Bank Holiday (film)
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| Directed by | Carol Reed |
| Produced by | Edward Black |
| Written by |
Rodney Ackland Roger Burford |
| Based on |
story by Hans Wilhelm Rodney Ackland |
| Starring |
John Lodge Margaret Lockwood |
| Music by | Louis Levy |
| Cinematography | Arthur Crabtree |
| Edited by | R.E. Dearing |
Production company | |
Release date |
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Running time |
86 minutes 81 minutes (censored) |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Bank Holiday (also known as Three on a Weekend) is a 1938 British drama film directed by Carol Reed and starring John Lodge, Margaret Lockwood, Hugh Williams and Kathleen Harrison.
Plot
On a 1930s Bank Holiday weekend, a number of people rush for trains to head to the seaside. They include:
- an unmarried couple, nurse Catherine Lawrence and her boyfriend Geoffrey. Catherine is distracted by thoughts of Stephen Howard, widower of a patient who died in childbirth;
- May and Arthur and their working class family;
- two female friends looking for romance.[1]
Cast
- John Lodge as Stephen Howard
- Margaret Lockwood as Catherine Lawrence
- Hugh Williams as Geoffrey
- Rene Ray as Doreen Richards
- Merle Tottenham as Milly
- Linden Travers as Ann Howard
- Wally Patch as Arthur
- Kathleen Harrison as May
- Garry Marsh as 'Follies' manager
- Jeanne Stuart as Miss Mayfair
- Wilfrid Lawson as Police sergeant
- Felix Aylmer as Surgeon
- Leonard Sharp as Jack, the petrol pump attendant
Reception
The film was popular and helped establish Carol Reed's reputation.[2]
The Sunday Express called it "'one of the ablest pieces of picture-making to come out of a British studio."[3]
Lockwood was voted third best actress of 1938 by the readers of Film Weekly.[4]
References
- ↑ http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/25068
- ↑ THE CAROL REED FORMULA: Or How a Leading British Director Goes About the Business of Making a Film By PAUL P. KENNEDY. New York Times (1923-Current file) [New York, N.Y] 30 Nov 1947: X5
- ↑ "Three on a Week-End (1938) - Articles - TCM.com". Turner Classic Movies.
- ↑ ""PYGMALION" WINS.". The West Australian. 55, (16,564). Western Australia. 4 August 1939. p. 2. Retrieved 1 May 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
External links
- Three on a Weekend on IMDb
- Bank Holiday at TCMDB
- Bank Holiday at BFI Screenonline
- Bank Holiday at Britmovie
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