I saw for the first time it always rains on sunday, for william k. The british new wave came a decade earlier than advertised with robert hamers downbeat postwar thriller. The third film for ealing by director robert hamer better. Two bluray labels, film movement and kino lorber, are currently unleashing restorations from the library of ealing. Folded as issued a group of travelers, all with something to hide in their past, take shelter from a storm in an old inn run by a ghostly. After the war, british films began avoiding the heiresses and lordships that had. Alexander knox, armin dahlen, cornell borchers, yvonne mitchell. It always rains on sunday is a dark and dramatic tale set in bombeddamaged east london. Francoise rosay, glynis johns, mervyn johns, tom walls. The film has been compared with the poetic realism movement in the french cinema of a few years earlier by the british writers robert murphy, in the oxford dictionary of national biography, and graham fuller. As a crime film it is completely different from alfred hitchcocks british films of the 1920s and the 1930s. Beautifully shot, with film noir ish touches and a. Both were cowritten by angus macphail, shot by douglas slocombe, produced by michael balcon, edited by michael truman and even directed by robert hamer, though only a little, as he stepped in, uncredited, to. But there are affinities with other contemporary brit noir films as well as the films of the angry young men ten years later.
Googie withers in one of her few starring roles is capable along with. More louder than war articles by ian can be read here. We guarantee to only deal in the very best original, most desirable rare film posters from 19201980 with an emphasis on great art and design of 1940s1960s and have a special interest in hammer horror, james bond 007, carry on films, hollywood classics, ealing studios and monster b movies. An unusual, early postwar british film, ealing studios it always rains on sunday 1947 has been variously described as the definitive british noir while also compared to french poetic realism. Although ealing studios are better known for their comedies they did produce a series of realist films that chronicled the lives of the ordinary and working class.
What we see is a morally bankrupt microcosm of postwwii society, where most characters grab what they can, with no regard for anyone else. The disc released by studio canal on bluray, this edition of it always rains on sunday is encoded for region b. It always rains on sunday special edition bluray kino lorber. It always rains on sunday il cinema ritrovato festival. Ealing studios is now known for a certain kind of comedy but they made lots of dramas as well, this being a prime example.
A resolutely downbeat remarkably so for ealing studios account of a day in the. Nov 19, 2012 it always rains on sunday 1947 when most people think of ealing studios they think of the comedies whisky galore. It is the oldest continuously working studio facility for film production in the world, and the current stages were opened for the use of sound in. It always rains on sunday is a dark and dramatic tale set in a bombeddamaged postwar east end london. Oct 26, 2012 as the title suggests, it always rains on sunday wasnt one of ealing studios famous comedies, but a film suffused with resignation and realism. It always rains on sunday wasnt one of ealing studios famous comedies, but a film suffused with resignation and realism. It features a woman, rose sandigate, googie withers who helps her former lover, tommy swann john mccallum who has escaped from prison, thus.
Folded as issued during wwii, a german woman, inga, goes missing and is presumed dead. The story of britains first studios built for talking pictures, my local studios just down the road, and between the 1930s and the 1960s the birthplace of comedy classics like kind hearts and coronets and the ladykillers, chillers like dead of night, dramas like saraband for dead lovers and it always rains on sunday, and vehicles for george formby and gracie fields. Set in bethnal green and originally released by ealing studios in 1947, hamers melodramatic take on postwar workingclass britain is deemed a classic. Light and dark season and rereleased this friday, robert hamers it always rains on sunday 1947 is a muchunderrated kitchen sink crime drama set over one dreary sunday, telling a tale of workingclass life set within londons east end. Robert hamers third ealing film as director is a bleak, claustrophobic melodrama, showing a seamy side of life. Hamer ealing film treads wellworn london crime streets in bethnal green. The film certainly has noir elements, but those make up just one portion of the film, though its tense climax is photographed by douglas slocombe. It always rains on sunday 1947 robert hamer synopsis. Will barker bought the white lodge on ealing green in 1902 as a base for film making, and films have been made on the site ever since. Runs 88 minutes, mainly of interest to those who dont own any of this genre. It always rains on sunday is an interesting depiction of everyday life in postwar london. It always rains on sunday uk 1947 the case for global film.
With googie withers, jack warner, john mccallum, edward chapman. For sale on 1stdibs original british film poster for the 1947 ealing studios drama. It always rains on sunday 1947 melon the librarian. Robert hamers third film for ealing studios until then known primarily for war films and dramas before their celebrated comedies it always rains on sunday could arguably be considered the first british kitchensink drama. In a dank east end of rationbook misery, dosshouses and black marketeering, a worldweary housewife is shaken by the sudden reappearance of an old lover, now an escaped convict on the run. It always rains on sunday 1947 ealing classic original. A striking presence on stage and in the great days of british film, she played the prison governor of tvs within these walls followers of postwar cinema may well recall googie witherss striking presence in it always rains on sunday, an unusually intense film for the ealing studios of 1947. The chase across the railway marshalling yard is a staple of british crime films and the east end dockland roads with. Its sliceoflife approach kills any real tension and drama it may have tried to create, but if you allow yourself to relax and let.
The film certainly has noir elements, but those make up just one portion of the film, though its tense climax is photographed by douglas slocombe in that style. A rare glimpse into life in londons east end post wwii, it always rains on sunday was withers last film for ealing studios, and due to her wonderful performance. The third film for ealing by director robert hamer better known for the later kind hearts and coronets 1949, it takes place over one wet sunday, and centres on the sandigates in particular rose, played by googie withers, a housewife. The secret artist of ealing studios film the guardian. It always rains on sunday is ealinga s most credible pessimistic film and is the equal of the boulting brothers classic adaptation of graham greenea s brighton rock, made the same year. Digitally remastered by the bfi national archive from two nitrate fine grain positives, the image looks impressive and faithful to the source material. It always rains on sunday 1947 apocalypse later film. It always rains on sunday, british film poster for sale at 1stdibs skip to main content. Apr 07, 2010 googie withers in it always rains on sunday. As the title suggests, it always rains on sunday wasnt one of ealing studios famous comedies, but a film suffused with resignation and realism. Although little or more accurately underknown outside of the u.
The third film for ealing by director robert hamer better known for the later kind hearts and coronets 1949, it takes place over one wet sunday, and centres on. The third film for ealing by director robert hamer. It always rains on sunday, british film poster for sale. The finest movie in this mode is it always rains on sunday, made in. Jan 10, 2020 perhaps it always rains on sunday, and anyway it never rains but it pours. Mfb critics monthly film bulletin february 5, 2018 though the background of this film is carefully done, and direction and acting good, it is a sordid and dreary affair.
Ealing studios is a television and film production company and facilities provider at ealing green in west london. This is a list of films made by the british production company ealing studios and its predecessor associated talking pictures. Considered a tensionladen slice of life in 1949, it always rains on sunday. When most people think of ealing studios they think of the comedies whisky galore. The other day i stumbled upon this evocative and quite unusual poster for the 1947 ealing noir it always rains on sunday. Travel guide to filming locations for it always rains on sunday, in london. Prior to 1932 and after 1956, the companys films were made at studios other than ealing. It always rains on sunday is probably best known for the ealing studios film adaptation, its set over a single day in 1939 in the east end of london shortly before the outbreak of world war two and is a multilayered drama centred around the sandigate family and their archetypal east end home. It always rains on sunday 1947 ealing studios streaming. This 1947 ealing studios film, directed by robert hamer he of kind hearts and coronets fame and based on the. Googie withers, john mccallum, jack warner, edward chapman, sydney tafler, john slater locations.
Perhaps it always rains on sunday, and anyway it never rains but it pours. Made in 1947 by one of britains best ever directors, the brilliant robert hamer, a troubled alcoholic and homosexual in very nongayfriendly times who died at 51 having made a handful of superb films, including the immortal kind hearts and coronets, this is arguably his masterpiece, a wonderfully acted and photographed by douglas slocombe drama set in a dreary postwar bethnal green. Jul 17, 20 it always rains on sunday came out late in 1947. Oct 27, 2012 the finest movie in this mode is it always rains on sunday, made in 1947 in grimy, blitzscarred east london and being revived in a new print as an example of the darker side of ealing in the bfi. The finest movie in this mode is it always rains on sunday, made in 1947 in grimy, blitzscarred east london and being revived in a new print as an example of. It ranks, even as an atypical entry, among ealing s very best.
Beautifully shot, with film noirish touches and a final pursuit sequence up there with the best. Though i know the film id never seen the poster before and it started me looking into the story of its artist, one james boswell. Apr 21, 2014 it always rains on sunday 1947 ealing studios. Googie withers, john mccallum, jack warner, edward. Very few would think of film noir but that the best description of it always rains on sunday dir. An escaped convict tries to hide out at his former lovers house, but she has since married and is reluctant to help him. It always rains on sunday includes several scenes that regularly recur in british films of the period. It ranks, even as an atypical entry, among ealings very best. One such film is it always rains on sunday, a bleak kitchen sink drama set in a postwar london where rationing and petty crime are a common occurrence. Apr 02, 2014 it always rains on sunday wasnt one of ealing studios famous comedies, but a film suffused with resignation and realism. It always rains on sunday 1947 letterboxd social film. This list does not include films made at ealing studios by other companies. Robert hamer s third ealing film as director is a bleak, claustrophobic melodrama, showing a seamy side of life. A couple of months ago i wrote about the british artist edward bawden and his posters for ealing studios.
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