the manchester school of playwrights that.
Alan jeffcote, son of nat hawthorn, hindles richest factory owner, meets fanny hawthorn, daughter of nats slasher and oldest friend, in blackpool and the two go off for what they believe to be secret fling in llandudno. Ethics, class, customs and morals threaten to overwhelm the lives of two families in a lancashire town called. A highly embellished version of the dish appears in the 1954 food in england by dorothy hartley hartley 1954. Jeremy beck and rebecca noelle brinkley in hindle wakes by stanley houghton, directed by gus kaikkonen. Long buried in a box marked forgotten was this remarkable play, now unearthed by jonathan banks mint theater company, which has brought it back to. Released to commemorate the 40th anniversary of mary millingtons death, this special edition bluray box set limited to 3,000 units features marys most glamorous film roles, with new, stunning 2k restorations, including. My darling one, you could not be more wonderful or dear to me. Lift the cooled chicken from the casserole, remove the string and wrap in cling film, then chill. The play is set in the fictional mill town of hindle in lancashire in england, and concerns two young persons, fanny hawthorn and alan jeffcote, who are discovered to have been having what would now be called a dirty weekend during their holiday, during the towns wakes week. Watch hindle wakes full movie in hd visit movie 124993 a young workingclass girl causes a stir when she sneaks off for a romantic. Cineconcert silent film and world premiere of new music for hindle wakes.
Set during wakes week in lancashire hindle wakes is a funny and. A forgotten playwright, freshly minted stanley houghtons final play, a study of provincial hypocrisy in vicwardian england, is being staged in the u. Welcome to classic films direct movies on dvd, bluray. Kirk douglas likes the seaside town of weymouth except the. Whatever else one may criticise or attack, the sacredness of virtue must remain untouched. Stanley houghtons hindle wakes gets first new york. Build up your profile with programmes that you like, personalise your grid and set some reminders. Librivox recording of hindle wakes, by stanley houghton, with accompanying essay by emma goldman. Silent film and world premiere of new music for hindle wakes. An impressionistic film of wales as a country of contrasts, with commentary written.
Romantic drama about a mill girl who becomes romantically involved with the bosss son while on holiday in blackpool. This glitteringly effective celebration of the financial and sexual independence of lancashire millgirls, based on stanley houghtons celebrated play from 1912. The play is set in the fictional mill town of hindle in lancashire in england, and concerns two young persons, fanny hawthorn and alan jeffcote, who are discovered to have been having what would now be called a dirty weekend. We start off on this page with old time movies worldwide then at the top, above the great lucille balls head you. The film is adapted from stanley houghtons 1912 stage play of the same name, which had previously been filmed twice as a silent in 1918 and 1927.
Mill girl jenny hawthorne meets alan jeffcote, the millowners son, and they go to llandudno to spend a secret weekend together. Hindle wakes 1952 stream and watch online a factory worker lisa daniely falls for her boss son brian worth but enlists the aid of her girlfriend to keep it a secret. The plays title refers to the wakes week holiday in the fictional town of hindle and is also a pun on the name of a traditional lancashire chicken dish. Stanley houghtons 1912 comedy hindle wakes will have its first new york city revival in 95 years in a production from mint theater company. My favourite part named the house of sorrow and beautifully accompanied by in the nursery. Review of mint theater companys hindle wakes at theatre. With leslie dwyer, lisa daniely, brian worth, sandra dorne. Hindle wakes is a stage play by stanley houghton written in 1910.
The two go off together leaving mary to give them an alibi. This film centres around the activities of a young couple and its effect on their respective families. The root of all evil is a 1947 british drama film, directed by brock williams for gainsborough pictures and starring. Mint theater to stage rare revival of hindle wakes playbill. While on seaside holiday with her girlfriend mary, a pretty factory worker named jenny is attracted to alan, son of the owner of the mill where she works. Upon returning to hindle the news of the affair threatens to cause a scandal. Feel free to add detailed comments in the body of the email. Looking at the titles pun hindle is the small milltown in the play.
Alan takes fanny to an hotel in wales for a few days of fun, but the fun stops when their parents find out. When this is discovered, their families decide they must marry, for conventions sake. We start off on this page with old time movies worldwide then at the top, above the great lucille balls head you will see the grey header with the sub categories, just click on the title you want to view ie. Jenny is attracted to the mill s boss s son brian worth. Mint theater companys production of stanley houghtons hindle wakes, a british realistic play over a century old, vibrantly brings to the contemporary table sexual issues which preoccupy us today, however sublimated they may be by the overt needs of some to be politically correct. Come play with me 1977, the playbirds 1978, confessions from the david galaxy affair 1979, queen of the blues 1979, mary millingtons true blue confessions. It is among the best modern scores that i have ever heard accompanying a silent film and easily the. Colne amusements ltd, theatre and cinema proprietors colne, lancashire.
Watch hindle wakes tv movie 1976 online streaming free. To serve, cut open the chicken and arrange on plates. Stanley houghtons bracingly unsentimental hindle wakes failed twice on broadway, expiring after 30odd performances in both 1912 and 1922. My life would always be sublime, if you would be my valentine. Based upon stanley houghtons celebrated and in its day controversial play, first performed in 1912, this was not the first time elvey had directed a film version of hindle wakes. In the lancashire mill town of hindle, its wakes week and employees decamp enmass to blackpool, where a lowly millgirl strikes up a relationship with the millowners son. Old time cliffhanger movie serials and it will take you to that page or just click below on the movie section below you are interested in. Enjoy a rich lineup of tv shows and movies included with your prime.