"Skeet" McD
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Shown here in the US on TCM 2 days ago, I recorded it and settled in to watch it last night. Released in 1938, much of it is shot on location in London and the seacoast. Here is the last summer of peace, in detail—and they clearly knew it; one of the first shots is of a newspaper hoarding reading WAR CLOUDS GATHER OVER EUROPE. The railway stations shots are worth the price of admission alone, particularly for our English Loungers—not to mention the Art Deco wonders of the bar at the Grand Hotel.
The story is a well-acted, amusing, but light ensemble piece. It was directed by Carol Reed and shows much of the same visual and humorous cleverness you can see--a decade later in a very different Europe--in The Third Man.
If TCM runs it again...make sure you watch it. You won't be disappointed.
In the meantime, some links:
http://www.tcm.com/thismonth/article.jsp?cid=313568&mainArticleId=313565
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0029894/
http://www.lovingtheclassics.com/bankholiday.html
The story is a well-acted, amusing, but light ensemble piece. It was directed by Carol Reed and shows much of the same visual and humorous cleverness you can see--a decade later in a very different Europe--in The Third Man.
If TCM runs it again...make sure you watch it. You won't be disappointed.
In the meantime, some links:
http://www.tcm.com/thismonth/article.jsp?cid=313568&mainArticleId=313565
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0029894/
http://www.lovingtheclassics.com/bankholiday.html
