Somewhere in Politics

Date: 1948
Director: John E. Blakeley
Production Company: Mancunian Film Corporation

Stars: Frank Randle, Tessie O'Shea, Josef Locke
Location(s): Lancashire

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Storyline:

A radio repairman stands for election against his own boss.

Additional Information:

Page compiled by Phil Wilkinson

This film is considered “lost”. The British Film Institute advise that only an 18 minute segment of the production is known to exist, which was released in June 1960 as a short film entitled ‘Full House’.

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A bus carries Joe and Daisy Smart through the suburbs to Langley Park where they have rented a new home. Wilbraham Road in the Alexandra Park area of Manchester, Lancashire.

Sadly, no bus to furnish the shot (NW)

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  • 13 Apr 2025

Filming causes interest to a passing cyclist as the bus approaches the stop where the couple need to get off. The property to the right is number 240 Wilbraham Road and the bus is two year old Manchester Corporation Transport Crossley number 2937, registration GNF 867.

Nor a cyclist, plenty of joggers, though (NW)

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Alighting from the bus, Joe Smart (Frank Randle) and his wife Daisy (Tessie O'Shea) ask the Conductor for directions to Orchard Avenue. Wilbraham Road running between Chorlton-cum-Hardy and Fallowfield.

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Daisy chases after Joe when his umbrella gets caught in the platform pole as the bus pulls away. Wilbraham Road in Whalley Range, Manchester with the corner of Springbridge Road to the top left.

A caper-free scene (NW)

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Outside 22 Orchard Avenue, Martha Parker (Bunty Meadows) watches two Removal Men lower the tailgate of their pantechnicon which allows the contents to fall out.

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Commenting that it's not 5th November, Daisy and Joe laugh before telling the Removal Men to take the firewood away.

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Tony Parker (Syd Harrison) and Arthur Parker (Max Harrison) chase Joe around the garden.

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Daisy stands in her husband's path as he runs from Martha's angry brothers.