Bank Holiday (film)
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| Directed by | Carol Reed |
| Written by | Rodney Ackland Roger Burford |
| Based on | story by Hans Wilhelm Rodney Ackland |
| Produced by | Edward Black |
| Starring | John Lodge Margaret Lockwood Hugh Williams |
| Cinematography | Arthur Crabtree |
| Edited by | R. E. Dearing |
| Music by | Louis Levy |
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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[edit]
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, Doreen and Milly, looking for romance.[1]
Cast[edit]
- 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
- Michael Rennie as Guardsman (uncredited)
Production[edit]
It was the third collaboration between Reed and Lockwood. Actor Michael Rennie appeared (uncredited) as a Guardsman in the film.
Reception[edit]
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[edit]
- ^ BFI.org
- ^ PAUL P. KENNEDY (30 November 1947). "THE CAROL REED FORMULA: Or How a Leading British Director Goes About the Business of Making a Film". New York Times. p. X5.
- ^ "Three on a Week-End (1938)". Turner Classic Movies.
- ^ ""PYGMALION" WINS". The West Australian. Vol. 55, no. 16, 564. Western Australia. 4 August 1939. p. 2. Retrieved 1 May 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
External links[edit]
- Three on a Weekend at IMDb
- Bank Holiday at the TCM Movie Database
- Bank Holiday at BFI Screenonline
- Bank Holiday at Britmovie
- Review of film at Variety
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