Joining in a Musical challenge on ICM, I started looking for titles to watch for the event. Taking a look at DVDs my dad recently got,I found a box set of British Musicals,which led to me looking over the garden.
The plot:
On the way to his aunts cottage for a holiday, Bunny notices a cute girl on the train running pass. Arriving at the cottage, Bunny finds out that that girl he saw is called Mary,and is his neighbour. Banned from speaking to her due to the aunts on both side being in a feud, Bunny tries to get Marry's attention by throwing shuttlecocks over the garden, but is told off by her aunt. Not giving up, Bunny goes over the garden wall.
View on the film:
Although the picture goes "wobbly" for a bit in the middle,Network overall deliver a good transfer,with the soundtrack being chirpy and the picture being clean. Taking H.F. Maltby's (who also co-wrote the script with Gordon Wellesley) play to the screen, director John Daumery breaks out of the stage origins with a Summertime mood as Bunny looks over the wall. Saving everything for one big Musical number,Daumery gives the film a splash of style as Bunny and Mary outplay their aunts. Joined by the pretty Marian Marsh as Mary (and an uncredited Stewart Granger) Bobby Howes gives a charming,happy chappy performance as Bunny,who jumps over the garden wall.
The plot:
On the way to his aunts cottage for a holiday, Bunny notices a cute girl on the train running pass. Arriving at the cottage, Bunny finds out that that girl he saw is called Mary,and is his neighbour. Banned from speaking to her due to the aunts on both side being in a feud, Bunny tries to get Marry's attention by throwing shuttlecocks over the garden, but is told off by her aunt. Not giving up, Bunny goes over the garden wall.
View on the film:
Although the picture goes "wobbly" for a bit in the middle,Network overall deliver a good transfer,with the soundtrack being chirpy and the picture being clean. Taking H.F. Maltby's (who also co-wrote the script with Gordon Wellesley) play to the screen, director John Daumery breaks out of the stage origins with a Summertime mood as Bunny looks over the wall. Saving everything for one big Musical number,Daumery gives the film a splash of style as Bunny and Mary outplay their aunts. Joined by the pretty Marian Marsh as Mary (and an uncredited Stewart Granger) Bobby Howes gives a charming,happy chappy performance as Bunny,who jumps over the garden wall.