"shows cinematically how a large provincial town spends Saturday. Each shot will be related to the preceding shot either by comparison or by contrast, and the success of the film will depend entirely on the photography and the editing" (HMHT 1933: 113).
"a picture dealing with the various activities of a town at week-ends. Many shots were taken in the streets of Bolton" (Kinematograph Weekly 1933: 21).
"This film will be unique as it will be the first British film made by amateurs where one actor takes a double part and both characters appear on the screen together" (HMHT 1933: 113).
"This tragedy begins with teary goodbyes as two lovers part – Joe is off to America to seek his fortune. In a letter to Beth, Joe says he’ll write again when he's ready for her to come and be his bride. She replies that unless she hears from him soon she will end it all. No reply arrives so Beth drowns herself in a river. Back in America, Joe receives his lover's final letter, which causes him to jump off a suspension bridge. If only they’d known about the incompetence of the Post Office" (BFI Player Online).
"an original story adapted from a newspaper report of a double tragedy caused by a lost letter" (HMHT 1933: 154).
"a ghost story, dealing partly with Victorian times and partly with the present day" (HMHT 1934: 490)
"last month was a notable one, as the first complete showing of “Panshine Pansy” was given. This is our most ambitious film yet, and was claimed by those who saw it as the club’s finest effort. We have yet to make a few additional “cuts” before we are completely satisfied with it… Production started about a year ago and shooting finished during last summer. S. Ellie Powell, who directed, also wrote the scenario, which is a burlesque on the famous Gainsborough picture “Sunshine Susie” (HMHT 1934: 327).
"produced in a garage in Prestwick… the story of a man who spends the night in a waxwork show for a bet, but does not live to tell the tale" (HMHT 1933: 450).
"a comedy about a group of dope smugglers on a canal" (HMHT 1933: 450).
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Amateur Cinema