Bank Holiday (Original title)Three on a Weekend (Alternative title)
Dates: 1938 (Copyright), 06 June 1938 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirected by: Carol Reed
Synopsis: Comedy drama. Assorted groups of people head to the popular seaside resort of Bexborough for a bank holiday weekend. One group taking the train from London is a family with an exasperated mother, May, restless young children and a father, Arthur, who likes to nip off to the pub. Another is Doreen Richards, 'Miss Fulham', who is due to enter a beauty contest at Bexborough (and beat Miss Mayfair), and her friend Milly who yearns for male companionship. Another couple, Geoffrey and Catharine, plan to check into a hotel as a married couple, though Catharine has misgivings about the wisdom of this idea. She is a nurse and her mind is more on a recently widowed (and possibly suicidal) young father, Stephen Howard, whose wife has died in childbirth, and whose wellbeing Catharine is concerned about. In the end, finding his phone off the hook, she leaves town, fearing for his safety.
Genres: Comedy, Drama
Subjects: Holidays, Coastlines, Widowhood
Releases
Date: 06 June 1938Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundAspect ratio: 1.375:1Runtime: 86 mins Length: 7744 FeetDialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: General Film Distributors
Title: [Today's Cinema - v77 n6316 16 Aug 1951: no known title]Language: English
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v5 n50 February 1938 Page: 48
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v5 n50 February 1938: no known title]Article type: NoteLanguage: English
In: Kinematograph Weekly n1607 3 Feb 1938 Page: 24
Title: [Kinematograph Weekly - n1607 3 Feb 1938: no known title]Article type: ReviewLanguage: English
In: The Picturegoer v7 n364 14 May 1938 Page: 24
Title: [The Picturegoer - v7 n364 14 May 1938: no known title]Language: English
Description: Synopsis.
In: Today's Cinema v50 n3828 29 Jan 1938 Page: 4
Title: [Today's Cinema - v50 n3828 29 Jan 1938: no known title]Article type: ReviewLanguage: English
In: Motion Picture Herald v130 n13 26 Mar 1938 Page: 42
Title: [Motion Picture Herald - v130 n13 26 Mar 1938: no known title]Language: English
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v5 n51 March 1938 Page: 64
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v5 n51 March 1938: no known title]Language: English
In: Variety 9 Feb 1938 Page: 0
Title: [Variety - 9 Feb 1938: no known title]Article type: ReviewLanguage: English
In: Film Weekly v20 n491 12 Mar 1938 Page: 23
Title: [Film Weekly - v20 n491 12 Mar 1938: no known title]Language: English
Dates: 1938 (Copyright), 06 June 1938 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirected by: Carol Reed
Synopsis: Comedy drama. Assorted groups of people head to the popular seaside resort of Bexborough for a bank holiday weekend. One group taking the train from London is a family with an exasperated mother, May, restless young children and a father, Arthur, who likes to nip off to the pub. Another is Doreen Richards, 'Miss Fulham', who is due to enter a beauty contest at Bexborough (and beat Miss Mayfair), and her friend Milly who yearns for male companionship. Another couple, Geoffrey and Catharine, plan to check into a hotel as a married couple, though Catharine has misgivings about the wisdom of this idea. She is a nurse and her mind is more on a recently widowed (and possibly suicidal) young father, Stephen Howard, whose wife has died in childbirth, and whose wellbeing Catharine is concerned about. In the end, finding his phone off the hook, she leaves town, fearing for his safety.
Genres: Comedy, Drama
Subjects: Holidays, Coastlines, Widowhood
Releases
Date: 06 June 1938Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundAspect ratio: 1.375:1Runtime: 86 mins Length: 7744 FeetDialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: General Film Distributors
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library
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In: Today's Cinema v77 n6316 16 Aug 1951 Page: 7Title: [Today's Cinema - v77 n6316 16 Aug 1951: no known title]Language: English
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v5 n50 February 1938 Page: 48
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v5 n50 February 1938: no known title]Article type: NoteLanguage: English
In: Kinematograph Weekly n1607 3 Feb 1938 Page: 24
Title: [Kinematograph Weekly - n1607 3 Feb 1938: no known title]Article type: ReviewLanguage: English
In: The Picturegoer v7 n364 14 May 1938 Page: 24
Title: [The Picturegoer - v7 n364 14 May 1938: no known title]Language: English
Description: Synopsis.
In: Today's Cinema v50 n3828 29 Jan 1938 Page: 4
Title: [Today's Cinema - v50 n3828 29 Jan 1938: no known title]Article type: ReviewLanguage: English
In: Motion Picture Herald v130 n13 26 Mar 1938 Page: 42
Title: [Motion Picture Herald - v130 n13 26 Mar 1938: no known title]Language: English
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v5 n51 March 1938 Page: 64
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v5 n51 March 1938: no known title]Language: English
In: Variety 9 Feb 1938 Page: 0
Title: [Variety - 9 Feb 1938: no known title]Article type: ReviewLanguage: English
In: Film Weekly v20 n491 12 Mar 1938 Page: 23
Title: [Film Weekly - v20 n491 12 Mar 1938: no known title]Language: English