Just found this film while searching recently, and I enjoyed it. A glimpse into the past. Brought a tear to my eyes.

Thanks for this review! Are you ever coming back to do more reviews- it's a niche, neglected topic. 9 years ago! I can't find that Mr. 99Filmo you mention either.

Thanks for this vid. I MUST find this movie, not least as part of it was filmed where I live. I'm a sucker for all historical British Navy films.

Yes, there are lot of those old obscure British films on KZbin, if not there then on the TalkingPictures channel. I've just watched Ladies Who Do and loved it! I found it very much true to its time. In the seventies I had my own experience of being offered money by shady property developers to leave the run down house I was living in and I thought the character played by Harry H Corbett was rather well done. The opening scene in the film was shot at the Elephant & Castle. I lived in Peckham so I knew the area well. I went to my secondary school in Kennington.

Not very obscure - it's quite famous ...

A couple of points: "Everytown" was London, set against the backdrop of Edinburgh's Salisbury Crags Bliss' sensational music: he re-used some of it in the ballet "Checkmate" Arthur C Clarke was a fan and showed it to Kubrick, who hated it. I wonder why? OK, there is not much in the way of story, just the BIG IDEA, there are long sequences with music creating atmosphere and feeling, without the use of words. Some of the acting is wooden. But couldn't you say the same thing about 2001 or Barry Lyndon? You need to approach these classics with a special kind of tolerance. The voices and delivery are often preposterous, and much mocked by Harry Enfield, but when you learn to see past this patina of age, you can really appreciate what has been done.

I am here because I recently visited Little Easton Manor in Essex, England, and it was said that part of this fim was shot in the grounds. I'd be curious to see it for that reason.

It wasn't a bank raid but a raid on a linen factory.

Disgusting movie, and i don't care about the humans. The only thing i care about are the animals who are brutally killed. I couldn't care less about the human suffering in this story. I never forget the scene with the cat. The ones who do these things deserve to suffer and die in severe pain and agony, poor aswell as rich.

There were still some quite strong elements of that peculiarly Scottish grim and bleak world when I was growing up in the later 1960s and 1970s

Great, classic music score by Arthur Bliss.

Great video! You are lucky that your username was not taken!

Graham Greene watched this in 1935 and gave it a glowing review - commending Carol Reed's directorial abilities and also the action and characters, even suggesting it as a must-watch for children. Thirteen years later, he would collaborate with Reed himself, writing the brilliant adaptation of "The Fallen Idol" and also scripting the unforgettable "The Third Man".

Another great phrase: It gives me the fantods!

I can't find a link to obtain a copy for the DVD anywhere. If it is now in the public domain, can you post it in it's entirety? You'd be doing the world a service.... and me too. Thanks for what you've shared so far.

I love the Box of Delights at Christmas time.

Just finished watching the last episode (17:20 GMT on 12/11/19). Bad guys firstly Foxy Faced Charles & Chubby Joe with the leader Abner Brown with his significant other Sylvia Daisy Pouncer (played by Patricia Quinn famous for her role as Magenta in the Rocky Horror Show). The old Punch & Judy man is Cole Hawkins (formerly Ramon Llull).

These children are deaf but they are not dumb!!!

They just showed it on Talking Pictures Sky channel

Thanks for a precise reflection on culture and life styles of that era with a glimpse of the future awaiting 1963 viewers. Unique plot and sound acting with many common phrases no longer used in British dialogue and pleasantly devoid of soppy romance and sensitivities we have in the 2000's . Thank you Sir.

All those skinflints asking for the GOSM to be uploaded, go out and BUY it!!

I agree would some upload film called the ghost of st Michael please?

I can remember watching this at the time and I still watch them now. Magical storytelling which took my imagination away....

The box of delightes beings back so many memories 😀

If he was alive in 1958 I have no doubt Will Hay would've been in the first Carry on film.

Nice to see Charles Hawtrey in this clip.

Are you a hoarder, and your starved for room .

A good review but your knowledge about some aspects of the film making business could be improved. William Cameron Menzies became very well-known in Hollywood and went on to direct films himself.

This film is well loved by us; watched it again just last year........ Just a thought... Do you know a Trevor Howard film called, The Heart of the Matter, it may be up your street, although set in Sierra Leone.

Further, you may find a revisit of Three Men in a Boat to be rewarding,. The story has depths beyond the comic facade. Jerome makes use of the interplay of layers of history encourage termed on the river which sometimes evolve into journeys of spiritual longing and mystical elevation.

A few notes to supplement your generous commentary, . Jerome wrote the story and then the play in 1905. And I think the setting of the house is Edwardian. My grandmother sustained the appearance of a Victorian household well into the sixties. The trip on the steamer is very much in the thirties, heightened by the race between the speedboats and the intrusion of the girl with the small camera. So, the tension in the film is held by the difference by the hidebound class conscious household and the exhilarating freedoms promised by the Modern Age. For me also the steamer is vivid because I remember my parents taking me on a day trip on the Manx steamer from Liverpool when I was very young, and the joyful atmosphere on the ship was something I never forgot.

Thanks very much for giving this time and sharing your view on this film which I love very much.

Tommy and Jamie are cousins not brothers.

Sounds to me your saying muppet instead of moffat

I was too young to remember it when it originally aired on the BBC but my Mum bought the 2 part video cassettes in the late 80's. I remember it was a friday evening & we watched the first video & then had to wait until Christmas Eve to watch the second video! Getting it on DVD some years ago, it felt weird watching them in there short episodes but of course that was how it was done for tv. I never realised how much of a cult classic it still was until a few years ago. The effects may look a bit hokey these days but they are still full of charm :) Devon Stansfield was excellent as Kay Harker :)

Hello again, hope you are well. Nearly that time of year again :) Will be settling down for some early nights watching this wonderful story with my children. Always takes me back to when I first watched it on TV. Magical stuff :)

in which film WillHay played a school teacher on the black board he chalked racing odds and had to explain to the head when he walked in on inspection

would someone upload will hay film called the ghost of Michaels.

Hey my man, excellent stuff. I'm also a massive fan of the "magic box" as my wee ones call it now. It's a tradition every year now with my little boy and girl who love it too. If feeling depressed at any other time of year, I treat myself to a few episodes which always cheers me up. Really , really magical television. Thanks for the vid. Happy Christmas 2015Peace.

It's funny that you picked that particular scene to play at the end. It's my favourite one and the one I like to watch over and over. :) Good Choice.

He actually made six films with Moore Marriot and Graham moffat - Windbag the sailor, Oh Mr Porter, Old Bones of the River, Ask a Policeman, Convict 99 and Where's That Fire.

What a joy, it lifted my spirits to watch this and enjoy British comedy at it's foundations. It seems that all but the very few can still make people laugh with such family fun.

Stop yakking. Where is the film

A superb film, I grew up with this film- it was presented repeatedly on "Million Dollar Movie" a television program that would show the same film for a week (repeatedly on the weekend!) A great film filled with so many famous British actors! I remember the last line" Which shall it be?" Have you considered "The Man who could work Miracles" - another favorite from about the same time. Thank you for your review.

Both Pygmalion and the Scarlet Pimpernel are on KZbin in various qualities

Hallo Vincent - yes, you are right, I forgot about 'Pygmalion', another famous role for Howard. Maybe I will do a piece some time about The Scarlet Pygmalion if I get hold of a copy

Could you also please do a review on the scarlet Pimpernel from 1934. It was the first movie I ever saw Merle Oberon in and although she mightn't have been the greatest actress ever her intriguing beauty and incredibly life story fascinated me. I hope more people would now about her ascent from misery in Mumbai to Hollywood royalty. Anyway you forgot to mention Leslie Howard in Gabriel Pascal's Pygmalion, his professor Higgins was just grand!

For me. Black Narcissus is one of the greatest films ever made, anywhere. A powerful story, brilliantly told- agree it is the most perfect of all of their films. the real story is about Civilization inevitable desire to re-order Nature- but Nature will not be re-ordered! And how they Nature will inevitably prevail. Still the most beautiful visual experience on film! The flashbacks are so powerful- the second one, perhaps the most moving.

Please excuse me, I had to come back on to reply to you again, I'm not so clued up with the Computer, so forgive me I don't know what I did I tried to give it the thumbs up and I don't know what happened, you certainly know your films. Thank you again.

I saw Mandy when I was 7yrs old and I loved it, the acting was really very good. I've been trying to see it online but no luck, any advice?