The Card (1952)

[Tommy Tainant]

The Card (1952 film) - Wikipedia

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An adaptation of the Aenold Bennett noved of the same name, it was known as the Promoter in the US. A Card was slang for a wideboy type character in the UK although the phrase has rather gone out of fashion.

Alec Guinness stars as a bright young fellow who is on the make and keen to get on in life in Edwardian Stoke. The film follows his various adventures and is hugely entertaining. Glynis Johns is the female lead and steals the picture from Guiness every time.

Its free to watch on Youtube and gives a pretty decent glimpse of Edwardian Britain and also the Potteries which, in trth, hasnt chnaged much since taht period. Mr Bennett wrote a lot of novels about that area and although they would not be called classics they are very entertaining.

His books have spawned many tv adaptations but this is the only feature film made to my knowledge.

 

[toobfreak]

A Card was slang for a wideboy type character in the UK although the phrase has rather gone out of fashion.

Thanks for the English trivia.

Alec Guinness stars as a bright young fellow who is on the make and keen to get on in life in Edwardian Stoke. The film follows his various adventures and is hugely entertaining. Glynis Johns is the female lead and steals the picture from Guiness every time.

Wasn't Guinness a famous London-born English actor? And Johns, wasn't she born in English-occupied South Africa?

Sure you ain't English, lad?

 

[Flopper]

The Card (1952 film) - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

An adaptation of the Aenold Bennett noved of the same name, it was known as the Promoter in the US. A Card was slang for a wideboy type character in the UK although the phrase has rather gone out of fashion.

Alec Guinness stars as a bright young fellow who is on the make and keen to get on in life in Edwardian Stoke. The film follows his various adventures and is hugely entertaining. Glynis Johns is the female lead and steals the picture from Guiness every time.

Its free to watch on Youtube and gives a pretty decent glimpse of Edwardian Britain and also the Potteries which, in trth, hasnt chnaged much since taht period. Mr Bennett wrote a lot of novels about that area and although they would not be called classics they are very entertaining.

His books have spawned many tv adaptations but this is the only feature film made to my knowledge.

I like Alec Guinness's early movies

 

[Flopper]

The Card (1952 film) - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

An adaptation of the Aenold Bennett noved of the same name, it was known as the Promoter in the US. A Card was slang for a wideboy type character in the UK although the phrase has rather gone out of fashion.

Alec Guinness stars as a bright young fellow who is on the make and keen to get on in life in Edwardian Stoke. The film follows his various adventures and is hugely entertaining. Glynis Johns is the female lead and steals the picture from Guiness every time.

Its free to watch on Youtube and gives a pretty decent glimpse of Edwardian Britain and also the Potteries which, in trth, hasnt chnaged much since taht period. Mr Bennett wrote a lot of novels about that area and although they would not be called classics they are very entertaining.

His books have spawned many tv adaptations but this is the only feature film made to my knowledge.

Loved it. Thanks for the recommendation Tommy. It's a delight to see a young Alec Guiness and Glynis Johns in a good comedy.
Have you seen:
Kind Hearts and Coronets
The Lavender Hill Mob
The Man in the White Suit

 

[Tommy Tainant]

Loved it. Thanks for the recommendation Tommy. It's a delight to see a young Alec Guiness and Glynis Johns in a good comedy.
Have you seen:
Kind Hearts and Coronets
The Lavender Hill Mob
The Man in the White Suit

Im glad you liked it. I saw the White Suit a few weeks ago. Ive got a box set with the major Ealing Comedies and try to work through them every year or so.

If you enjoyed that one there are several more taht are worth looking at.
The Titfield Thunderbolt is like a warm comfort blanket of a film. Its about the closure of a railway line and the villagers attempts to keep it open. Its a Britain that has long gone.

Another one from a few years later is Im Alright Jack about a toff who brings the country to a standstill by the criminal offence of working too hard. Its hilarious. Again a Britain that has long since disappeared. Peter Sellers greatest film role.

 

[Flopper]

Im glad you liked it. I saw the White Suit a few weeks ago. Ive got a box set with the major Ealing Comedies and try to work through them every year or so.

If you enjoyed that one there are several more taht are worth looking at.
The Titfield Thunderbolt is like a warm comfort blanket of a film. Its about the closure of a railway line and the villagers attempts to keep it open. Its a Britain that has long gone.

Another one from a few years later is Im Alright Jack about a toff who brings the country to a standstill by the criminal offence of working too hard. Its hilarious. Again a Britain that has long since disappeared. Peter Sellers greatest film role.

Sound interesting