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The History Of Mr Polly [DVD]: Amazon.co.uk: John Mills, Sally Ann Howes, Finlay Currie, Betty Ann Davis, Megs Jenkins, William Alwyn, Anthony Pelissier, John Mills, Sally Ann Howes, H.G. Wells: DVD & Blu-ray
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John Mills stars as Alfred Polly, recently sacked from his job he inherits money from his father, thus enabling him to take a bike tour of the country. He falls in love but it all goes wrong so Alfred ends up marrying his cousin, Miriam. They set up a draper's shop in a small town. Miriam sours, they face bankruptcy and boredom and Mr Polly comes to hate his life. In utter despair he decides to commit suicide, but even this goes wrong and he is forced to take to the road again.
Product details
Aspect Ratio
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4:3 - 1.33:1
Is discontinued by manufacturer
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No
Rated
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Universal, suitable for all
Language
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English
Package Dimensions
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19.25 x 13.8 x 1.6 cm; 20 g
Manufacturer reference
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5027626258740
Director
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Anthony Pelissier
Media Format
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Black & White, PAL, Dolby, Mono
Run time
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1 hour and 32 minutes
Release date
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15 Jan. 2007
Actors
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John Mills, Sally Ann Howes, Finlay Currie, Betty Ann Davis, Megs Jenkins
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A very good British film with John Mills in the leading role, the story by H G Wells of a mans life from his day dreams in his youth through a marriage that he regreted to his wandering in imiddle age.
Mr Polly is a dreamer; a daydreamer, who never seems to know exactly what it is he wants, apart from a quiet and simple existence. After the death of a relative, he inherits some money and eventually finds a wife, opens a shop and soon becomes trapped in a dismal and uninteresting existence. He longs to be freed from the life he has made for himself and his only outlet is books; fantasies and fairytales. Since he refuses to work, the shop becomes a liability and he has difficulty paying the bills. No matter what his wife says to him, he still refuses to change and things become pretty bad.
He decides to change his life and sets about the task in a rather contraversial way: burning down his shop. However, even this doesn't go according to his plan and he finds himself made out to be a hero; something which he most definitely is not.
His dreams and plans are very muddled; he never seems to have a real idea or direction in his life. Eventually, he leaves his wife and heads off for the country. Here, he stumbles across an Inn, where he decides to stay, although has to contend with the occasional visit of the drunk and violent husband of the landlady.
With comical, although pleasing and simple charm, Mr Polly defeats the drunkard and continues his peaceful life, until, that is, he becomes restless again and wants to find out how his wife is doing without him.
The story is slow and gentle; charming and witty, but it still tells the story of a man who really just craves the peaceful, uncomplicated life. As ever, John Mills makes the film a pleasure to watch.
I have always loved HG Wells' books. The stories such as 'The Invisible Man' and 'The Time Machine' have always been some of my favourite books. However, this book has always been my favourite Wells novel. The story is wonderful and one of the more down to earth of his repertoir. And i stumbled across the film quite by mistake, looking through a review on Great Expectations.(another of John Mills' hits) I quickly ordered this film and was amazed! It keeps the wonderful story in the right atmosphere and its all topped off by the wonderful acting supplied by the simply sublime cast. It's not one of those films that you watch once and then forget about and leave on the shelf to gather dust. You just want to watch this film over and over again. There are some parts which are shocking (When Mr Polly decides to commit suicide) but then there are wonderous moments.(like when Mr Polly is fighting off Uncle Jim) The spine-tingling monologues that Mr Polly (John Mills) performs throughout the film do pull you into the world and how the character is thinking. With the book already implanted in my mind, i did wonder how they were going to have done some of the significant scenes, but i was wrong to doubt, because its all pulled off superbly.
I can't think of a bad word to say against this film. A definate watch for any time of the year, and its family friendly.
10 out of 10 from me!
Enjoy the journey into the world of Mr Polly and lose yourself in this truly magnificent film!
This is a review of the 2007 Region 2 DVD from Network. The overall quality of this DVD is very good, producing a nicely clear black and white image and excellent sound.
My husband and I are keen and enthusiastic viewers of early British films, and we have enjoyed several of Sir John Mills superb, well-observed comedic roles: ~ of course ‘Hobson’s Choice’(1954); ‘The Family Way’(1966). He was a wonderful dramatic actor too: ‘We Dive at Dawn’(1943); ‘Scott of the Antarctic’(1948). In this 1949 adaptation of HG Wells comic novel from 1910, he had an early opportunity to demonstrate comedy and whimsy, as he plays the role of the eponymous Mr Polly. Both Sir John, and the film, succeed in part.
The story, and therefore, inevitably, the film, is decidedly ‘a game of two halves’. The book reputedly begins slowly; so does the film. There are some very funny passages, particularly involving Mr Polly’s dreadful, cringeworthy family. But Mr Polly is not precisely a man of action, and although this is the whole point, it does tend to weigh down the film’s ability to get going.
Half way through, suddenly, Mr Polly, and the film, receive a decided kick in the behind. There is some tremendous film work, and ~ given the age of the film and probable budget ~ some really excellent special effects, some splendid action and some great laughs. From then on, the film really gathers up it’s skirts and sets off at a most satisfying gallop!
Though we love John Mills, we neither of us felt this was his best work. Firstly, at the start he is supposed to be an immature lad, but he was really 40, and looks it. Then, Sir John has always managed to imbue his working class characters with a deeply-felt inner core of decency and moral compass. Polly however is not a very likeable or estimable man. He is annoying, irritating, and very self-absorbed. This left us with a feeling, especially early on, that the character of Polly was not an ideal fit for John Mills. Perhaps the director meant us to laugh with Polly and feel empathy. We felt only exasperation.
The rest of the ensemble cast, a good cross-section of the best of British, is very good. The great Scottish actor Finlay Currie, who of course had been Abel Magwitch to Sir John’s adult Pip in David Lean’s ‘Great Expectations’ (1946), is deliciously malign as Uncle Jim, and Megs Jenkins ~ who, with Sir John, was in Hayley Mills’ first starring film ‘Tiger Bay’(1959) ~ is a handsome ‘Innkeeper’. Gladys Henson (as Aunt Larkins) and her three equally slatternly daughters, are a treat.
This is a good 4 Star film, not a great one. If you watch it, keep faith, it improves as you progress!
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