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. Its quite a collection of folks all tied together by familial knots, and i found visiting them. One film that fits into that category is their newest release, maurice elveys hindle wakes. In the best play of 1912, the conventional morals and manners of a.
The wakes was the weeks holiday organised by each mill town, during which all the local mills shut and the millworkers took their holiday. A forgotten playwright, freshly minted stanley houghtons final play, a study of provincial hypocrisy in vicwardian england, is being staged in the u. The play houghton wrote to give voice to such a convention defying character was hindle wakes. Hindle wakes is a 1927 british silent film drama, directed by maurice elvey and starring estelle brody and john stuart. A lancashire mill girl has an illicit adventure with the owners son while on holiday. Theyve released some big name films like phantom of the opera, it, and the works of windsor mckay and mary pickford, but they also release some excellent lesser known silent gems. Jenny is attracted to the mill s boss s son brian worth.
Set in the hindle, two mill workers take off to blackpool for the wakes holiday. Find movie and film cast and crew information for hindle wakes 1976 laurence olivier on allmovie. In a new century, the mint theater company is demonstrating that this littleknown play with its perplexing title is a compelling period piece. Hindle wakes was obviously a big influence on king vidors the crowd which came out a year later. Watch hindle wakes full movie in hd visit in the best play of 1912, the conventional morals and manners of a nort. Hindle wakes 1931 full movie download full hd youtube. There she carries on a flirtation with allan jeffcote stuart, the wealthy son of the. Admittedly it takes a long road to get there, but once it does it is a very insightful look at the hypocrisy of those sexual politics towards women. 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. Hindle wakes by stanley houghton, directed by gus kaikkonen for the mint theater company, ravishes the audience with ironic modernism. Hindle wakes is a 1927 british silent film drama, directed by maurice elvey and starring estelle. Join me in the hunt for every filming location used, and every title produced byat merton park studios, who were based in south west london. The people at milestone are continuing their tradition of releasing high quality silent movies.
Hindle wakes is a superior drama with subtleties of theme and character unexpected in a silentera film. Hindle wakes is a 1952 british drama film, directed by arthur crabtree and starring lisa. Fanny is a millhand in the factory owned by alans father and. For many, hindle wakes is englands equivalent to ibsens the dolls house. An independent archive film and television channel. British playwright stanley houghtons hindle wakes currently at the mint theater company was written and first performed in the era when sigmund freuds ideas on sexuality were becoming known, and when the question of womens suffrage was on peoples minds. Watch talking pictures tv on virgin 445, freesat channel 306, freeview channel 81, youview channel 81 or on sky channel number 328. A highly embellished version of the dish appears in the 1954 food in england by dorothy hartley hartley 1954. The titles other half refers to the religious festival that evolved into a secular holiday for the areas various factory workers. Directed by maurice elvey, assisted by victor saville. 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. Norman mckinnel, colette oneil, hayford hobbs, imdb rating. Hindle wakes 1927, directed by maurice elvey dvd from milestone film.
This production of hindle wakes by director arthur crabtree is the fourth and final film adaptation of stanley houghtons controversial play from the 1910s, having been produced twice in the silent era and as a very early talkie in the late 20s. Jan 09, 2017 houghtons best known play, hindle wakes has been filmed five times, most recently in 1976 as a tv film starring donald pleasance. Released 1952, hindle wakes stars lisadaniely, lesliedwyer, brianworth, sandradorne the movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 22 min, and received a score of out of 100 on metacritic, which put. When the play premiered in london in 1912, it was considered. 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. Hindle wakes 1927 full movie download full hd youtube. The first part of the title refers to the lancashire mill town in which the play is set. The hindle to blackpool special leaves for the coast. Relive some of the rarest and greatest gems from film history. Mint theater to stage rare revival of hindle wakes playbill. Houghtons best known play, hindle wakes has been filmed five times, most recently in 1976 as a tv film starring donald pleasance. Peter brown places this as preston, now platform 6 but platform 8 when it was filmed following considerable changes.
The round arch over an entrance to the now demolished butler street ticket office can be seen top left. With leslie dwyer, lisa daniely, brian worth, sandra dorne. Successful remake of one of the earliest british talkies. 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. Some characters do, but most keep a level head especially fanny. The two go off together leaving mary to give them an alibi. This 1952 version is, to my shame, the only adaptation i have seen.
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. Even without the names alice and sally scrawled in chalk above the fiery holes, the. Hindle wakes 1952 stream and watch online moviefone. With rosalind ayres, judi bowker, roy dotrice, trevor eve. Hindle wakes 1927 letterboxd social film discovery. Watch hindle wakes full movie in hd visit a lancashire mill girl has an illicit adventure with the owners son while.
Listen free to in the nursery hindle wakes hindle theme i, midas avenue and more. Watch hindle wakes full movie in hd visit movie 124993 a young workingclass girl causes a stir when she sneaks off for a romanti. The film also avoids devolving too much into hysterics. It is among the best modern scores that i have ever heard accompanying a silent film and easily the best to incorporate a synthesizer. Extracts for study and discussion positions based on bfi video running times. Hindle wakes addressed the hypocrisy and double standard surrounding male and female sexuality, which until this point, had not been the subject of a film. Released 1952, hindle wakes stars lisadaniely, lesliedwyer, brianworth, sandradorne the movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 22 min, and received a score of. Hindle wakes by in the nursery, released 10 december 2015 1.
Image and milestones dvd of hindle wakes is an excellent transfer of a mostly fine restoration by the british film institute. Estelle brody, norman mckinnel and humberstone wright. The film was also released under the title fanny hawthorne. Hindle wakes by stanley houghton on free audio book download. Hindle wakes with accompanying essay by stanley houghton. A remarkable synthesis of protofeminist ideals and visionary aesthetics, maurice elveys hindle wakes, adapted from stanley houghtons controversial play of the same name, begins with a loaded shot of two male factory workers shoveling coal into two small roundlike ovens. Fanny hawthorn brody works in a cotton mill in hindle, lancashire and lives with her mother and father ault and wright. Msn new zealand latest news, hotmail, outlook, photos. In the best play of 1912, the conventional morals and manners of a north england mill town are overthrown by a young woman with ideas far ahead of her time. 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. Jan 24, 2018 jill tanner and jonathan hogan in hindle wakes.
I f cinema as michael powell claimed was the folk art of the 20th century, then the unearthed hindle wakes marks the point when. Afinidades part 1 full movie download free, afinidades part 1 movie. High praise should also be given to in the nursery, the british group who scored the film. When she agrees to spend a week with the young man, jenny enlists her roommates help to keep this liaison a secret. Film casting list, boxoffice, free download movie hdposter and buy bluray dvd mm52. Jan 19, 2018 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 cast and crew a factory worker lisa daniely falls for her boss son brian worth but enlists the aid of her girlfriend to keep it a secret. Jan 19, 2018 stanley houghtons bracingly unsentimental hindle wakes failed twice on broadway, expiring after 30odd performances in both 1912 and 1922. 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.
The leading character is a liberated and unapologetic young woman with her own ideas of sexual equality, yet shes not a flirt or a flapper. Hommes et les femmes sont faits pour vivre heureux. Admirably, in this play from 1910 houghton championed womens freedoms. Hindle wakes 1976 is a drama movie starring rosalind ayres and judi bowker. 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. Two original scores by in the nursery and philip carli. 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. In the play, fanny hawthorn returns home from a weekend in blackpool britains then most popular holiday resort, having, she claims, spent the time with. There are two musical scores available for the film, an original traditional by philip carli and a more modern accompaniment by the industrial british group in the nursery. Great image restoration by the british film institute for this dvd edition of hindle wakes but the triumph here is the discs soundtrack, not so much in quality but meaning.
Hindle wakes 1976 full movie download full hd youtube. With david bird, edward chapman, margaret dale, bee duffell. Watch hindle wakes full movie in hd visit movie 351221 a lancashire mill girl has an illicit adventure with the owners son while. Watch hindle wakes tv movie 1976 online streaming free. Jun 29, 2009 hindle wakes is a suitable text for examining the relationship between women and film in a module on gender and film in the critical studies element of the course. This glitteringly effective celebration of the financial and sexual independence of lancashire millgirls, based on stanley houghtons celebrated play from 1912. This 1927 adaptation provides a background for the events and characters in the original play. During the annual vacation week known as wakes week, she and her best friend mary carlisle travel by train to blackpool to enjoy the sea air, amusement park and dancehalls.
Extraction 2 confirmed with writer joe russo returning digital spy uk. Hindle wakes is a 1952 british drama film, directed by arthur crabtree and starring lisa daniely and leslie dwyer. 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 story is a simple one, about a lancashire mill girl. Streamcloud hindle wakes 1952 deutsch stream german. Many scenes the lonely cobbled street where fanny lives, the shot of an endless number of dancers at the giant blackpool ballroom are especially remarkable for being in such good shape.
Enjoy a rich lineup of tv shows and movies included with your prime membership. With sybil thorndike, john stuart, norman mckinnel, edmund gwenn. An early british talking film, one of three remakes of a better silent version done five years earlier. And the film bringing me on this long quest, maurice elveys 1927 version of hindle wakes, being shown as part of the first yorkshire silent film festival. Upon returning to hindle the news of the affair threatens to cause a scandal. Allans father agrees, but it is fannys surprising decision about the matter that has earned hindle wakes its reputation as one of the first feminist works of literature in the 20th century. I saw this film some years ago on tv and have been trying to purchase it ever since. 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. A factory worker lisa daniely falls for her boss son brian worth but enlists the aid of her girlfriend to keep it a secret. In hindle wakes, a mill owners son and a young woman have a few days of fun in a hotel before theyre discovered by their parents. Jeremy beck and rebecca noelle brinkley in hindle wakes by stanley houghton, directed by gus kaikkonen.
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