Liverpool Waterfont Film , 1950

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1950, Film starring Robert Newton, Richard Burton and Kathleen Harrison,in which there are street scenes of both Liverpool and Bootle, shots of the LOHR, St Martins Cottages, G.H.Lee’s and Owen Owen’sand Brown Brothers, plus dock locations and the Pier Head.

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  4. I was born in Liverpool in 1943.
    I never have had a so called "Scouse" accent. Nor did my Mother, or my father, or my grand parents, or any member of my extended family.
    There was a local intonation of course, as exampled by Arthur Askey, or Ted Ray, who both lived in Liverpool, and that intonation, might be termed Liverpudlian, but it mainly described the place of origin rather than the accent.
    I think Rex Harrison came from the area as well.

    The heavy Scouse accents only became prevalent later.
    Even the Beatles had only moderate accents.

    The old term for a male from Liverpool was: a "Dicky Sam!" And for the female: "Tilly Mint".
    My mother sometimes referred to my sister as "Tilly Mint, when correcting her.

    I saw this film years ago, but I think much more of it now.
    The scene in the prison's room between the Son, the Father, and the Mother, was very poignant.
    Very fine professional acting indeed.

    Many thanks for posting
    From the west coast of Scotland.

  5. First World War brass cartridge case on the mantle piece, at 4:O7. Common at one time.
    I have two (Ypres) decorated examples. Make good stable flower vases.

  6. That goes to show that talent is not enough you must have the brain too to make it in this World. Richard Burton is the 4th or 5th name in the cast list yet he went to become a super star whereas the others never was heard of them. Also Hattie Jacques who plays the music hall singer in this film did well especially in the Carry on series.

  8. Gritty, I hardly recognised Burton, Yep the accents !! had they tried a little irish tone it would have worked for little Ireland as Liverpool was known. Thanks for putting this film up.

  9. Don't go with your first boyfriend! Especially when they're pushy. He'll dump you for Liz Taylor.
    I think the brother is really the older sister's son.
    I'm glad I got along better with my sisters.
    Even the inside walls are brick.

  16. The Mrs. says. A very good role for Robert Newton, what a rotten selfish lout, I grew up with one of those bastards and we suffered a lot, my little brothers and I went without everything, barely a pair of shoes to wear, it was torture, and our Mother was just as bad. It's still a good movie and Richard before his destructive years with that sawed off Elizabeth Taylor. he played that minor role with sincerity and he must have lived his life with want like so many of us did when young.

  27. When this was shown in Liverpool, the scousers must have had a good laugh about the local's accents that ranged from public school RP to Lancashire and Yorkshire.

  28. I always look out for tram and train track. Over 60% of old British and American films feature people talking on trains. The bitumen and combustion engine moguls bought out democratic rights, and is why we have global warming, when electric and battery vehicles existed by 1890s. I remember Brisbane trams in the sixties.

    Now, people are directed and divided via Facebook, not meeting others from different walks.

    They're still ripping up our tracks here in 2020 for elite cyclists. The 'middle class' don't want to mix with the poor, homeless, disabled Indigenous or even foreigners. Tourists ask why it's so difficult to get around, as our politicians drive or travel by air. Our road fatalities in our region are high.

    We now just have one bus service per day, when we once had rail services that took us to the coast. Transport was better in the earlier twentieth century, and would have been great if we moved into the future, and not just into cyber space.

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