One of the great directors of british comedy in the 30s. Feature films, shorts, silent films and trailers are available for viewing and downloading. Determined to make his mark, he devises a number of schemes to put buggleskelly on the railway map, but instead falls foul of a gang of gun runners. Convict 99 dvd features what are arguably two of the best will hay films. He travelled all over the world, and meanwhile speaks over 200 languages. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel.
Orton, val guest and marriott edgar, from a story by frank launder, oh mr porter. Lately i just spent a week with my old aunt brown, came up to see wondrous sights of famous london town. Mr porter is an old british music hall song about a girl going too far. The mr porter channel is the goto resource for all a modern mans needs. Oh mr porter has been a favourite of mine for over 30 years. It is widely acclaimed as the best of hays work, and a classic of its genre. The film had its first public showing in november 1937 and went on general release on 3 january 1938. While not hays most commercially successful, it is probably his bestknown film to modern audiences.
Before the use of gramophones and radio became widespread, the music sheet was the mainstay of the music industry. Upon arriving at the station, he finds it in a state if disrepair and being run by harbottle moore marriott, the deputy station master and albert graham moffatt, a young porter. The ghost trains success led to an upsurge of mystery thrillers made during the early thirties and provided jack hulbert and cicely courtneidge with lengthy contracts for appearances in comedy films that proved to be a tonic for a public suffering under the. Due to variances in the way the death index was created, some records may have incomplete partial date of death information.
A major star of the 1930s, he relished playing pompous, incompetent authority figures, and his misanthropic antics have inspired many great funny men. Larry summers mar 17th 2011 related topics michael porter types. It highlights more than just fashion, but the knowsandhows. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle coronavirus.
You either love or loathe will hay, though this is by far his finest moment and might well convert unbelievers. The inept railway worker william porter has been made station master in a small village in northern ireland. Watch your favorite films instantly without any downloads. A new twist global stretch keeping it in the family. Porter as sung by marie lloyd, written by thomas le brunn and composed by george le brunn. Titled the mr porter post, the paper is a condensed version of its online weekly periodical, the journal, on paper. I want to go to birmingham and theyre taking me on to crewe. It was famously part of the repertoires of the artistes norah blaney and marie lloyd. While not hays commercially most successful although it grossed. Shop from over 180 of the worlds best brands on mr porter. I can remember hiring an 8mm sound copy when a teenager. The sound seemed out of sync in a couple of places but not enough to be annoying, the picture and sound quality is good. Find death information for people with the date of birth andor date of death you specify. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.
Mr porter is a railway attendant whose boss has been wanting to fire him for 20. The plot of oh, mr porter was loosely based on the arnold ridley play the ghost. Playing his usual role of the man put in a position of authority despite not having the faintest. The story is well known and has appeared on tv many times but i just could not miss buying it on dvd. Ship this item qualifies for free shipping buy online, pick up in store. View a list of all the feature films sorted by popularity. Mr porter the mr porter post free paper freshness mag. Northern irish railway station in the fictitious town of buggleskelly, situated on the border with the then irish free state. We currently dont have any genres associated with this song. Discover full names, dates of birth and death, last known residence information, and more. Foreign destinations are more check for shipping costs. The station seems very badly managed and is situated in.
Will hay william porter, moore marriott jeremiah harbottle and graham moffatt albert work brilliantly together and all the other actors are. Will hay 1888 1949 was a british comic actor who toured the music halls of the world with his schoolmaster routine. Will hay 18881949, one of the greatest british comedians ever, in what many consider to be his greatest comedy ever. But maybe mr porter would have been even more human if we would have implemented deliberate spelling mistakes in tough languages like finnish or hungarian. He was not only a character comedian of the first rank, but. Just a week i had of it, all round the place wed roam wasnt i sorry on the day i had to go back home. It was written in 1892 by george le brunn and his brother thomas, and taken on an extended provincial tour that same year by marie lloyd.
If this is the same gladstone as the loco class of that name preserved at the nrm then its wheel arrangement is 042. Worried about with packing, i arrived late at the station. I want to go to birmingham but here i am at crewe take me back to london as quickly as you can oh mr. Come and experience your torrent treasure chest right here.
Will hay is one of the greatest and most inimitable british comedians of all time. The climactic act is a great bit of railroading every train fan will enjoy it. Porter william thompson hay was probably one of the most. Porter convict 99 dvd 1938 at the best online prices at ebay. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. Oh mr porter what shall i do i want to go to birmingham and theyre taking me on to crewe send me back to london as quickly as you can oh mr porter what a. From that perspective mr porter is a super human, with a gift for linguistics. A hapless railway employee is made stationmaster of buggleskelly, but in trying to do his best for his station falls foul of a gang of gun runners. That seems to have been a reasonably popular design for slow travel and for lighter loads, but that class were used for express passenger services which does leave me puzzling about the appropriateness of locomotives with no leading bogie. By the way, did anyone else notice will hay mouthing the other actors lines at 14. In the 1930s he moved into films, starring in classics like oh, mr. While not hays commercially most successful although it. Comedy in which a bungling railway worker is given the job of stationmaster at a rundown station in rural ireland, where his sidekicks are a toothless old gaffer and a portly young. William porter is assigned as the new stationmaster of the railway station at the town of buggleskelly.
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