Best five films from British Directors (Part One A to J)

Best five films from British Directors (Part One A to J) May 30, 2017 13:35:45 GMT

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Post by london777 on May 30, 2017 13:35:45 GMT

May 30, 2017 1:53:39 GMT manfromplanetx said:

... a great favourite being a Googie Withers fan is a film in which she shines in the leading role ... The Loves of Joanna Godden (1947). The screenplay is from author H.E.Bates and the film also stars Jean Kent, John McCallum, Derek Bond and Chips Rafferty.

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I have never seen it but it is available in the Public Domain on a free download, so I will give it a try. I like Romney Marsh and once accompanied a friend to visit Derek Jarman who had a cottage there.

Googie Withers stars in two of my all-time favorite movies:
It Always Rains on Sunday (1947) and Night and the City (1950) with its wonderful London settings.

I have just noticed that it was Michael Powell who gave her her first leading role when she was a very green extra.

I always thought she was one of your lot, but I now see she first moved to Australia at the ripe old age of 42. Only married once (to John McCallum, whom she met while making "Joanna Godden" ) and stayed together for 62 years until his death.

She was no great looker (too hard-faced) but picked some good roles. Would she have had more had she stayed in England?