Post by Matthew the Swordsman on Jul 13, 2017 22:09:03 GMT
The first thing that came to my mind was the TV series Steptoe and Son.
The first film that came to my mind is Danny Boy (1941), another one of those ultra-obscure British b-movies that nobody has seen except me (I love those films for some reason). The film concerns a father who is a classical musician. He and his young son live in poverty, and busk to earn a living. His ex-wife had spent some time in the U.S. and was now a successful singer, but has returned to Britain (at the height of the blitz!) to re-connect with her ex-husband. Of course, finding her ex-husband will not be easy, but
The whole film is sentimental schmaltz, which is fine with me. I love the steady stream of WW2 references in the film (when the father and son have to leave their run-down apartment to move elsewhere, the father reminds his son to bring his gas mask). IMDb classifies the film as a "drama", but it's also a musical and a comedy.
It's not a great film by any stretch of the imagination, yet I liked it very much.
The first film that came to my mind is Danny Boy (1941), another one of those ultra-obscure British b-movies that nobody has seen except me (I love those films for some reason). The film concerns a father who is a classical musician. He and his young son live in poverty, and busk to earn a living. His ex-wife had spent some time in the U.S. and was now a successful singer, but has returned to Britain (at the height of the blitz!) to re-connect with her ex-husband. Of course, finding her ex-husband will not be easy, but
The finally find each other while coincidentally performing at the same hotel and embrace in love at the end
The whole film is sentimental schmaltz, which is fine with me. I love the steady stream of WW2 references in the film (when the father and son have to leave their run-down apartment to move elsewhere, the father reminds his son to bring his gas mask). IMDb classifies the film as a "drama", but it's also a musical and a comedy.
It's not a great film by any stretch of the imagination, yet I liked it very much.