Hindle Wakes

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Factory girls Fanny Hawthorn and Mary Hollins decide to take their vacation at Blackpool, Britain's version of Coney Island. There Fanny meets Allan, the wealthy son of factory owner Nathaniel Jeffcote, The two impetuously ditch Mary to spend time alone. When her family discovers what has occurred, they confront Nathaniel, who forces his son to propose marriage to the girl. Fanny's decision shocks everyone... In filming this popular stage play, director Maurice Elvey decided to provide a complete back-story. In doing so, he liberated the film from the conventions of the theater. Using the actual mills in Lancashire gives the film an astonishing documentary realism while the moving camera flying in and around Blackpool's famed rides like the plunging Big-Dipper and Helter-Skelter and climbing the heights of the Tower is as good as any in the history of cinema. When Stanley Houghton's play opened in 1912, a near-riot broke out in London. Famed anarchist Emma Goldman proclaimed it as one of the most important advancements in liberating women from society's sexual double standards. Even today, Fanny's final decision - a choice that ripped apart the conventional morals of Edwardian society - astonishes audiences with its pure courage. For many, "Hindle Wakes" is England's equivalent to Ibsen's "The Doll's House.".

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Resorted By The British Film Institute, Two scores: Modern accompaniment score by the famed British group In the Nursery / Traditional original score by composer and pianist Philip Carli; Color Tinted; Stills Gallery, iincluding scenes from the film and the original Manchester production of the play in 1912; Article about the play by anarchist Emma Goldman.Photo Gallery.