Independent Exhibitors Film Bulletin (1947)

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'HUNGRY HILL' FAIR BRITISH FILM FROM DU MAURIER NOVEL Rates O • as supporting feature; higher >PP Universal-International D'Z minutes Ma'igaret Lockwood, Dennis Price, Cecil Parker, Jean Simmons, Arthur Sinclair, Barbara Waring, Dermont Walsh, Michael Denison, I'. J. McCorrnick, Eileen Crowe, Eileen Herlie, Michael Golden, Shamus Locke, Siobhan McKenna, Dan O'Herlihy, Tony Quinn, Anthony Wager, Hector McGregor, Henry MoUison, Peter Murray. Directed by Brian Desmond Hurst. There's a-feudin' and a-flghtin' aplenty in "Hungry Hill." as well as a fair amount of romance; but unfortunately they don't add up. This Prestige Picture produced by Two Cities Films is not among the better of the recent British imports — nor is it among the worst. Based on Daphne Du 'Maurier's bestselling novel, "Hungry Hill" is a moderately entertaining and occasionally rousing drama of ill-treated Irish copper miners and their oppressors a century ago. The interesting in art spots background and colorful characters would have appeared to greater advantage had Miss Du Maurier and Terence Young's script been better constructed; instead of building up to a crescendo, the climaxes go downhill, becoming less — instead of more — ■ exciting. Under Brian Desmond Hurst's experienced direction, Margaret Lockwood and a capable but little-known cast per form competently. British accents are not too marked, production q':jality and recording of a high order. Photography of interior scenes is poo)-; exterior photography is above average, particularly in the night shots. EXPLOITATION: Play up the picture's hignlights: Rioters Blast the Mine... Violence and Death at the Pit Head ... Brother Againt^t Bi other ... Entombed Minei s Rescued. Stress the worldwide popularity of Daphne Du Maurier's many best-sellers, and Margaret Lockwood's several acting triumphs. Arthur Sinclair incites the Irish miners against rich Cecil Parker for bringing in low-waged Cornishmen to sink his shafts. Sinclair and Parker's elder son Michael Denison are killed when rioters fire the mine and blow up the gunpowder storeroom. Parker's younger son Dennis Price weds lovely wanton Margaret Lockwood, has fouisons by her. The eldest, Dermont Walsn. is unruly and spoilt; when Parker is killed rescuing some entombed miners, Margaret spoils him more than ever. Upon the death of his grandfather, the weak dissipated youth becomes master of the family mine and fortune, turns on his mother. She goes to London, becomes a gambler and dope addict. Walsh betrays the sister of Michael Golden who has inherited the hatred of his father, Sinclair, for Walsh and his family. Walsh goes to London until the scandal blows over, there sees his mother as a lonely ageing woman, brings her back to Ireland. Their happiness is shortlived — during a brawl of the miners incited by Golden, Walsh falls down a pit-shaft to his death. 'THE GIRL OF THE CANAL' BRILLIANTLY PHOTOGRAPHED BRITISH DOCUMENTARY Rates • • as supporting dualler in art a Bell Pictures 48 minutes Jenny Laird, Bill Blewett, May Hallatt, Robert Griffith, Madeline Thomas, Grace Arnold, Harry Fowler, Megs Jenkins, John Owers, James McKechnie. Directed by Charles Crichton. This interesting and superbly photographed documentary will have limited appeal, affording little box office value except in artyhouses and some class spots. It reveals the lives and customs of a little-known nd class spots and hitherto-unfilmed jjeople — the canalboat folk of England. The entire cast — virtually unknown to U. S. picturegoers — is well chosen, its British accents not too pronounced for American ears. Production qaulity is satisfactory; photography recording, locales and incidental music by the London Philharmonic are superb. This is the story of two canal families and the waterways whereon they live and work. Robert Griffith, aboard the "Golden Boy," yearns for the land, envies his sister's life ashore; his kid brother Harry Fowler loves the canal. Robert's sweetheart, Jenny Laird, adores the life on the little boats, cannot face a future without it. Her father. Bill Blewett, old-type skipper of the "Sunny Valley." loves his tow horse and the leisurely inland voyages his father and his father's father have made before him. Informed the canal company plans to motorize his boat, he dies of a broken heart. Jenny and her mother, May Hallatt. master the gas engine's problems, gamely carry on. Robert gets his wish, is called up by the Army. His mother and sister, aided by Harry, keep the boat going. Soon, Harry and Jenny hope, Robert v/ill return wiser from his contact with the land, eager to resume the life they know to be the best in the world. All attendance records topped in Pittsburgh Cincinnati 30% over biggest © Atlanta And now in ^ NEW YORK ® Baltimore /First week breaks every record ALL/ in B, it's Roadshows, current hits — all topped