Hindle wakes is all about the sexual politics of its era. Features accordion, clarinet, clavinet, cornet, tin can violin, upright bass, and. Hindle wakes is a 1952 british drama film, directed by arthur crabtree and starring lisa daniely and leslie dwyer. Based on a famous play about life in the lancashire mills the title refers to vacation time for mill workers in a small town, it was a british version of a dolls house which scandalized audiences.
Hawthorns and jeffcotes homes, hindle, near manchester, 1900s c. As its pretty unlikely either maurice elveys 1918 and 1927 silent versions or victor savilles creaky 1931 talkie will be screened, youd better make the. Lancashire mills and blackpool beaches of hindle wakes 1931, the thatched. Directed by maurice elvey, assisted by victor saville. Factory girls fanny hawthorn and mary hollins decide to take their vacation at blackpool britains version of coney island. Stanley houghtons enduring 1912 stage play hindle wakes had already been twice adapted for the screen when this first talkie version was released in 1931.
Houghtons best known play, hindle wakes has been filmed five times, most recently in 1976 as a tv film starring donald pleasance. The third film version of a, once controversial, stanley houghton play. When this is discovered, their families decide they must marry, for conventions sake. Hindle wakes by stanley houghton, directed by gus kaikkonen for the mint theater company, ravishes the audience with ironic modernism. Estelle brody, norman mckinnel and humberstone wright.
It shows fully what the silent cinema was capable of when all the necessary elements were in place. Performed live at the trylon microcinema in 2014 by ipsifendus collective. One of the first plays to have a working class female protagonist, hindle wakes was hugely controversial at the time of its writing. Every day, we bring you the best of the best, the fantastic familiar films and hidden gems, to answer that ageold question. A forgotten playwright, freshly minted stanley houghtons final play, a study of provincial hypocrisy in vicwardian england, is being staged in the u.
Hindle wakes, which has been filmed five times from 1918 to 1976, is based on the 1912 fouract play by stanley houghton, which caused such a sensation in england that it was end page 9 banned from being produced at oxford. Admirably, in this play from 1910 houghton championed womens freedoms. Must admit when i first heard of the film i too misunderstood the title. 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. 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. Belle chrystal stars as fanny hawthorne, a lancashire mill worker who gets more than she bargained for when taking her annual weekend holiday. Fanny hawthorne works in the large cotton mill in hindle, like her father and most of the town. A level film studiesthe wjec a2 scheme includes two modules on silent cinema.
Hindle wakes is a 1931 british film drama, directed by victor saville for gainsborough pictures and starring belle chrystall and john stuart. When she agrees to spend a week with the young man, jenny enlists her roommates help to keep this liaison a secret. Hindle wakes original title 1h 22min drama, romance 1952 uk 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 by stanley houghton directed by gus kaikkonen december 23, 2017 february 17, 2018. This work has been selected by scholars as being cultura. Outer banks star madelyn cline answers our five burning questions about her favorite film genre, her tv crush, and more. The story of two nonmarried lovers and how their parents want to settle their little fling. 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. Ken marks and sandra shipley in hindle wakes by stanley houghton, directed by gus. A thoroughly enjoyable, readily accessible play with the unlikely title, hindle wakes, awaits audiences delectation. Although it was written more than 100 years ago, it raises issues of sex, love, ethics and morality that still stir controversy. After a chance meeting with millowners son alan jeffcoate john stuart, fanny spends a. Mill girl jenny hawthorne meets alan jeffcote, the millowners son, and they go to llandudno to spend a secret weekend together.
Alternativeindie rock experimental rock film music postpunk soundtracks. Regarder hindle wakes film 1931 streaming en ligne, dvd, bluray, telechargement en qualite hd, hindle wakes, hindle wakes play, hindle wakes 1927, hindle wakes 1952 full movie, hindle wakes 1931, hindle wakes recipe, hindle wakes film 1952, hindle wakes beetham, hindle wakes imdb, hindle wakes full cast, hindle wakes maurice elvey 123films. With leslie dwyer, lisa daniely, brian worth, sandra dorne. Born today most popular celebs most popular celebs celebrity news. Asquiths tell england 1931, completed nearly two years later. In 1930 however, it was both well known as film and play, and of course wakes weeks were much a part of real life. 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. 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. One film that fits into that category is their newest release, maurice elveys hindle wakes. Of all of these films though, the one which still stands out for me as the. 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. In the lefthand ivally low down, there is a door leading to the scullery. Directors maurice elvey cast includes estelle brody, john stuart, norman mckinnell, marie ault, humberston wright, gladys jennings.
Her obituary by kevin brownlow describes brody and other residents of her retirement home watching hindle wakes. The start of the wakes sees workers leaving their jobs for a well earned break. The film also avoids devolving too much into hysterics. British production companies like the stoll film company and. The first sound version of hindle wakes is more concerned with the issues of the play than the famous visual extravaganza that the. During wakes week, a lancashire mill girl has an illicit adventure with the owners son. 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. Peter brown places this as preston, now platform 6 but platform 8 when it was filmed following considerable changes. Its tale of a strong minded girl and families in crisis shocked the establishment and remains a fascinating insight to the times and morals of the period. I saw the silent film a few years ago, and it was laid out differently, possibly for the better, but this is an outstanding play for its time 1910 and came under a lot of fire for having such a strongminded female protagonist. Hindle wakes act i scene 1 the scene is triangular, representing a corner of the livingroom kitchen of no, 7, burnley roady hindle, a house rented at about is, 6d. Hindle wakes by stanley houghton overdrive rakuten. 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.
It also lends itself to some of the other module topics. A highly embellished version of the dish appears in the 1954 food in england by dorothy hartley hartley 1954. A page devoted to news items, snippets of mainly silent film information, unfounded. Of all the countless offbroadway troupes, none has a more distinctive mission or a higher artistic batting average than the mint theater company. Stanley houghton s popular play of lancashire life had been filmed before in 1927 d.
Led by film advocate john farr, the best movies by farr team works as a quality filter for the discerning moviegoer. For many, hindle wakes is englands equivalent to ibsens the dolls house. The hindle to blackpool special leaves for the coast. Set during wakes week in a lancashire mill town hindle wakes is based on the vivid and controversial play by stanley houghton. Chief among these is maurice elveys hindle wakes, recently released on dvd by milestone film and video. Hindle wakes play, a stage play by stanley houghton written in 1910 hindle wakes 1918 film, a 1918 british silent film drama, based on the play hindle wakes 1927 film, a 1927 british silent film drama, based on the play hindle wakes 1931 film, a 1931 british film drama, based on the play hindle wakes 1952 film, a 1952 british film drama, based on the play. When fannys parents discover the truth, they set out to ensure that alan will do the decent thing and marry her only to discover that fanny has her own ideas on the matter. I found both the 1927 maurice elvey victor saville film and arthur crabtrees 1952 version worth seeing, although the crabtree is not very well regarded. My favourite part named the house of sorrow and beautifully accompanied by in the nursery. This 1952 version is, to my shame, the only adaptation i have seen. Two original scores by in the nursery and philip carli. 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. The first talking version of the once popular moral gender play hindle wakes 1931. Hindle wakes was filmed four times, twice as a silent the first version, also directed by elvey, made in 1918 and twice in sound in 1931 and 1952.
Hindle wakes 1927 brody was an american actor who worked with elvey in the uk between 192628. 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. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. Ahead of his time, the playwright created young female protagonists with sexual openness and independent spirits. Once a year the factory closes for a week the wake of the title and the employees all head off to some vacation spot to blow off some steam.
British film british by genre rare tv us film us by genre world cinema alternative cinema christmas peter owenjones hindle wakes 1931 hindle wakes 1931. 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. 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. Though neither of these covers british film in the 1920s, hindle wakes offers an interesting comparison in terms of style and narrative. The 1927 production was wellbudgeted, made extensive use of location filming in manchester and blackpool, and is generally held by film. Hindle wakes a play in three acts by stanley houghton. The round arch over an entrance to the now demolished butler street ticket office can be seen top left. This film centres around the activities of a young couple and its effect on their respective families. It is wakes week in the lancashire town of hindle, the annual holiday when the cotton mills close down. During wakes week, the hindle mill workers go on holiday to blackpool.
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