William porter is an inept railway worker who keeps getting fired from his various positions in the industry. Will hay, moore marriott, graham moffatt, sebastian smith, agnes lauchlan, percy walsh, dennis wyndham, dave otoole. Stars will hay, graham moffatt, moore marriott, sebastian smith, agnes lauchlan and others. Determined to make his mark, he devises a number of schemes to put buggleskelly on the railway map, but instead falls foul of a gang of gun runners. There is no information on the other trains seen in the film in huntleys book, but the more recent hortons guide to britains railways in feature films does have more information. I can remember hiring an 8mm sound copy when a teenager.
In this edition of mr porters about time series, we get to grips with a trio of the 20th centurys most recognisable chronograph watches. With will hay, moore marriott, graham moffatt, sebastian smith. In fact, this is a film full of shadows and shame, and max and lucia are victims of this frightening world in which nothing can be trusted and around every corner lurk spies in their. While not hays commercially most successful although it grossed. Classic film buffs will fondly remember the thrilling sight of the famous gong man which preceded the opening credits of every movie produced by the rank organisation, englands biggest and finest film production, distribution and exhibition company. The plot of oh, mr porter was loosely based on the arnold ridley play the ghost. The will hay appreciation society was founded in 2009 by british artist tom marshall and aims to preserve hays legacy and bring his work to a new. He became popular by the late 1920s, playing even one or two leading roles. To begin with, porter, who left harvard law school in 1914 without graduating, didnt write in the still. Piano, vocal and guitar composed by george le brun. Many nonbrits will have a hard time following the witty, but accented, dialogue it is not heavily accented, but it is presented quickly. Comedy in which a bungling railway worker is given the job of stationmaster at a rundown station in rural ireland, where his sidekicks are a toothless old gaffer and a portly young loudmouth. In 1944, she made her final screen appearance in the wartime drama a canterbury tale.
Gallery of 1 movie poster and cover image for oh, mr. But i laughed and said, you must keep your hair on mary ann, and mind that you dont bust. His wealthy sister is horrified to discover a member of her family in such. The sound seemed out of sync in a couple of places but not enough to be annoying, the picture and sound quality is good. The film had its first public showing in november 1937 and went on general release on 3 january 1938.
The other two trains seen running through buggleskelly are hauled by an adams 0395 class 060 no. The mere presence of this studio icon at the beginning of the film had the effect, much like. Oh mr porter what shall i do i want to go to birmingham and theyre taking me on to crewe send me back to london as quickly as you can oh mr porter what a silly girl i am. While not hays most commercially successful, it is probably his bestknown film to modern audiences. Mr porter is an old british music hall song about a girl going too far. The plot of oh, mr porter was loosely based on the arnold ridley play the ghost train. He began working as a screenwriter on british films in the 1930s, contributing the original story for the classic will hay comedy oh, mr porter. You either love or loathe will hay, though this is by far his finest moment and might well convert unbelievers.
Porter starring will hay, moore marriot, and graham moffat the film was to become a classic. In night and day, the sobaditsalmostgood 1946 biopic starring cary grant as cole porter, one of porters most poetic, haunting songs is sung early in the movie by a group of cherubic. In spite of his dubious record he gets sent to dead end station buggleskelly, northern ireland, a place where many of the previous station masters have met mysterious ends. Will hay is sent off by his relatives to rural ireland, where he becomes the stationmaster of a. Oh mr porter has been a favourite of mine for over 30 years.
William porter is assigned as the new stationmaster of the railway station at the town of buggleskelly. Mr porter works for the british railways as a lowly wheeltapper, even though thats not his job. Mr porter is a railway attendant whose boss has been wanting to fire him for 20. Iwc schaffhausens portugieser, ingenieur and pilots models all of which have been updated in recent years with the renowned swiss manufactures inhouse movements. Moore marriott reigned as the king of british comedy alongside will hay and graham moffatt in british film farce, throughout the 1930s. Believing he is being sent to a school rather than a prison, he celebrates accordingly only to find that his drunkenness accidently lands him on the.
It was written in 1892 by george le brunn and his brother thomas, and taken on an extended provincial tour that same year by marie lloyd. It is widely acclaimed as the best of hays work, and a classic of its genre. One of the aims of a replacement act in 1938 was to eradicate such films by the introduction of a minimum production cost requirement. Year 1937 formats dvd, cinema distributors video collection international,general film dist ltd,carlton visual entertainment classified dates 30052003 main language english bbfc reference azf046894. The station seems very badly managed and is situated in. Porter william thompson hay was probably one of the most versatile of entertainers. Filming behind the scenes of the climactic scene of oh mr.
The night porter uses landscape as character, and its desaturated tones evoke memory of the holocaust and a shady 1950s vienna plagued by postworld war ii guilt. It was famously part of the repertoires of the artistes norah blaney and marie lloyd. Full movie, gregory peck, english free full western films duration. With the help of a relative, a hopeless railway employee is made stationmaster of buggleskelly. Born in stocktonontees, county durham in 1888, he became.
Convict 99 dvd features what are arguably two of the best will hay films. I want to go to birmingham but here i am at crewe take me back to london as quickly as you can oh mr. Watching the goose steps out is easy to see why this was a piece of propaganda used to cheer up people in the united kingdom during world war two. This is my first will hay film and i enjoyed it very much. Sherlock holmes movies the pearl of death 1944 full movie basil rathbone, sherlock film series duration. The will hay appreciation societys buggleskelly memorial bench to will hay and his costars, unveiled on sunday 14 october 2018 in cliddesden, hampshire, the filming location for oh, mr. With will hay, moore marriott, graham moffatt, googie withers. After writing a number of screenplays with gilliat, including the lady vanishes 1938 for alfred hitchcock, and night train to munich for carol reed. A tumbledown railway station, representing buggleskelly was built at an old halt, and even during filming the line was being taken up by the basingstoke and alton railway company. After seeing the film, porter pronounced with obvious satisfaction. A disgraced school master, benjamin twist, is mistaken for a tough prison governor and assigned the charge of a prison for particularly hardened criminals. Mr porter 1938, in which he was the station master of the tumbledown, rural irish station of buggleskelly.