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It was one of a series of British Empire-related movies made by Gaumont around this time, others including ''Rhodes of Africa'', ''The Flying Doctor'' and ''Soldiers Three''.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article231316101 |title=WORLD MARKET |newspaper=[[The Sun]] |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=5 June 1936 |access-date=13 May 2020 |page=17 (COUNTRY EDITION) |via=Trove }} </ref> The film involved 16 weeks location shooting in Canada.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article23586693 |title=Remaking the Canadian Pacific Railway on the Screen |newspaper=[[The Queenslander]] |location=Queensland, Australia |date=4 March 1937 |access-date=13 May 2020 |page=12 |via=Trove }} </ref> |
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Writing for ''[[The Spectator]]'' in 1937, [[Graham Greene]] gives the film a generally good review, describing it as "a thoroughly worthy picture", "well acted, well produced [and] a little less than well written". Greene praised the saloon shindy and horseback race scenes, and commended Palmer's acting, however his primary criticism was that "it shrinks into significance, with its conventional love-story and the impression it leaves that the building of a railway depends on the heroic efforts of one or three men and a girl".<ref>{{cite journal |last= Greene|first= Graham|authorlink= Graham Greene|date= 12 February 1937|title= The Plainsman/The Great Barrier|url= |journal= [[The Spectator]]}} (reprinted in: {{cite book|editor-last= Taylor|editor-first= John Russell|editor-link= John Russell Taylor|date= 1980|title= The Pleasure Dome|url= https://archive.org/details/pleasuredomegrah00gree/page/132|location= |publisher= Oxford University Press|page= [https://archive.org/details/pleasuredomegrah00gree/page/132 132]|isbn= 0192812866}})</ref> |
Writing for ''[[The Spectator]]'' in 1937, [[Graham Greene]] gives the film a generally good review, describing it as "a thoroughly worthy picture", "well acted, well produced [and] a little less than well written". Greene praised the saloon shindy and horseback race scenes, and commended Palmer's acting, however his primary criticism was that "it shrinks into significance, with its conventional love-story and the impression it leaves that the building of a railway depends on the heroic efforts of one or three men and a girl".<ref>{{cite journal |last= Greene|first= Graham|authorlink= Graham Greene|date= 12 February 1937|title= The Plainsman/The Great Barrier|url= |journal= [[The Spectator]]}} (reprinted in: {{cite book|editor-last= Taylor|editor-first= John Russell|editor-link= John Russell Taylor|date= 1980|title= The Pleasure Dome|url= https://archive.org/details/pleasuredomegrah00gree/page/132|location= |publisher= Oxford University Press|page= [https://archive.org/details/pleasuredomegrah00gree/page/132 132]|isbn= 0192812866}})</ref> |
Revision as of 13:16, 13 May 2020
The Great Barrier | |
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Directed by | Milton Rosmer Geoffrey Barkas |
Written by | Alan Sullivan (novel) Michael Barringer Ralph Spence Emeric Pressburger Milton Rosmer |
Produced by | Günther Stapenhorst |
Starring | Richard Arlen Antoinette Cellier Barry MacKay Lilli Palmer |
Cinematography | Sepp Allgeier Glen MacWilliams Robert Martin Arthur Crabtree |
Edited by | Charles Frend Ben Hipkins |
Music by | Hubert Bath Jack Beaver Louis Levy |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Gaumont British Distributors |
Release date | February 1937 |
Running time | 83 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
The Great Barrier is a 1937 British historical drama film directed by Milton Rosmer and Geoffrey Barkas and starring Richard Arlen, Lilli Palmer and Antoinette Cellier. The film depicts the construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway.[1] It was based on the 1935 novel The Great Divide by Alan Sullivan. It was made at the Lime Grove Studios in Shepherd's Bush.[2] The film's sets were designed by Walter Murton.
Cast
- Richard Arlen - Hickey
- Lilli Palmer - Lou
- Antoinette Cellier - Mary Moody
- Barry MacKay - Steve
- Roy Emerton - Moody
- J. Farrell MacDonald - Major Rogers
- Ben Welden - Joe
- Jock MacKay - Bates
- Ernest Sefton - Magistrate
- Henry Victor - Bulldog Kelly
- Reginald Barlow - James Hill
- Arthur Loft - William Van Horne
- Frank McGlynn Sr. - Sir John MacDonald
Production
It was one of a series of British Empire-related movies made by Gaumont around this time, others including Rhodes of Africa, The Flying Doctor and Soldiers Three.[3] The film involved 16 weeks location shooting in Canada.[4]
Reception
Writing for The Spectator in 1937, Graham Greene gives the film a generally good review, describing it as "a thoroughly worthy picture", "well acted, well produced [and] a little less than well written". Greene praised the saloon shindy and horseback race scenes, and commended Palmer's acting, however his primary criticism was that "it shrinks into significance, with its conventional love-story and the impression it leaves that the building of a railway depends on the heroic efforts of one or three men and a girl".[5]
References
- ^ BFI Database
- ^ Cook p.192
- ^ "WORLD MARKET". The Sun. New South Wales, Australia. 5 June 1936. p. 17 (COUNTRY EDITION). Retrieved 13 May 2020 – via Trove.
- ^ "Remaking the Canadian Pacific Railway on the Screen". The Queenslander. Queensland, Australia. 4 March 1937. p. 12. Retrieved 13 May 2020 – via Trove.
- ^ Greene, Graham (12 February 1937). "The Plainsman/The Great Barrier". The Spectator. (reprinted in: Taylor, John Russell, ed. (1980). The Pleasure Dome. Oxford University Press. p. 132. ISBN 0192812866.)
Bibliography
- Cook, Pam. Gainsborough Pictures. Cassell, 1997.
External links
- 1937 films
- 1930s Western (genre) drama films
- 1930s historical films
- British historical films
- British Western (genre) drama films
- British films
- English-language films
- Films directed by Geoffrey Barkas
- Films directed by Milton Rosmer
- Films shot at Lime Grove Studios
- Films set in Canada
- Films set in the 1880s
- Films shot in British Columbia
- Rail transport films
- Films scored by Jack Beaver
- 1930s British film stubs
- British black-and-white films