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==Production== |
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The film was based on an original idea by Sydney Box, who was head of production at Gainsborough. Box came up with the idea while out for a Sunday drive, and gave the job of writing the script to Ted Willis, who had worked for Box on the scripts for ''Holiday Camp'' and ''The Huggett's Abroad'' and had the reputation for someone who could write for working class characters. The film was originally called ''Wheels within Wheels''<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com.au/books?id=sY1LGFNtCOEC&pg=PA92&lpg=PA92&dq=%22boy+a+girl+and+a+bike%22+%22sydney+box&source=bl&ots=F15G-_LiEf&sig=ACfU3U1Mq64VVE2G_-rcAzyYqoFnP5H4KQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjjlcfPisXqAhVXAXIKHTXTAEgQ6AEwAXoECCIQAQ#v=onepage&q=%22boy%20a%20girl%20and%20a%20bike%22%20%22sydney%20box&f=false|first=Andrew|last=Spicer|title=Sydney Box|publisher=Manchester University Press|date= 2006}}</ref><ref>Ted Willis, Evening All: 50 Years Over a Hot Typewriter (London: Macmillan, 1991), pp. 11, 23. </ref> |
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Richard Attenborough was meant to play a key role but was held up making ''The Guinea Pig''; Patrick Holt played his part instead.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article228807720 |title=U.S. ACTOR'S FIRST FILM IS BRITISH |newspaper=[[The Sun]] |issue=11948 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=13 May 1948 |accessdate=11 July 2020 |page=17 (LATE FINAL EXTRA) |via=National Library of Australia}} </ref> In March 1948 Smart was scouting locations in Yorkshire.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article228999880 |title=They'll spend summer outside -- if it's fine |newspaper=[[The Sun]] |issue=2345 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=21 March 1948 |accessdate=11 July 2020 |page=35 |via=National Library of Australia}} </ref> |
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Filming took place in September 1948. It happened on location in Yorkshire and at Gainsborough's studio at Shepherd's Bush.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article55897059 |title=McCALLUM BACK AFTER HOLLYWOOD HOLIDAY |newspaper=[[The Mail (Adelaide)]] |volume=37, |issue=1,900 |location=South Australia |date=30 October 1948 |accessdate=11 July 2020 |page=3 (SUNDAY MAGAZINE) |via=National Library of Australia}} </ref> |
Filming took place in September 1948. It happened on location in Yorkshire and at Gainsborough's studio at Shepherd's Bush.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article55897059 |title=McCALLUM BACK AFTER HOLLYWOOD HOLIDAY |newspaper=[[The Mail (Adelaide)]] |volume=37, |issue=1,900 |location=South Australia |date=30 October 1948 |accessdate=11 July 2020 |page=3 (SUNDAY MAGAZINE) |via=National Library of Australia}} </ref> |
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==Critical reception== |
==Critical reception== |
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A Boy, a Girl and a Bike | |
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Directed by | Ralph Smart |
Screenplay by | Ted Willis |
Story by | Ralph Keene & John Sommerfield |
Produced by | Ralph Keene Alfred Roome |
Starring | John McCallum Honor Blackman Patrick Holt Diana Dors |
Cinematography | Ray Elton Phil Grindrod |
Edited by | James Needs |
Music by | Kenneth Pakeman |
Production company | |
Distributed by | General Film Distributors (UK) |
Release dates |
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Running time | 92 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Box office | £61,000 (by 1953)[1] |
A Boy, a Girl and a Bike is a 1949 British romantic comedy film directed by Ralph Smart and starring John McCallum, Honor Blackman and Patrick Holt.[2] The film's art direction was by George Provis.[3] The film concerns the romantic escapades and adventures of a Yorkshire cycling club.
Plot
Young couple Sue (Honor Blackman) and Sam (Patrick Holt) are members of a Yorkshire cycling club, the ‘Wakeford Wheelers’. Romantic complications ensue when wealthy David (John McCallum) becomes smitten with Sue, and joins the club to pursue her, much to Sam's dismay.
Cast
- John McCallum as David Howarth
- Honor Blackman as Susie Bates
- Patrick Holt as Sam Walters
- Diana Dors as Ada Foster
- Maurice Denham as Bill Martin
- Leslie Dwyer as Steve Hall
- Anthony Newley as Charlie Ritchie
- Megs Jenkins as Nan Ritchie
- John Blythe as Frank Martin
- Hal Osmond as Mr. Bates
- Thora Hird as Mrs. Bates
- Amy Veness as Grandma Bates
- Maggie Hanley as Ginger
- Cyril Chamberlain as Bert Gardner
- Barry Letts as Syd
- Vera Cook as Helen Gardner
- Julien Mitchell as Mr. Howarth
- Alison Leggatt as Mrs. Howarth
- Lyn Evans as Policeman in Cafe
- Margot Bourke as Mary Bates
- Geoffrey Best as Harry
- John Howlett as Alf Pearson
- Patrick Halstead as Willie
- Joan Seton as Beryl Howarth
- Dennis Peck as Norman Bates
- Vera Williams as Jill Bates
- Bernard Hepton as Cyclist
- Gerald Lawson as Dog Seller
- Barbara Murray
- Valerie Pearson as Cyclist
- Charles Saynor as Policeman
- Marianne Stone
- Ben Williams as New Houseowner
Production
The film was based on an original idea by Sydney Box, who was head of production at Gainsborough. Box came up with the idea while out for a Sunday drive, and gave the job of writing the script to Ted Willis, who had worked for Box on the scripts for Holiday Camp and The Huggett's Abroad and had the reputation for someone who could write for working class characters. The film was originally called Wheels within Wheels[4][5]
Richard Attenborough was meant to play a key role but was held up making The Guinea Pig; Patrick Holt played his part instead.[6] In March 1948 Smart was scouting locations in Yorkshire.[7]
Filming took place in September 1948. It happened on location in Yorkshire and at Gainsborough's studio at Shepherd's Bush.[8]
Critical reception
Variety called it "feeble... valueless for the US market."[9]
The Radio Times gave the film two out of five stars, calling it, "A minor, good-natured British comedy romance."[10]
References
- ^ Andrew Spicer, Sydney Box Manchester Uni Press 2006 p 211
- ^ Spicer p.214
- ^ "A Boy, A Girl and a Bike (1949)".
- ^ Spicer, Andrew (2006). Sydney Box. Manchester University Press.
- ^ Ted Willis, Evening All: 50 Years Over a Hot Typewriter (London: Macmillan, 1991), pp. 11, 23.
- ^ "U.S. ACTOR'S FIRST FILM IS BRITISH". The Sun. No. 11948. New South Wales, Australia. 13 May 1948. p. 17 (LATE FINAL EXTRA). Retrieved 11 July 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "They'll spend summer outside -- if it's fine". The Sun. No. 2345. New South Wales, Australia. 21 March 1948. p. 35. Retrieved 11 July 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "McCALLUM BACK AFTER HOLLYWOOD HOLIDAY". The Mail (Adelaide). Vol. 37, , no. 1, 900. South Australia. 30 October 1948. p. 3 (SUNDAY MAGAZINE). Retrieved 11 July 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
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: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) - ^ Review of film at Variety
- ^ "A Boy, a Girl and a Bike - Film from RadioTimes".
Bibliography
- Spicer, Andrew. Sydney Box. Manchester University Press, 2006.
External links
- A Boy, a Girl and a Bike at IMDb
- A Boy a Girl and a Bike at BFI
- A Boy a Girl and a Bike at Letterbox DVD
- 1949 films
- English-language films
- British films
- British romantic comedy-drama films
- Films set in England
- Gainsborough Pictures films
- Islington Studios films
- Films shot in England
- Films directed by Ralph Smart
- British black-and-white films
- 1940s romantic comedy-drama films
- 1940s British film stubs
- Romantic comedy film stubs