Derek Winnert

Posts Tagged "Ealing comedy"

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Cheer Boys Cheer *** (1939, Nova Pilbeam, Edmund Gwenn, Jimmy O’Dea, Graham Moffatt, Moore Marriott, Peter Coke, C V France) – Classic Movie Review 7090

Director Walter Forde’s 1939 British film Cheer Boys Cheer is an early Ealing Studios comedy, helping to establish the themes and style for classics to come, and providing considerable cheer, especially for its delightful players. […]

May, 24

The Titfield Thunderbolt ***** (1953, Stanley Holloway, George Relph, Naunton Wayne, John Gregson) – Classic Movie Review 1640

  English villagers take direct action when their rail line faces heartless government closure by running it themselves. Charles Crichton’s 1953 Ealing Studios comedy gem The Titfield Thunderbolt glories in the antique values of the […]

Sep, 06

The Lavender Hill Mob ***** (1951, Alec Guinness, Stanley Holloway, Sidney James, Alfie Bass) – Classic Movie Review 121

This marvellous, splendidly quirky, constantly amusing Ealing Studios classic comedy, the only one of their famous comedies ever to win an Oscar, is deliciously realised in exuberant high style by director Charles Crichton. It was […]

Aug, 03

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