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Bank Holiday (film)
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Wikipedia article
'Bank Holiday' (also known as 'Three on a Weekend') is a 1938 British drama film directed by Carol Reed and starring John Lodge, Margaret Lockwood, Hugh Williams and Kathleen Harrison.
Plot
On a 1930s bank holiday weekend, a number of people rush for trains to head to the seaside. They include:
*an unmarried couple, nurse Catherine Lawrence and her boyfriend Geoffrey. Catherine is distracted by thoughts of Stephen Howard, widower of a patient who died in childbirth;
*May and Arthur and their working-class family;
*two female friends, Doreen and Milly, looking for romance.[https://web.archive.org/web/20071129011115/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/25068 BFI.org]
Cast
* John Lodge as Stephen Howard
* Margaret Lockwood as Catherine Lawrence
* Hugh Williams as Geoffrey
* Rene Ray as Doreen Richards
* Merle Tottenham as Milly
* Linden Travers as Ann Howard
* Wally Patch as Arthur
* Kathleen Harrison as May
* Garry Marsh as 'Follies' manager
* Jeanne Stuart as Miss Mayfair
* Wilfrid Lawson as Police sergeant
* Felix Aylmer as Surgeon
* Leonard Sharp as Jack, the petrol pump attendant
* Michael Rennie as Guardsman (uncredited)
Production
It was the third collaboration between Reed and Lockwood.
Actor Michael Rennie appeared as a Guardsman in the film (uncredited) and who later went on to become a leading Hollywood actor.
Reception
The film was popular and helped establish Carol Reed's reputation.
'The Sunday Express' called it "'one of the ablest pieces of picture-making to come out of a British studio."
Lockwood was voted third best actress of 1938 by the readers of 'Film Weekly'.
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