Fanny Hawthorne
(1927)
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Fanny Hawthorne
(1927)
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Estelle Brody | ... | |
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John Stuart | ... | |
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Norman McKinnel | ... | |
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Marie Ault | ... | |
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Humberston Wright | ... |
Chris Hawthorne
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Gladys Jennings | ... | |
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Irene Rooke | ... | |
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Peggy Carlisle | ... | |
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Arthur Chesney | ... | |
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John Rowal | ... |
George Ramsbottom
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Alf Goddard | ... |
Nobby
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Cyril McLaglen | ... |
Alf
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Graham Soutten | ... |
Edward Hollins
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A celebration of working class leisure activities at Hindle, Lancashire, during "Wakes Week", an annual week still observed in parts of Lancashire and Yorkshire when all factories and schools take a holiday. Written by Michael Crew <m.crew@bbcnc.org.uk>
... shame the new (year 2000) soundtrack was so intrusive. The idea of a pop group putting a new soundtrack isn't new - it was done before with Metropolis, but at least that had several different artists contributing. This has just one group with just one or two recurring themes which sometimes overwhelm the feel of the scenes. It would perhaps be better to get a proper cinema organist or pianist to add an AUTHENTIC or period feel to silent movies of this type. But the film was good, if a bit long, and interesting for its views of a working Lancashire Mill before we closed them all down. What a shame the producers felt the need to add incongruous sound effects to the mill scenes. This barbaric practice is bad enough on war documentaries. Apart from anything else, it's distracting. Film restorers should realise the difference between re-working and restoration.