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The Galloping Major (film)

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Production
Main cast
Location
References
Bibliography
External links

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| name = The Galloping Major
| image_size =
| image = The Galloping Major FilmPoster.jpeg
| caption =
| director = Henry Cornelius
| producer = Monja Danischewsky
| writer = Monja Danischewsky
Henry Cornelius
Basil Radford
| narrator =
| starring = Basil Radford
Jimmy Hanley
Janette Scott
A. E. Matthews
Rene Ray
| cinematography = Stanley Pavey
| editing = Geoffrey Foot
| music = Georges Auric
| studio = Romulus Films
| distributor = Independent Film Distributors
| released = 8 May 1951
| runtime = 82 minutes
| country = United Kingdom
| language = English
| budget =
| gross = £153,770 (UK)^[1]
}}

The Galloping Major is a 1951 British comedy sports film, starring Basil Radford, Jimmy Hanley and Janette Scott.^[2] It also featured Sid James, Charles Hawtrey and Joyce Grenfell in supporting roles. It was directed by Henry Cornelius and made at the Riverside Studios in Hammersmith. The film's sets were designed by Norman Arnold.

The title is taken from the song "The Galloping Major", and the plot was centred on gambling at the horse racing track. People in a London suburb form a syndicate to buy a race horse to run in the Grand National.

Production

The film was made as an independent production, backed by the Woolf Brothers. It proved profitable at the box office,^[3] but producer Monja Danischewsky quit independent production afterwards to return to work at Ealing Studios. It has been noted as being similar in style to the Ealing comedies of the same era.^[4]

It features appearances by several figures well-known at the time, including the jockey Charlie Smirke and the radio commentators Raymond Glendenning and Bruce Belfrage.

Main cast

Basil Radford as Major Arthur Hill
Jimmy Hanley as Bill Collins
Janette Scott as Susan Hill
A. E. Matthews as Sir Robert Medleigh
Rene Ray as Pam Riley
Hugh Griffith as Harold Temple
Joyce Grenfell as Maggie
Charles Victor as Sam Fisher
Sydney Tafler as Mr. Leon
Charles Lamb as Ernie Smart, Horse Owner
Charles Hawtrey as Lew Rimmel
Alfie Bass as Newspaper seller
Sid James as Bottomley
Kenneth More as Rosedale Film Studio Director
Stuart Latham as Rosedale Film Studio Assistant
Leslie Phillips as Reporter
Michael Ward as Racegoer
Edie Martin as Lady at Meeting
Sam Kydd as Newspaper Vendor
Thora Hird as Tea Stall woman
Ellen Pollock as Horsey Lady
Duncan Lamont as Trainer

Location

"Lambs Green" in the film is actually Belsize Village, London NW3. The cafe in the film was a greengrocer's shop in 2012, but the whole area is easily recognisable.
The race track was filmed at Alexandra Palace, which can be seen briefly in the background.

References

1. ^Vincent Porter, 'The Robert Clark Account', Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, Vol 20 No 4, 2000 p495
2. ^http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6aac9e87
3. ^Harper & Porter p.147
4. ^Murphy p.123

Bibliography

Harper, Sue & Porter, Vincent. British Cinema of the 1950s: The Decline of Deference. Oxford University Press, 2007.
Murphy, Robert. Directors in British and Irish Cinema: A Reference Companion. British Film Institute, 2006.

External links

{{IMDb title|id=0043574|title=The Galloping Major}}

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