This is laugh-out-loud hilarious! The characters and dialogue, especially the father's, are brilliantly written and executed. What a blast! Thank you for uploading it.
Good old Tom Walls ! Thanks for uploading . Last saw this in the 80s on Ch4. Apparently Tom Walls was in the Police force early on . So he used his skills from this in the film Pot Luck - this film is bursting with odd quirky characters along with a reasonable storyline .
“.....any other husband would of dished you out a spot of weed killer....”...almost fell off of my stool! This is what happens when you get outstanding actors/writers/production team to come together to produce true entertainment. Ah, where have they gone......?...and you’ll notice the final kiss between peter and Barbara, Barbara had her eyes open.....oh I say...the sensors were strict weren’t they?....,,
What a truly oddly-edited film: that monstrous woman, star of the baddies, goes off for some milk and is never seen again. Absurd. Delightful, but absurd.
Very interesting to see a sound film with the famous farceurs - Walls and Lynn. Walls as the old father shows a nice line in comedy, one can see why audiences in the 30s liked Ralph Lynn with his silly-ass monocle so much, but he was already too old for the silly-young-man parts. The cast includes the sublime Robertson Hare as the vicar and the lady who spends most of her time in bed is Yvonne Arnaud, a famous actress of the 20s and 30s who is remembered today by a theatre named after her in Guildford, Surrey.
In todays world this would be very tame. But this farce was set (actually in 1925) for the not so permissive society which makes it so enjoyable to watch. Laughed my socks off. The father-in-law just about stole the show.
Ever hear of the Roaring Twenties? How about the Hays Code in the mid 1930s to rein in excess in movies and save America's morality from swearing, nudity, adultery, gore, drinks and drugs, crime and violence, and all the other things the uninformed think the movies didn't have then, the things the public flocked to experience although preachers tried to stop them? Or Prohibition to control the populace in 1930, only to lose all control? You can hardly find a more "let the good times roll" decade than the 1920s, and even the Great Depression couldn't stop the craziness. :D Of course that was in America. According to this movie, brainless fuddy-duddies were living in the past in Britain. This was remade as Fast and Loose in 1954.
Tom Walls as the Major makes the picture, but the rest of the cast is very good also. Roger Livesay would get his big break in Michael Powell's THE LIFE AND DEATH OF COLONEL BLIMP. Yvonne Arnaud would end her film career in Jacques Tati's excellent MON ONCLE.
... 0:03 ... the clock face has the 4 as iv in roman numerals ... why is iiii used on some clock faces instead of iv ? ... is there a reason because of the war ? ... is there a reason for location ? ... is there a reason to indicate where the clock was made ? ...
Mrs Richards: "I paid for a room with a view !" Basil: (pointing to the lovely view) "That is Torquay, Madam ." Mrs Richards: "It's not good enough!" Basil: "May I ask what you were expecting to see out of a Torquay hotel bedroom window? Sydney Opera House, perhaps? the Hanging Gardens of Babylon? Herds of wildebeest sweeping majestically past?..." Mrs Richards: "Don't be silly! I expect to be able to see the sea!" Basil: "You can see the sea, it's over there between the land and the sky." Mrs Richards: "I'm not satisfied. But I shall stay. But I expect a reduction." Basil: "Why?! Because Krakatoa's not erupting at the moment?"
Marguerite looked like the queen in the clothes she wore on the train. I've seen photos of Elizabeth, the present queen's mother, in a very similar outfit. (Edit: Just read Marguerite was one of the Queen Mother's names. She had corgis, the first came to her home in 1933, but did she have a peke?)
I am 69 I have been watching. The great classic B&W Movies since I was a we lad.They are highly enjoyable and the Hollywood Musicals too of the Golden age of Hollywood..So go ahead be my guest and watch one or two..OK
If you've ever seen the cult classic, "Manos, The Hands of Fate" (ua-cam.com/video/-i6SjbE0SEA/v-deo.html), the little crooked man here, @8:03, is likely where Harold Warren got his inspiration for "Torgo". If you've never seen Manos, you've missed the WORST movie ever filmed! 😆 Ed Wood's worst movie was a Golden Globe winner comparatively!
I can't understand what the big deal is about two people not married to each other traveling together. Was that so unusual in those days? And why all the fuss and subterfuge at the inn? Why not just announce who they were, and get 2 single rooms? Funny how they tried to pretend to be a couple and in doing so, get deeper and deeper into trouble. By the way, at 1:17:09 The male lead actor doesn't have very good teeth. He can't afford a good dentist?
1:22:00 I watch a hella lot of these b&w movies. And I've witnessed in everyone...men taking the women by force to kiss. It's complete rape. Which helps me recognize today's world of man & women. Its horrid. These women of the past never had a choice or chance. Crazy!!
I can’t stand the drunken disgusting dad n makes his wife nuts. He won’t be good nor accountable to anything righteous. Yes, it all goes down in the books for Judgement Day.
What is funny about people who are intellectually challenged? And it goes on, and on, without getting anywhere. I watched 40 minutes of this drivel and won't waste another minute.
Peter and Barbara Wyckham plan to travel by railway from London to a country house in Somerset, but Peter misses the train. Another intending traveller in a similar plight is Marguerite Hickett, an old friend of Peter's from the days before their marriages. They decide to hire a motor car and drive to Somerset, but the car breaks down and they seek refuge at the local inn. Only one bedroom is available, and as it is very clear that the landlady, Mrs Spoker, will not admit an unmarried couple, Peter and Marguerite check in as husband and wife. Barbara jumps to the conclusion that Peter and Marguerite have run away together. First her parents, Major and Mrs Bone, and then Marguerite's husband and finally Barbara descend on the inn. It becomes clear to everyone that Peter and Marguerite are blameless, and both couples are reconciled.
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What a delightful funny film. They must of cracked up a number of times during rehearsal before getting their lines out straight-faced. What a riot.
The father steals the show. Great writing. I truly enjoyed this film. Thank you
Made in 1933 and still hilarious ! What great performances from the cast :-)
An absolutely brilliant troupe!
such a great funny film, the cast is great, tom walls is brilliant and james robinson hare as the vicar , loved every second of it
This is laugh-out-loud hilarious! The characters and dialogue, especially the father's, are brilliantly written and executed. What a blast! Thank you for uploading it.
I agree I loved it so much I bought it on DVD
yes it is!!! the drunk in here is beyond hysterical lol
the comic timing in editing enhancing the speed of the intended jokes is superb, TV shows still use the quick cutaway routine.
Good old Tom Walls ! Thanks for uploading . Last saw this in the 80s on Ch4. Apparently Tom Walls was in the Police force early on . So he used his skills from this in the film Pot Luck - this film is bursting with odd quirky characters along with a reasonable storyline .
Brit wit is CRAZY! I thought Monty Python was where madcap English humor began but obviously it goes back a lot farther than that.
Very cute! I know that it is an early movie, but I like that the lines were original and not rehashed.
thanks for uploading this film ,,i saw it about 30 years ago on tv ,,have'nt been able to find it,,,great film so funny
One of my favourite films :)
Non-stop comedy character-acting at its finest. Man, I cannot wait until those Marcelled curls for men come back into fashion. :)
I like Daddy..🥃🥃🥃allways cool 👍.. the family man..and.. I like this old mouvies,actors etc.....more of this please ✌️
That dad's hairstyle is one of a kind!!
A really amusing film, full of laughs. Thank you
Brilliant. Thanks for posting.
Don't usually care for English humor, but this true funny. I just discovered Tom Walls recently. He's excellent.
I see people i know in this movie.
Nice classic movie
I still like them...
Thank you gary for uploading!
still funny after 86 years old (1933)
The man playing the dad is so funny . Hahahaha 😂😂😂Love these black and white movies . 💕
Two wobbly walkers at 32:33 . Great Fun!!!
“.....any other husband would of dished you out a spot of weed killer....”...almost fell off of my stool! This is what happens when you get outstanding actors/writers/production team to come together to produce true entertainment. Ah, where have they gone......?...and you’ll notice the final kiss between peter and Barbara, Barbara had her eyes open.....oh I say...the sensors were strict weren’t they?....,,
What a truly oddly-edited film: that monstrous woman, star of the baddies, goes off for some milk and is never seen again. Absurd. Delightful, but absurd.
A good 🎥in a fine clear print 😀
The father's hair makes him look like one of the Munchkins.
RasslebearNOLA yes but he wore it first the wizard of oz came out in 1939
What a wonderful funny movie! 😂😂😂
one of my favorites
Very interesting to see a sound film with the famous farceurs - Walls and Lynn. Walls as the old father shows a nice line in comedy, one can see why audiences in the 30s liked Ralph Lynn with his silly-ass monocle so much, but he was already too old for the silly-young-man parts. The cast includes the sublime Robertson Hare as the vicar and the lady who spends most of her time in bed is Yvonne Arnaud, a famous actress of the 20s and 30s who is remembered today by a theatre named after her in Guildford, Surrey.
And Roger Livesey of Colonel Blimp fame!
what a really fun movie, so enjoyable. and excellent quality print as well. thank you 🥂
What a delightful movie! So entertaining and funny!😀
In todays world this would be very tame. But this farce was set (actually in 1925) for the not so permissive society which makes it so enjoyable to watch. Laughed my socks off. The father-in-law just about stole the show.
Ever hear of the Roaring Twenties? How about the Hays Code in the mid 1930s to rein in excess in movies and save America's morality from swearing, nudity, adultery, gore, drinks and drugs, crime and violence, and all the other things the uninformed think the movies didn't have then, the things the public flocked to experience although preachers tried to stop them? Or Prohibition to control the populace in 1930, only to lose all control? You can hardly find a more "let the good times roll" decade than the 1920s, and even the Great Depression couldn't stop the craziness. :D Of course that was in America. According to this movie, brainless fuddy-duddies were living in the past in Britain. This was remade as Fast and Loose in 1954.
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Still a good print. Thanks.
hahaha...utterly splendid movie; so funny !!
Sweet show!
formidable performance a must -see
The Father was basically a drunk...Good story enjoyed the comedy.
At 7:30 the guy is a dead ringer for Keith Richards
Boy what humour the cast and story was fantastic the old farther was A classic absolute gem ❤😂❤😂❤😂❤😂❤😂
Lots of fun! I'm so distracted by "George's" hair. How'd they manage to get it that way?
You will never see movies or actors like this again thanks for this great movie
Tom Walls as the Major makes the picture, but the rest of the cast is very good also. Roger Livesay would get his big break in Michael Powell's THE LIFE AND DEATH OF COLONEL BLIMP. Yvonne Arnaud would end her film career in Jacques Tati's excellent MON ONCLE.
Very funny. Enjoyed it.
This never fails to crack me up.
Superb, superb. Thank you.
Nothing quite like British/English comedy. The best in the world.
Tom Walls drunk ,is up there with Frank Randle.Brilliant.
Yes! A grey troop of performers.
OMG! The viewers were right-munckin hair!
A.B. but he wore it first this wizard of oz did not come out till 39
I love completely nutty films
Best ever.
Loved it
... 0:03 ... the clock face has the 4 as iv in roman numerals ... why is iiii used on some clock faces instead of iv ? ... is there a reason because of the war ? ... is there a reason for location ? ... is there a reason to indicate where the clock was made ? ...
This kind of comedy hasn't dated very well.
deliteful
Veery funny !
My most favorite kind of flick ,,,a lot of tobacco and a lot numbing beverage. A lot of crazyness to only try to keep up with.
57:24 I want to go to sleep . . . Well go there, for the love of Mike, I’m not stopping you . . . You can go anywhere you like
Mrs Richards: "I paid for a room with a view !"
Basil: (pointing to the lovely view) "That is Torquay, Madam ."
Mrs Richards: "It's not good enough!"
Basil: "May I ask what you were expecting to see out of a Torquay hotel bedroom window? Sydney Opera House, perhaps? the Hanging Gardens of Babylon? Herds of wildebeest sweeping majestically past?..."
Mrs Richards: "Don't be silly! I expect to be able to see the sea!"
Basil: "You can see the sea, it's over there between the land and the sky."
Mrs Richards: "I'm not satisfied. But I shall stay. But I expect a reduction."
Basil: "Why?! Because Krakatoa's not erupting at the moment?"
That was pretty funny.
what do mean not my rip? any the film is on dvd this month I to recorded this film in 1984 .this film was remade in 1955 as fast and lose
Michael Sandford you are correct that was agood remake
Marguerite looked like the queen in the clothes she wore on the train. I've seen photos of Elizabeth, the present queen's mother, in a very similar outfit. (Edit: Just read Marguerite was one of the Queen Mother's names. She had corgis, the first came to her home in 1933, but did she have a peke?)
Amazing,! Not one bad comment. Must be only the old farts that watched this, to be able to appreciate it.
Young people also watch the Classic Films too..
How old is an old fart? I'm 55.
I am 69 I have been watching.
The great classic B&W Movies since I was a we lad.They are highly enjoyable and the Hollywood Musicals too of the Golden age of Hollywood..So go ahead be my guest and watch one or two..OK
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Hi I recomen the Musical "42nd Street"1932...to I since u like them too.
I am a 52 year old fart, who absolutely loves old classic English movies, especially comedies. It takes my mind off my daily troubles.
Cute, funny old movie.
This is a remake or the other one was. There are 2 of these anyway.
I think it was fast and loose 1950!s
Hilarious 👍
December 5th of this year of 1933 is when prohibition ended. Otherwise all this drinking would mean raids and jail time.
in England?
@@margaretstokely9016 You may be correct.
not in england
See link: warwick.ac.uk/services/library/mrc/explorefurther/images/prohibition/
Prohibition did not apply overseas. Just in the United States.
Rather spiffing if you arsk me
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7 mins 22 :
Put the poor dog down !
It's a dog, not a fashion accessory !
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If you've ever seen the cult classic, "Manos, The Hands of Fate" (ua-cam.com/video/-i6SjbE0SEA/v-deo.html), the little crooked man here, @8:03, is likely where Harold Warren got his inspiration for "Torgo". If you've never seen Manos, you've missed the WORST movie ever filmed! 😆 Ed Wood's worst movie was a Golden Globe winner comparatively!
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I can't understand what the big deal is about two people not married to each other traveling together. Was that so unusual in those days?
And why all the fuss and subterfuge at the inn? Why not just announce who they were, and get 2 single rooms?
Funny how they tried to pretend to be a couple and in doing so, get deeper and deeper into trouble.
By the way, at 1:17:09 The male lead actor doesn't have very good teeth. He can't afford a good dentist?
I don't know when the funny part starts, but 14 minutes was all I could stand. Not my cup of coffee.
🦥 Sloths move along faster than this plot . . . .
Perhaps the second half will have massive crashes, building explosions & beheadings. and NO dialogue.,.........You'll be so happy
1:22:00
I watch a hella lot
of these b&w movies.
And I've witnessed
in everyone...men
taking the women
by force to kiss. It's
complete rape. Which
helps me recognize
today's world of man
& women. Its horrid.
These women of the
past never had a choice
or chance. Crazy!!
I can’t stand the drunken disgusting dad n makes his wife nuts. He won’t be good nor accountable to anything righteous.
Yes, it all goes down in the books for Judgement Day.
TOO much hamming., after a while it'"s not longer funny.
What is funny about people who are intellectually challenged? And it goes on, and on, without getting anywhere. I watched 40 minutes of this drivel and won't waste another minute.
Dreadful
Peter and Barbara Wyckham plan to travel by railway from London to a country house in Somerset, but Peter misses the train. Another intending traveller in a similar plight is Marguerite Hickett, an old friend of Peter's from the days before their marriages. They decide to hire a motor car and drive to Somerset, but the car breaks down and they seek refuge at the local inn. Only one bedroom is available, and as it is very clear that the landlady, Mrs Spoker, will not admit an unmarried couple, Peter and Marguerite check in as husband and wife.
Barbara jumps to the conclusion that Peter and Marguerite have run away together. First her parents, Major and Mrs Bone, and then Marguerite's husband and finally Barbara descend on the inn. It becomes clear to everyone that Peter and Marguerite are blameless, and both couples are reconciled.