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[jingle-bones]

THE LOVES OF JOANNA GODDEN (Dir: Charles Frend, 1947). I will admit to knowing little about movie number 12 before watching. Yet The Loves of Joanna Godden is an Ealing Studios production of some pedigree, with a screenplay by H E Bates and music by Ralph Vaughan Williams. Somewhat atypical of Ealing, Joanna Godden is a romantic period piece starring Googie Withers as a young woman who inherits a sheep farm and is determined to make it a success without the aid of a husband. This proto-feminist plot is unusual in post-war British cinema and especially so from Ealing whose protagonists are almost always men. This is certainly to be commended. As is the beautiful Romney Marsh locales and the realistic depiction of the devastation caused by an outbreak of foot and mouth disease. It is perhaps here where Joanna Godden most belies its Ealing roots as the studio was paramount in the British documentary and social-realist movement. Watching Miss Withers juggle the duel concerns of lambing and of finding or fending off potential suitors is not exactly thrilling; yet the film is enjoyable and worth a watch as an unusual release from the years when Ealing was at the peak of its powers. 100+ movie reviews now available on my blog jinglebonesmovietime.blogspot.com

[thedonttellshow-blog]

It Always Rains on Sundays - Robert Hamer (1947)

Several characters navigate their day of rest while gossiping about an escaped convict who is being concealed in a bedroom by his ex. 

An early example of the kitchen sink film, with crime elements somewhere between Brighton Rock and The Blue Lamp. It concerns crime like those two (even having the lead copper played by Dixon of Dock Green) but falls much more into the drizzly, dreary side of the sink than the grittiness of the aforementioned. So it's not quite as exciting, despite a stunning looking last act chase, but it does get a bit saucy, rooting around the bored housewife's bedroom and suggesting the more permissive times to come for the ladies...which is interesting. Perhaps it's that willingness to break taboo and show the psychological realism of everyday life choices that has made its legacy.

Anyway, interesting social realist/noir cross-over which could have had a little more bite, but makes up for it with the tickle.

8/10

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[restinpeaches]

can you recommend me any genesis/32x/CD games? Yr blog is best~~!

ah, well, despite it's faults, i still love adventures of batman and robin a lot. ranger x is good too. and so is thunderforce iv! and bare knuckle 3!

ummmmmmmm as far as 32x games go all i've got is Tempo, which is an okay game but looks really gorgeous and worth at least watching a video of it!

[vayena]

googiewithers replied to your post: hello my baby hello my honey hello my ...

i heard this in yr “macklemore-listening dad” voice

http://vocaroo.com/i/s18ffzOPSV4t

[punytail]

YOURE A TOILET. FUCK

[illllllllllllli]

googiewithers said: im still reading in that irish accent of yr other poem

rudely, this is my first poem in an american accent in an age

[vayena]

spinblocker said: omg play the game imscared its free and its awesome

jvsferm said:fullyramblomatic.com/5d… not very scary but its nice

folded-wings said: the witch’s house, ai oni, the crooked man, and ib are my favourites

thatssointernet said: space funeral!!!

thank you i will look into these :-)