The Halfway House (1944) -
The story of this film was quite odd in the way that the writer must have had an extraordinary mind to even think about it. Somewhat based on a true incident, in which a Welsh Inn, a father and his daughter were the only victims of an off course bomber in World War II and of any bomb in that area at all, it brings together a group of misfits and worn out people who all have issues in their own lives to resolve.
It did take a long time to get down to the crux of it all and it seemed to show the people of Wales as a bit backwards, but that aside it was clever and somewhat sad, but also very poignant.
There were hints of 'The Parent Trap' (1961/98) and a book about an Inn that I can't quite recall, but along the lines of Charles Dickens or Edgar Allen Poe, but obviously more up to date, almost a century after many of their works. It wasn't as spooky as Poe, but it certainly had a supernatural mystery to it.
None of the cast stood out as exemplary, they all just did their jobs well and sometimes that's all that's needed.
Overall it was a very charming little film that would be pleasant to watch on a summers afternoon with a nice cup of tea and it stands to commemorate that odd occurrence and the father and daughter who died inexplicably during WWII.
569.41/1000.
The story of this film was quite odd in the way that the writer must have had an extraordinary mind to even think about it. Somewhat based on a true incident, in which a Welsh Inn, a father and his daughter were the only victims of an off course bomber in World War II and of any bomb in that area at all, it brings together a group of misfits and worn out people who all have issues in their own lives to resolve.
It did take a long time to get down to the crux of it all and it seemed to show the people of Wales as a bit backwards, but that aside it was clever and somewhat sad, but also very poignant.
There were hints of 'The Parent Trap' (1961/98) and a book about an Inn that I can't quite recall, but along the lines of Charles Dickens or Edgar Allen Poe, but obviously more up to date, almost a century after many of their works. It wasn't as spooky as Poe, but it certainly had a supernatural mystery to it.
None of the cast stood out as exemplary, they all just did their jobs well and sometimes that's all that's needed.
Overall it was a very charming little film that would be pleasant to watch on a summers afternoon with a nice cup of tea and it stands to commemorate that odd occurrence and the father and daughter who died inexplicably during WWII.
569.41/1000.