1949 Directed by Derek N. Twist
Newspaper reporter Nat Hearn returns home after serving in the Royal Air Force during World War II. When one of the paper's owners dies, the man's partner and son offers Nat a position as editor in return for his financial backing. But Nat's reluctance to shy away from controversial issues raises more than a few eyebrows.
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A pleasant and not overly complicated story of freedom of the press as a selected few stand-up to the powerful in small British town. It's a humorous take on oppression, to the point it was almost too cozy.
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Rather good little small town British comedy-drama about a returning WW2 veteran who ends up running a newspaper. He runs into conflict with various figures in the town when, gasp, he is determined to print the truth.
I think there was the potential for something better here, actually. There's the conflict between embracing tradition but also moving forward and not being entrenched in the past that isn't explored enough, and as such exposes Norman Wooland's attitude towards his town as being somewhat mean-spirited at times.
Even so, this is quite smart in a number of other ways and captures the spirit of a seaside town (that they forgot to close down,…
A local community post-wwii – men and women trying to move on from the war and to fit back into the shape of small-town life without becoming small-minded.
I found the two main female characters interesting here: both working women (at the local newspaper setting), one getting over a lost lover and one viewed as 'coarsened' by her time in the WAF.
From a clutch of immediate postwar British films diffusely addressing matters of public policy or social redress (most explicitly in 1952’s Private Information, with another public meeting takedown).
Perhaps it’s not unsurprising given the general reformist atmosphere from the recently elected Attlee Government, and although this isn’t a public information film it still has the tang of the council office about it. Witness its gentle brushing of journalistic ethics, corruption, social housing, women in the workplace, the propriety of women getting drunk in the street…
It never grapples any matter conclusively (apart from camaraderie) but for a light seasoning of reason it has embryonic appeal of a form taken up more convincingly in television serials where dilemmas would get resolved…
Sweet and gentle old newspaper drama. The subject matter is far less important than The Post or Spotlight but it's a similar story about the ins and outs of integrity in journalism - and I gotta say, I enjoyed this infinitely more. I particularly liked seeing young Bryan Forbes, I don't think I've seen him in front of the camera before.
After serving in the RAF during WW2, Nat Hearn struggles to return to his pre-war job in this British comedy drama directed by Derek N. Twist.
The story concerns a powerful advertiser who clashes with a newspaper editor when he tries to push through a crooked housing deal.
Norman Wooland gives a good performance in his role as Nat Hearn, a man who served in the RAF during the Second World War and returns to his former job as a reporter for the newspaper Tormouth Clarion. But after Nat becomes the owner of the paper, his employees go on strike.
Wooland suits his role as the man who is supported by the town over becoming editor of the paper well,…
