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So Well Remembered | |
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Directed by | Edward Dmytryk |
Produced by | Adrian Scott |
Written by | James Hilton (novel) John Paxton |
Starring | John Mills Martha Scott Trevor Howard |
Music by | Hanns Eisler |
Cinematography | Freddie Young |
Edited by | Harry W. Gerstad |
Distributed by | RKO Radio Pictures |
Release date | 8 July 1947 (UK) 4 November 1947 (US) |
114 minutes | |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Budget | $1.5 million[1] |
So Well Remembered is a 1947 British film starring John Mills, Martha Scott, and Trevor Howard.[2] The film was based on the James Hilton novel of the same title and tells the story of a reformer and the woman he marries in a fictional Lancashire mill town. Hilton also narrated. The movie, shot on location in England, is faithful to the novel in many particulars, but the motivations of the main female character and the tone of the ending are considerably altered.
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Get weavin', in Macclesfield, Get weavin', and get your knackers feeled. Kiss your crack but miss her lips, She's got a scabby face and she smells of chips, She's got a scabby face and she smells of chips. I said, hey up my love, I've got a suggestion, Hey up my love, will you feel my errection, Hey up my love, do you want a meat injection? The Macc Lads are an English punk band from Macclesfield, Cheshire, England. Self-proclaimed the 'rudest, crudest, lewdest, drunkest band in Christendom', the Macc Lads used irreverent, foul-mouthed and politically incorrect lyrics; common lyrical themes were binge drinking, sex and fighting. The Macc Lads are an English punk band from Macclesfield, Cheshire, England. Self-proclaimed the 'rudest, crudest, lewdest, drunkest band in Christendom', the Macc Lads used irreverent, foul-mouthed and politically incorrect lyrics; common lyrical themes were binge drinking, sex and fighting. Active from 1981 to 1995 and reforming in 2018, the band now tend to be regarded more favourably.
The first screening was in the Majestic Theatre in Macclesfield on 9 August 1947, after which the film disappeared. It was rediscovered some 60 years later in Tennessee, in the United States, by Muttley McLad of the band The Macc Lads.[3]
Plot[edit]
At the end of the Second World War in the Lancashire mill town of Browdley George Boswell (John Mills), town councillor, newspaper editor and zealous reformer, recalls the past 26 years of his life.
In 1919 he defends Olivia Channing (Martha Scott) when she applies for a library job. Her father, the cotton mill owner John Channing (Frederick Leister), had been sent to prison for almost 20 years for speculating with, and losing, many townspeople's money. George falls in love with Olivia, though it scandalises the townspeople, and eventually proposes to her. That night she has an argument with her father. He has Dr Richard Whiteside (Trevor Howard) drive him into town to speak to George, but they crash on a washed-out road and John is killed. Olivia then agrees to marry George.
Trevor Mangin (Reginald Tate), Browdley's most influential businessman, asks George to run for Parliament. Seeing an opportunity to further his reforming efforts, George agrees, much to Olivia's delight.
Whiteside brings George an alarming report about the danger of an epidemic in the town's filthy slums. Mangin, who owns many of them, produces a more optimistic report. Given that Whiteside has taken to drinking heavily since the accident, George accepts Mangin's report, causing the council to vote to do nothing. However, a diphtheria epidemic breaks out, just as Whiteside feared. A free clinic is opened to inoculate the healthy children and treat the sick. George tells Olivia to take their son there, but she cannot bear to do it, resulting in the child's death.
After George drops out of the election because of Mangin's lies Olivia tells him that she is leaving him. George realises that she married him solely for his prospects. They go their separate ways. He eventually rises to mayor, while she remarries a rich man and has another son, Charles Winslow (Richard Carlson). Meanwhile, Whiteside takes in a baby girl, Julie Morgan (Patricia Roc), orphaned at birth. George helps to raise her.
Many years pass. Early in the Second World War a widowed Olivia returns, takes up residence in her father's mansion and reopens the Channing mill. Her son becomes a flier in the Royal Air Force. On leave he meets Julie and they fall in love. However, Olivia does not want to relinquish her son. Charles is seriously injured in combat and his face is disfigured. This enables Olivia to isolate and retain control of him until George manages to convince him to break free and marry Julie. When Olivia arrives, looking for her son, George reveals that he has worked out that Olivia did nothing to prevent her father from driving to his death, though she must have known that the road was washed out. Whiteside had overheard the Channings' argument and knew that John Channing intended to warn George against her.
Cast[edit]
- John Mills as George Boswell
- Martha Scott as Olivia Channing Boswell
- Patricia Roc as Julie Morgan
- Trevor Howard as Dr Richard Whiteside
- Richard Carlson as Charles Winslow
- Reginald Tate as Trevor Mangin
- Beatrice Varley as Annie, George's loyal servant
- Frederick Leister as John Channing
- Ivor Barnard as Spivey
- Julian D'Albie as Wetherall, the outgoing Member of Parliament
Mills's daughters Juliet and Hayley played Julie as a young girl and a baby respectively.
The music for the film was composed by Hanns Eisler.
Production[edit]
The film was mainly shot at Denham Film Studios in Denham, Buckinghamshire. Exteriors were filmed in Macclesfield, Cheshire, forming the backdrop of a Lancashire mill town.
Reception[edit]
Box office[edit]
According to trade papers, the film was a 'notable box office attraction' at British cinemas in 1947.[4][5] Nevertheless, it recorded a loss of $378,000.[6]
Dore Schary, then head of RKO, said that he did not release the film when he was in charge of the studio 'because I thought it was a stinker'.[7]
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References[edit]
- ^'Reis to Meg 'Remembered,' Budget Near $1,500,000'. Variety. February 27, 1946. p. 4. Retrieved April 25, 2018.
- ^'So Well Remembered'. NY Times. Retrieved 2011-05-05.
- ^Express, Macclesfield (31 August 2004). 'Missing movie classic unearthed by Macc Lad'.
- ^Robert Murphy, Realism and Tinsel: Cinema and Society in Britain 1939-48 2003 p209
- ^Thumim, Janet. 'The popular cash and culture in the postwar British cinema industry'. Screen. Vol. 32 no. 3. p. 258.
- ^Richard B. Jewell, Slow Fade to Black: The Decline of RKO Radio Pictures, Uni of California, 2016
- ^Hopper, H. (1952, Jul 27). MAN WITH A MISSION! Chicago Daily Tribune (1923-1963) Retrieved from https://search.proquest.com/docview/178268967
External links[edit]
- So Well Remembered on IMDb
- So Well Remembered at AllMovie
- So Well Remembered at the TCM Movie Database
- Review of film at Variety
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The King's School in Macclesfield | |
Motto | nil nisi malis terrori |
Established | 1502 |
Type | Independent School |
Religion | Church of England |
Head of Foundation | Dr. Stephen Coyne |
Location | Cheshire SK10 1DA United Kingdom |
Students | c. 1500 |
Gender | Mixed 3-11, Separate boys and girls divisions 11-16, Mixed 16-18 |
Ages | 3 to 18 |
Houses | 4 |
Colours | |
Website | www.kingsmac.co.uk |
Coordinates: 53°15′48″N2°07′57″W / 53.2633°N 2.1324°W |
The King's School in Macclesfield is an independent school for day pupils in Macclesfield, Cheshire, England, and a member of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference. It was founded in 1502 by Sir John Percyvale, a former Lord Mayor of London, as Macclesfield Grammar School.
The school motto is nil nisi malis terrori - 'No terror, except to the bad'.
History
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The school operated as a direct-grant school, offering scholarships for boys from state elementary schools from 1926 until 1946, when its application to continue as a direct grant grammar school was refused and it became fully independent.[1][2]The junior school was opened in 1961 and the school bought the old Macclesfield High School for Girls to set up a girls' division which opened in 1993 (the Sixth Form had been co-educational since 1986).[3]The Boys' Division and Sixth Form are located on the Cumberland Street site and the Junior School, Infants and Girls' Division are all situated on Fence Avenue.
Academia
The school follows the standard curriculum of GCSE and A-Levels in the senior school, in the Year 11 and the sixth form respectively.
Most recently (2009), students have achieved over 76% A or B grade at A level, with a 100% pass rate, and 62% As and A*s at GCSE.
Extracurricular
The school takes great pride in its musical exploits, particularly since the Foundation Choir won BBC Songs of Praise Choir of the Year 2003. The choir take bi-annual trips abroad to perform their repertoire across Europe, having recently visited Barcelona, Levico Terme, Strasbourg and most recently Lake Geneva (2008). The school is equipped with a recording studio and many practise rooms.
Acting is also a popular extracurricular activity and the school performs 2 or 3 plays a year (one by the Boys' Division and Sixth form, one by the Girls' Division, and one by the Juniors). Recent titles include Cyrano de Bergerac, Under Milk Wood, Beauty and the Beast, Wind in the Willows and Alice in Wonderland.
Trips abroad are arranged by several departments fairly regularly. In addition to annual foreign language exchange visits, these include the the history and classics departments. Pupils are involved in biennial World Challenge Expeditions, recently to places such as Morrocco and Equador.
School sports include rugby, hockey, netball, cheerleading, and cricket and there are several teams for boys and girls throughout the school. The school has a outstanding reputation for all sports, but especially rugby and cricket, where they play on a very strong circuit of the very best sporting schools in the north. In recent years the boy's rugby team has been enjoyed an unbeaten season and won the Rugby World 'Team of the Month' accolade twice. In Cricket,the school has won the County Cup numerous times across all age groups and the boys' first team have enjoyed many successful seasons. In hockey, The 2006 Boys' XI were national champions and have had 2 players representing their country.
In 2007, the Girls Division started cheerleading with Racheal Burrows (national champion and 3rd in Europe). Cheerleading has been very successful at the school and in 2008 the Kings Cubs (a mixture of year 8 and 9 girls) and the King's Lions (a group of year 11 girls) both became national champions in their respective age groups. The King's Kittens, who were in year 7, came 5th.
The outdoor activities club is popular at the school and often organises trips to Yorkshire or the peak district. Activities include walking, climbing and caving. On Wednesday afternoons the outdoor activities club also features as a VIth form activity.
Notable alumni
- Peter Moores, ex-England Cricket Coach
- Rev. Thomas Taylor, priest and historian
- Alan Beith, politician
- Ian Curtis and Stephen Morris, of the rock band Joy Division
- Stuart Wilson, Big Brother 2004 contestant
- Peter Kenyon, Chelsea Chief Executive
- Duncan Robinson, master of Magdalene College, Cambridge
- Michael Jackson, former Channel 4 Chief Executive
- John Bradshaw, the chief prosecutor of Charles I and the first man to sign his death warrant
- Sir Eric Jones[4], Previous Director of GCHQ
- Tristan Mark O'Neill, who went on to form the infamous politically-incorrect punk band the Macc Lads. He has since made his mark as a local historian.
Publications
Numerous teachers from the school have published books, such as
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- Banner, Gillian (1999). Holocaust Literature: Schulz, Levi, Spiegelman and the Memory of the Offence. Vallentine Mitchell. ISBN 978-0853033714.
- Palazzo, Lynda (2002). Christina Rossetti's Feminist Theology. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 978-0333920336.
- Hill, David (2003). For King's and Country. Chameleon Press.
References
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- ^Parliamentary Debates, House of Commons, 31st May 1946, columns 236–239
- ^'War and Peace'. The King's School in Macclesfield. http://www.kingsmac.co.uk/school/history/history9.html. Retrieved 2009-06-07.
- ^'New Beginnings'. The King's School in Macclesfield. http://www.kingsmac.co.uk/school/history/history10.html. Retrieved 2009-06-07.
- ^D. R. Nicoll, Jones, Sir Eric Malcolm (1907-1986), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2004
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