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. In filming the popular stage play, director maurice elvey decided to provide a complete backstory. 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. Jan 18, 2018 the year 1912 was a bad one for certain transatlantic ship passengersand, based on what happens in the first scene of stanley houghtons 1912 play hindle wakes, currently on view in a rare revival by the mint theater company, we may guess that neither is it going to be a good year for young fanny hawthorn played by rebecca noelle brinkley. It is wakes week in the lancashire town of hindle, the annual holiday when the cotton mills close down. In 1896, the family moved to 2 athol road, alexandra park, manchester, some two miles from the city centre. The first part of the title refers to the lancashire mill town in which the play is set. This film centres around the activities of a young couple and its effect on their respective families. 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. The first film that comes to mind is hindle wakes, a 1952 black and white production which was shown nationally.
The plays title refers to the wakes week holiday in the fictional. 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. Lift the cooled chicken from the casserole, remove the string and wrap in cling film, then chill. Fanny is a millhand in the factory owned by alans father and their. The actors particularly the young women are brilliantly funny, witty, and engaging without becoming mere caricatures or types. With rosalind ayres, judi bowker, roy dotrice, trevor eve. 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. 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. 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. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel.
A lancashire mill girl has an illicit adventure with the owners son while on holiday. Stanley houghton hindle wakes in stanley houghton, who died last year, the drama lost a talented and brave artist. One film that fits into that category is their newest release, maurice elveys hindle wakes. Qualcuno potrebbe brucare velocinema e cinema sul vostro computer. Even without the names alice and sally scrawled in. In a new century, the mint theater company is demonstrating that this littleknown play with its perplexing title is a compelling period piece. A forgotten playwright, freshly minted stanley houghtons final play, a study of provincial hypocrisy in vicwardian england, is being staged in the u. The hindle to blackpool special leaves for the coast. Six film productions with scenes shot in preston over the. 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. Boil the stock over high heat for 1015 minutes, until reduced to about 100ml 3.
To serve, cut open the chicken and arrange on plates. Set during wakes week in a lancashire mill town hindle wakes is based on the vivid and controversial play by stanley houghton. In the play, fanny hawthorn returns home from a weekend in blackpool britains. For many, hindle wakes is englands equivalent to ibsens the dolls house. 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. A highly embellished version of the dish appears in the 1954 food in england by dorothy hartley hartley 1954. When this is discovered, their families decide they must marry, for conventions sake. It is among the best modern scores that i have ever heard accompanying a silent film and easily the. The first sound version of hindle wakes is more concerned with the issues of the play than the famous visual extravaganza that the 1927 silent version directed by maurice elvey was.
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. This 1952 version is, to my shame, the only adaptation i have seen. However, formatting rules can vary widely between applications and fields of interest or study. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. Jan 19, 2018 stanley houghtons bracingly unsentimental hindle wakes failed twice on broadway, expiring after 30odd performances in both 1912 and 1922. 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. Jenny is attracted to the mill s boss s son brian worth. Hindle wakes is all about the sexual politics of its era. 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. Hindle wakes was obviously a big influence on king vidors the crowd which came out a year later.
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. 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 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. But before we get to those and our table of upcoming and recent releases, heres the latest information on silent movies on dvd. Admirably, in this play from 1910 houghton championed womens freedoms. 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. Image and milestones dvd of hindle wakes is an excellent transfer of a mostly fine restoration by the british film institute. It will be performed by an ensemble of five musicians. Hindle wakes is a 1952 british drama film, directed by arthur crabtree and starring lisa daniely and leslie dwyer. Trailer di hindle wakes 1952 guardare hindle wakes streaming ita yyedialink. Also the mint theatre companys shockinglymodernfeeling production of the 1910 play hindle wakes is a stunninglyexecuted show. Nineteen twentyseven was a landmark year for silent cinema, and maurice elveys hindle wakes now impeccably restored by the british film institutewas part of it.
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. Tristram kenton for the guardian stanley houghton was part of the manchester school of playwrights that did so much to enliven british drama in the. Stanley houghton was born at 1 amy villas, doveston road, ashtonuponmersey, sale, which was then in cheshire, the only son of john hartley houghton, a cotton merchant, and lucy mary nee darbyshire. The fourth film version of a once controversial stanley houghton play.
Hindle wakes film completo, streaming ita, vedere, guardare. 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 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. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle coronavirus. Hindle wakes is a stage play by stanley houghton written in 1910. The 1931 film starred belle chrystal as the mill girl and john stuart as the employers son, with sybil thorndike, edmund gwenn and norman. The 1927 production was wellbudgeted, made extensive use of location filming in manchester and blackpool, and is generally held by film historians to be the best of the four. High praise should also be given to in the nursery, the british group who scored the film. 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. Passport to pimlico film clip restoration duration.
Born today most popular celebs most popular celebs celebrity news. When she agrees to spend a week with the young man, jenny enlists her roommates help to keep this liaison a secret. 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. Oct 30, 2000 i f cinema as michael powell claimed was the folk art of the 20th century, then the unearthed hindle wakes marks the point when the present recedes irretrievably into the past. 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. Both families decide that the lovers must get married to. 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 englands coney island. Though neither of these covers british film in the 1920s, hindle wakes offers an interesting comparison in terms of style and narrative. Stanley houghton used the name hindle wakes for his 1912 play about family reactions to an affair between a mill girl and the millowners son, and so founded the whole genre of lancastrian kitchensink tragicomedies from hobsons choice and spring and port wine to east is east. 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. Staring humberstone wright, norman mckinnel and estelle brody. Hindle wakes by stanley houghton, directed by gus kaikkonen for the mint theater company, ravishes the audience with ironic modernism. Hindle wakes is a superior drama with subtleties of theme and character unexpected in a silentera film.
The wakes was the weeks holiday organised by each mill town, during which all the local mills shut and the millworkers took their holiday. Stanley houghtons 1912 comedy hindle wakes will have its first new york city revival in 95 years in a production from mint theater company. Brave, because he had the courage to touch one of the most sensitive spots of puritanismwomans virtue. 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. Two original scores by in the nursery and philip carli. During wakes week, a lancashire mill girl has an illicit adventure with the owners son. 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. With estelle brody, john stuart, norman mckinnel, marie ault. The 1927 hindle wakes is a superior silent english drama with excellent production values and a remarkably liberated theme. 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. Mint theater to stage rare revival of hindle wakes playbill.
I f cinema as michael powell claimed was the folk art of the 20th century, then the unearthed hindle wakes marks the point when the present. Estelle brody, norman mckinnel and humberstone wright. Hindle wakes is a 1927 british silent film drama, directed by maurice elvey and starring estelle brody and john stuart. Cineconcert silent film and world premiere of new music for.
Nonetheless, it is carefully and beautifully shot by mutz greenbaum, with much sidelighting to make it all look modern and dramatic, and the credits are offered as woven on a loom. A mill worker on holiday in blackpool has a secret affair with the son of her employer, but a tragedy brings the relationship to light. 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. Nov, 2016 the leading light of the socalled manchester school of realist dramatists, stanley houghton wrote hindle wakes in 1911 and it was a hit both in mrs. A forbidden affair between two young people is soon discovered, resulting in the expected harsh reactions, recriminations and demands for a quick marriage. Hindle wakes 1931 ecco una breve sintesi di hindle wakes film completo. Mill girl jenny hawthorne meets alan jeffcote, the millowners son, and they go to llandudno to spend a secret weekend together. Stanley houghtons 1912 play, a oncescandalous drama seconding the progressive politics of ibsen and shaw, had been brought to the screen before. This collection of plays is very good overall the best 2 plays are hindle wakes the only play in this collection which doesnt feature olivier and cat on a hot tin roof in which natalie wood is superb and robert wagner shows he can act and holds his own against oliviers big daddy. Jun 29, 2009 a level film studiesthe wjec a2 scheme includes two modules on silent cinema. The film also avoids devolving too much into hysterics. The 1927 film tells the story of fanny hawthorn estelle brody, a young woman from the small lancashire town of. A lancashire millgirl spends a week at blackpool with the masters son, but causes a scandal when she refuses to marry him. Hindle wakes is a 1952 film starring leslie dwyer, lisa daniely, brian worth.
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. This glitteringly effective celebration of the financial and sexual independence of lancashire millgirls, based on stanley houghtons celebrated play from 1912. Cineconcert silent film and world premiere of new music for hindle wakes. Despitebeing directed by victor saville there is very little that is.
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. Jan 24, 2018 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 shimmering life for a run at the beckett. Houghtons best known play, hindle wakes has been filmed five times, most recently in 1976 as a tv film starring donald pleasance. This month we look at hindle wakes, carl theodor dreyers second feature leaves from satans book, and some of the early volumes in the slap happy series. In the lefthand ivally low down, there is a door leading to the scullery. 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. Performances will begin december 23 at the clurman. 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. 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.
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. Major changes for liverpool road in penwortham planned once new bypass is complete. A celebration of working class leisure activities at hindle, lancashire, during wakes week, an annual week still observed in parts of lancashire and yorkshire when all factories and schools take a holiday. At the time this film was made it was the custom for whole towns to shut down their factories for one week in the summer so that the staff could go on holiday,unpaid,to blackpool or scarborough and other popular seaside towns. As for the title of this film, the only association i could find is a chicken dish called hindle wakes but maybe the link is made more clear in the play by stanley houghton. During wakes week, the hindle mill workers go on holiday to blackpool. Director gus kaikkonon and the mint theaters production of hindle wakes, written by stanley houghton, is both authentic to the 1912 original and speaks to issues of our time a perfect work for a company dedicated to remounting and introducing forgotten pieces of theater. 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 hawthorne works in the large cotton mill in hindle, like her father and most of the town. The two go off together leaving mary to give them an alibi. The play was controversial when first performed in 1912, for it was part of a. Hindle wakes is a 1931 british film drama, directed by victor saville for gainsborough pictures and starring belle chrystall and john stuart. 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.
Chief among these is maurice elveys hindle wakes, recently released on dvd by milestone film and video. It also lends itself to some of the other module topics. Hindle wakes on dvd 014381250121 from image ent directed by maurice elvey. Upon returning to hindle the news of the affair threatens to cause a scandal.
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