Drama following the lives of two families living on the colourfully painted canal boats of Britain.Drama following the lives of two families living on the colourfully painted canal boats of Britain.Drama following the lives of two families living on the colourfully painted canal boats of Britain.
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Robert Griffiths
- Ted Stoner
- (as Robert Griffith)
Arthur Denton
- Canal Official
- (uncredited)
Jack Watson
- Lockkeeper
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
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Did you know
- TriviaThe film premièred on Monday 24th September 1945 at London's the Tivoli Cinema on the Strand. It was second feature in a double bill to And Then There Were None (1945).
- GoofsSeveral times the boat is going from Braunston to Blisworth (heading south), but the lock in use is Stoke Bruerne top lock, which is south of Blisworth and going the wrong way (locking up which is northbound).
- Crazy creditsOpening credits prologue: During the making of this picture we received generous help from canal workers of every kind. We wish to thank them warmly.
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Wonderful Nostalgia
I find it almost impossible to watch this right through, so nostalgic is it of a way of life virtually gone now. The blend of professional actors with, presumably, real-life characters works well. There's nothing really to fault-photography is very good and sharp; music appropriate; lots of familiar faces-e.g. Megs Jenkins, a young Harry Fowler...
Couple this with "The Song of the Road" (1937), which is about the replacement of horses on farms, and you have a pretty good depiction of life in England before and after the War. One critic summed up the 1937 film as "..a sentimental, idealised account of a country at peace with itself". It's not that simple of course, but there are plenty of documentaries about analysing the harder edge of those times.
Enjoy these films for what they are-wonderful depictions made with feeling, and valuable social documents.
Couple this with "The Song of the Road" (1937), which is about the replacement of horses on farms, and you have a pretty good depiction of life in England before and after the War. One critic summed up the 1937 film as "..a sentimental, idealised account of a country at peace with itself". It's not that simple of course, but there are plenty of documentaries about analysing the harder edge of those times.
Enjoy these films for what they are-wonderful depictions made with feeling, and valuable social documents.
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- nigel_hawkes
- Dec 23, 2021
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- Runtime48 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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By what name was The Girl of the Canal (1945) officially released in Canada in English?
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