The Passing of the 3rd Floor Back 1935

[@soulwam]

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

[@chrisreeves9764]

soulwam Me too. I disagree with the presenter in that I think it is a great film and I've admired it since I first saw it on the Bravo film channel in the early nineties. I managed to get it on DVD some years ago.

[@BlueSky-cm5eq]

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

[@laurencethenewlyricist167]

It is very moving, isn't it!

[@BlueSky-cm5eq]

@@laurencethenewlyricist167 Yes,[pleasently surpried.

[@soulwam]

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.

[@soulwam]

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.

[@laurencethenewlyricist167]

Thanks for your appreciation and further information. I went on steamers from Tower Pier more then once when I was a kid, though they weren't paddle steamers by then! The whole film is fascinating and haunting

[@Oldgittom]

Thanks; well worth watching, & who actually played the piano for the soundtrack? He was good, but IMDB doesn't list him/her.

[@incrediblyobscurebritishfi6308]

Glad you enjoyed it - I'm afraid I have no idea who the pianist was, either!