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Hindle Wakes (1927)

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Film details

Featuring

Estelle Brody Norman Mckinnel Humberstone Wright
Country

United Kingdom
Year

1927
Genre

Drama
Type

Film
Category

Fiction

Alternative titles

Fanny Hawthorne Alternative

Synopsis

The play is an incident in the life of Hindle, a Lancashire cotton town; a play upon human hearts and aspirations. Hindle is typical of Lancashire cotton towns; for fifty-one weeks in the year, it rises with the dawn and matches its dreary atmosphere with its drab existence in the cotton mills, but for one week in the year looms stand silent whilst the cotton slaves give themselves up to hectic holiday-making, popularly known as "wakes".

Cast & Credits

Cast
- - Fanny Hawthorne
    
    Estelle Brody
  - Nathaniel Jeffcote
    
    Norman Mckinnel
  - Chris Hawthorne
    
    Humberstone Wright
  - Mrs Hawthorne
    
    Marie Ault
  - Allan Jeffcote
    
    John Stuart
  - Mrs Jeffcote
    
    Irene Rooke
  - Mary Hollins
    
    Peggy Carlisle
  - Mr Hollins
    
    Soutten, Graham
  - Sir Timothy Farrar
    
    Arthur Chesney
  - Beatrice Farrar
    
    Gladys Jennings
  - George Ramsbottom
    
    Jack Rowal
  - Nobby
    
    Alf Goddard
  - Alf
    
    Cyril McLaglen
Credits
- Unknown:
  - Director
    
    Maurice Elvey
  - Production Company
    
    Gaumont-British Picture Corporation
  - Producer
    
    Maurice Elvey
  - Producer
    
    Victor Saville
  - Screenplay
    
    Victor Saville
  - Original Play
    
    Stanley Houghton
  - Photography
    
    William Shenton
  - Photography
    
    Jack Cox
  - Supervising Editor
    
    V. Gareth Gundrey
  - Art Director
    
    Andrew Mazzei
  - Studio
    
    Shepherd's Bush Studios

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