Upon arriving at the station, he finds it in a state if disrepair and being. One of the great directors of british comedy in the 30s, varnel considered oh, mr porter. The plot of oh, mr porter was loosely based on the arnold ridley play the ghost. In the 1930s he moved into films, starring in classics like oh, mr. The will hay appreciation society will hay 1888 1949 was a british comic actor who toured the music halls of the world with his schoolmaster routine. The station seems very badly managed and is situated in. See more ideas about mr porter, british comedy and comedians. That seems to have been a reasonably popular design for slow travel and for lighter loads, but that class were used for express passenger services which does leave me puzzling about the appropriateness of locomotives with no leading bogie. With will hay, moore marriott, graham moffatt, googie withers.
It is widely acclaimed as the best of hays work, and a classic of its time and genre. Download the tv guide app for iphone, ipad and android. William porter is assigned as the new stationmaster of the railway station at the town of buggleskelly. His wealthy sister is horrified to discover a member of her family in such. You either love or loathe will hay, though this is by far his finest moment and might well convert unbelievers.
With will hay, moore marriott, graham moffatt, sebastian smith. A disgraced school master, benjamin twist, is mistaken for a tough prison governor and assigned the charge of a prison for particularly hardened criminals. With the help of a relative, a hopeless railway employee is made stationmaster of buggleskelly. It was written in 1892 by george le brunn and his brother thomas, and taken on an extended provincial tour that same year by marie lloyd. Will hay william porter, moore marriott jeremiah harbottle and graham moffatt albert work brilliantly together and all the other actors are. The film had its first public showing in november 1937 and went on general release on 3 january 1938. Watch your favorite films instantly without any downloads. Determined to make his mark, he devises a number of schemes to put buggleskelly on the railway map, but instead falls foul of a gang of gun runners. From that perspective mr porter is a super human, with a gift for linguistics. Here it is sung by helen watson for the worldfamous players theatre at the venue. The inept railway worker william porter has been made station master in a small village in northern ireland. This dvd contains two classic will hay films oh, mr porter.
Porter william thompson hay was probably one of the most versatile of entertainers. Believing he is being sent to a school rather than a prison, he celebrates accordingly only to find that his drunkenness accidently lands him on the. Convict 99 dvd features what are arguably two of the best will hay films. Worried about with packing, i arrived late at the station. Born in stocktonontees, county durham in 1888, he became. But maybe mr porter would have been even more human if we would have implemented deliberate spelling mistakes in tough languages like finnish or hungarian. Larry summers mar 17th 2011 related topics michael porter types. While not hays commercially most successful although it grossed. The bravados classic western, full movie, gregory peck, english free full western films duration. But i laughed and said, you must keep your hair on mary ann, and mind that you dont bust. Oh mr porter what shall i do i want to go to birmingham and theyre taking me on to crewe send me back to london as quickly as you can oh mr porter what a silly girl i am. It was famously part of the repertoires of the artistes norah blaney and marie lloyd.
Mr porter is an old british music hall song about a girl going too far. Porter is a famous victorian music hall song first sung by both marie lloyd and nora blaney in1893. He travelled all over the world, and meanwhile speaks over 200 languages. Build your look from the ground up with the best selection of mens shoes, boots, sneakers and sandals from the greatest mens designers at mr porter. If this is the same gladstone as the loco class of that name preserved at the nrm then its wheel arrangement is 042. Will hay, moore marriott, graham moffatt, sebastian smith, agnes lauchlan, percy walsh, dennis wyndham, dave otoole. Just a week i had of it, all round the place wed roam wasnt i sorry on the day i had to go back home.
Year 1937 formats dvd, cinema distributors video collection international,general film dist ltd,carlton visual entertainment classified dates 30052003 main language english bbfc reference azf046894. There are currently 858 scanned piano rolls in the database. Though he gets solo abovethetitle billing, will hay was no more a solo comedian than groucho marxand oh, mr porter. I want to go to birmingham but here i am at crewe take me back to london as quickly as you can oh mr. While not hays most commercially successful, it is probably his bestknown film to modern audiences. A new twist global stretch keeping it in the family. He was not only a character comedian of the first rank, but was also an astronomer of high repute he discovered the spot on the planet saturn in 1933 and a fully qualified air pilot. In this edition of mr porters about time series, we get to grips with a trio of the 20th centurys most recognisable chronograph watches. Lately i just spent a week with my old aunt brown, came up to see wondrous sights of famous london town. Will hay often used to play in the music halls, on radio and on film a pompous. Iwc schaffhausens portugieser, ingenieur and pilots models all of which have been updated in recent years with the renowned swiss manufactures inhouse movements. It is widely acclaimed as the best of hays work, and a classic of its genre. Mr porter works for the british railways as a lowly wheeltapper, even though thats not his job. Midi files available for direct public download are from piano roll music published in 1924 and earlier.