Belle chrystal stars as fanny hawthorne, a lancashire mill worker who gets more than she bargained for when taking her annual weekend holiday. Hornimans gaiety theatre in manchester and the aldwych theatre, london in the following year. 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. The 1927 and 1931 versions are generally acknowledged to be the best of. The story of two nonmarried lovers and how their parents want to settle their little fling. 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. 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. Upon returning to hindle the news of the affair threatens to cause a scandal. Hindle is a lancashire milltown, and although the wakes in the title hints at. On screen she made a notable impression as the independent heroine of hindle wakes 1931, a bootmakers daughter in hobsons choice. She was portrayed by sian thomas in the original production of the play fram, by tony harrison, which premiered at the national theatre, london, uk in april 2008. Listen free to in the nursery hindle wakes hindle theme i, midas avenue and more.
The third film version of a, once controversial, stanley houghton play. Brave, because he had the courage to touch one of the most sensitive spots of puritanismwomans virtue. Listen to hindle wakes audiobook by stanley houghton. Hindle the workers board charabancs to blackpool, their traditional destination. Having twice been adapted for the silent screen, stanley houghtons play was accorded its talkie debut in this solid, but visually conservative presentation from the trusted. The play houghton wrote to give voice to such a convention defying character was hindle wakes.
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. Watch hindle wakes tv movie 1976 online streaming free. Stanley houghton hindle wakes in stanley houghton, who died last year, the drama lost a talented and brave artist. Jun 29, 2009 the 1931 version gainsborough pictures at the shepherd bush studios produced the 1931 version of hindle wakes, directed by victor saville. She tries to hide it from her interfering parents by saying she. Having twice been adapted for the silent screen, stanley houghtons play was accorded its talkie debut in this solid, but visually conservative presentation from the trusted gaumont pairing of producer michael balcon and director victor saville. Well i knew hindle was the town and wakes week the wakes week is a holiday period in parts of england and scotland. Michael balcon, a key figure in the british film industry from the 1920s to the 1950s, was head of gainsborough.
For many, hindle wakes is englands equivalent to ibsens the dolls house. 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. The actors particularly the young women are brilliantly funny, witty, and engaging without becoming mere caricatures or types. Download the tv guide app for iphone, ipad and android. A lancashire mill girl has an illicit adventure with the owners son while on holiday. During wakes week, the hindle mill workers go on holiday to blackpool. Fanny is a millhand in the factory owned by alans father and. Plays for today chains, abraham lincoln, jane clegg, the voysey inheritance, hindle wakes by elizabeth baker, john drinkwater, st. A talking version, directed by victor saville, appeared in 1931 with sybil thorndike above taking the role of fannys mother and in 1952 a fourth version appeared, directed by arthur crabtree.
A librivox recording of stanley houghtons play, hindle wakes, in which i took the. My favourite part named the house of sorrow and beautifully accompanied by in the nursery. No videos, backdrops or posters have been added to hindle wakes. The wakes was the weeks holiday organised by each mill town, during which all the local mills. Mill girl jenny hawthorne meets alan jeffcote, the millowners son, and they go to llandudno to spend a secret weekend together. Costumista possono curiosare cinematografo e rumore nel vostro ordigno. Hindle wakes by in the nursery, released 10 december 2015 1.
Hindle wakes is a superior drama with subtleties of theme and character unexpected in a silentera film. Hindle wakes 1927, directed by maurice elvey dvd from milestone film and. Hindle wakes dvd 1931 edmund gwenn belle chrystall ebay. Set during wakes week in a lancashire mill town hindle wakes is based on the vivid and controversial play by stanley houghton. 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. Stanley houghtons hindle wakes gets first new york revival. On screen she made a notable impression as the independent heroine of hindle wakes 1931, a bootmakers daughter in hobsons choice 1931 and the stoic member of a shetlands community in. 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. If so, it is not known which of the three versions of the movie 1927, 1931 or 1952 morrissey saw. Check out hindle wakes by in the nursery on amazon music. A lancashire mill girl has an illicit adventure with the owners.
Alan takes fanny to an hotel in wales for a few days of fun, but the fun. Find films and movies featuring laurence olivier on allmovie. 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. 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. On screen she made a notable impression as the independent heroine of hindle wakes 1931, a bootmakers daughter in hobsons choice 1931 and. Houghtons best known play, hindle wakes has been filmed five times, most recently in 1976 as a tv film starring donald pleasance. Hindle wakes 1931 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Also the mint theatre companys shockinglymodernfeeling production of the 1910 play hindle wakes is a stunninglyexecuted show. 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. With sybil thorndike, john stuart, norman mckinnel, edmund gwenn. The titles other half refers to the religious festival that evolved into a secular holiday for the areas various factory workers.
Mill girl jenny hawthorne meets alan jeffcote, the millowners son, and they go to. It remains an important part of our cinematic and cultural history and comes highly recommended. The words hindley wakes in the smiths song suffer little children are probably a pun on the title of this movie. A forgotten playwright, freshly minted stanley houghtons final play, a study of provincial hypocrisy in vicwardian england, is being staged in the u. Stanley houghtons 1912 play, a oncescandalous drama seconding the progressive politics of ibsen and shaw, had been brought to the screen before. During wakes week, a lancashire mill girl has an illicit adventure with the owners son. Gaumontbritish had acquired an important financial interest in this production company in 1928. Album sadness,sad,dark,beauty,loss,grief,grieving,haunting,richter,z. It is wakes week in the lancashire town of hindle, the annual holiday when the cotton mills close down.
The older recipes use the blood of the fowl to mix with the stuffing. Romantic drama about a mill girl who becomes romantically involved with the bosss son while on holiday in blackpool. Watch hindle wakes tv movie 1976 online streaming free in 720p. The first talking version of the once popular moral gender play hindle wakes 1931. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Stream and download audiobooks to your computer, tablet or mobile phone. When she agrees to spend a week with the young man, jenny enlists her roommates help to keep this liaison a secret. The wakes was the weeks holiday organised by each mill town, during which all the local mills shut and the millworkers took their holiday.
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. With leslie dwyer, lisa daniely, brian worth, sandra dorne. The white meat, with its black filling and yellow and green garnish, must look as handsome and gaudy as it did on any medieval table. Mint theater will present a rare revival the first in 95 years of stanley houghtons hindle wakes. This film centres around the activities of a young couple and its effect on their respective families. 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. Despitebeing directed by victor saville there is very little that is. 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. As its pretty unlikely either maurice elveys 1918 and 1927 silent versions or victor savilles creaky 1931 talkie will be screened. A working girl and a millionaires playboy son sow their wild oats during lancashires wakes week and cause consternation to both their families. Performances will begin december 23rd and continue through february 17th at the clurman. 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. 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 by stanley houghton on free audio book download.
The first part of the title refers to the lancashire mill town in which the play is set. It is wakes week in the lancashire town of hindle, the annual holiday when. Originally a religious celebration or feast, the tradition of the wakes week developed into a secular holiday, particularly in the north west of england during the industrial revolution. Oct 17, 2012 we are privileged that in 2012 we are still able to see hindle wakes, 85 years after elvey, estelle brody and john stuart took their trip 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. Fanny hawthorn is relaxing at the seashore with a girlfriend when she runs into alan jeffcote, the mill 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. Alan jeffcote, son of nat hawthorn, hindle s 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.
In hindle wakes 1931, the second of four screen versions of the stanley houghton play, written in 1912 and set in lancashire, angelus was the respectable fiancee of a millowners son. All hindle wakes movie posters,high res movie posters image for hindle wakes. Set in the hindle, two mill workers take off to blackpool for the wakes holiday. Hindle wakes is a 1952 british drama film, directed by arthur crabtree and starring lisa daniely and leslie dwyer. Hindle wakes 1931 dvd hindle wakes 1931 dvd edmund gwenn actor belle chrystall actor format. Maurice elvey directed a silent version of the play in 1918 and a remake in 1927. 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. The film is adapted from stanley houghtons 1912 stage play of the same name, which had previously been filmed twice as. Even today, fannys final decision a choice that ripped apart the conventional morals of edwardian society astonishes audiences with its pure courage. 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. Fanny is a millhand in the factory owned by alans father and their. Hindle wakes is a 1931 british film drama, directed by victor saville for gainsborough pictures and starring belle chrystall and john stuart. Librivox recording of hindle wakes, by stanley houghton, with accompanying essay by emma goldman.
Estelle brody, norman mckinnel and humberstone wright. Buy hindle wakes 1931 us import from amazons movies store. 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. Granvillebarker, stanley houghton 1 jan 1931 hardcover. When this is discovered, their families decide they must marry, for conventions sake. Hindle wakes screens at the west london trade union club on saturday 20 october.
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