Hindle Wakes (1931)
Date: 1931
Director: Victor Saville
Production Company: Gainsborough Pictures
Storyline:
During ‘wakes week’, a Lancashire mill girl has an illicit adventure with the owner’s son. The third film version of a, once controversial, Stanley Houghton play.
Additional Information:
Screen shots uploaded by Phil Wilkinson from source material provided by John Tunstill.
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The start of the 'wakes' sees workers leaving their jobs for a well earned break. Possibly a stock shot and likely to be of Daisy Bank Mill.
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The workers pour through the gates of the Lancashire mill. Daisy Bank Mill on Herbert Street in Newton Heath, Manchester. The area is also known as Culcheth.
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In Preston Street, Hindle the workers board charabancs to Blackpool, their traditional destination. This looks like a studio set but could be an unknown location.
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The mill stands silent and empty. Daisy Bank Mill on Herbert Street, now Terence Street, in Manchester M40.
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Stock footage of the town where Daisy Bank Mill stands. Unidentified location.
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More stock shots. Maybe the same town but still an unknown location.
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- 04 Jun 2013
Jenny Hawthorne and Alan Jeffcote slip away from their friends in Blackpool to spend time together in Llandudno. Looking onto the Parade, Llandudno with the Great Orme in the background. Conwy County, Wales.
The, now enclosed, terrace of the Imperial Hotel on The Promenade. With many thanks to the Management and Patrons for allowing photography.
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- 04 Jun 2013
The couple draw up outside the hotel in Llandudno with the Pier and The Grand Hotel as the backdrop.
And this is taken from the same place now. Inside the entrance to the Imperial Hotel.
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- 04 Jun 2013
Mill owner's son Alan Jeffcote (John Stuart) and mill girl Jenny Hawthorne (Belle Chrystall) enter the hotel.
Ah, that's better. The same view now from the Imperial Hotel. The Promenade, Llandudno, Wales.
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After Jenny's friend Mary is killed in an accident, a Police Sergeant calls at Mrs Hollins' house to bring news of her daughter's death. The same street seen in image hinwa003 which may be a set.
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A then shot, 1927 of a set, from the book, The Great British Picture Show by George Perry, published by Hart Davies, and their copyright. This photo shows the lamp-post and the fascia panel above the copper's head, and to the right the doorway seen in 014 with the rounded top. And the man with the satellite dish!?!
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- 09 Feb 2022
Accompanied by his Friend, Alan follows his Father to the Royal Exchange after it's found that he spent the week with a mill girl whilst promised to Beatrice Farrar. The Royal Exchange on Exchange Street in Manchester M2.
Peter Brown (1) provides this wider view to reflect the changes over some 90 years. Coinciding with the release of the film, the Royal Exchange had just completed a 17 year extension to become 'the largest room in the world'. Following a decline in the cotton industry, it ceased trading as the international exchange of cotton goods in 1968, and then found new life hosting the futuristic module of the Royal Exchange Theatre in 1976. (RL)
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- 09 Feb 2022
A shot of the steps to the Royal Exchange. The steps of the Royal Exchange on Exchange Street, Manchester.
As with many of the older buildings in Manchester, the principal floor of the Exchange was built as a 'piano nobile'. This was a raised floor that allowed clients to be entertained without worrying too much about the unsavoury characteristics of the street level below. This necessitated the construction of steps. Clearly explained Peter, thank you. (RL)
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- 09 Feb 2022
Alan and his Friend get out of their car and enter the building. The former commodities exchange is now the Royal Exchange Theatre and the steps have been remodelled, as confirmed by Peter's comparative shot.
The steps presented a barrier to people entering the building and so, following the 1996 IRA bomb, they were remodelled, Peter says, to incorporate a lift allowing patrons to access the theatre more easily. (RL)
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Jenny's parent's Chris (Edmund Gwenn) and Mrs Hawthorne (Sybil Thorndike) confront her when it's found that she has lied about where she has spent the week. Again, the same street seen in image hinwa003.
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After the holiday is over, the mill workers return to work at Daisy Bank Mill. Herbert Street, Newton Heath, formerly in Lancashire.