Now You're Talking (Original title)
Date: May 1940 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirector: John Paddy Carstairs
Synopsis: A dramatised story illustrating the ease with which careless talk may give away vital secrets: a disgruntled factory worker enables enemy agents to blow up an explosives laboratory.Synopsis: Short showing results of information given away by a lorry driver working at an aeroplane factory.Synopsis: Commissioned by the Ministry of Information and specifically target working class audiences; ‘Now you’re talking’ follows a plant worker, who lets slip vital information about some overnight research on a captured enemy aircraft. This inevitably leads to this most important of secrets falling into the lap of the enemy.
Genre: Government sponsored film
Subjects: World War II, Propaganda
Releases
Date: May 1940Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: not specified - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 11 mins Length: 1058 FeetLanguage: English
Date: 11 January 2016Country: United KingdomRelease type: InternetFormat: not specified - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 12 mins Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: BFIPlayer
Title: [Documentary News Letter - v1 n5 May 1940: no known title]Language: English
In: Kinematograph Weekly n1724 2 May 1940
Title: [Kinematograph Weekly - n1724 2 May 1940: no known title]Language: English
In: Today's Cinema v54 n4393 26 Mar 1940
Title: [Today's Cinema - v54 n4393 26 Mar 1940: no known title]Language: English
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(10)
Accessible materials to view(3)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 1058 FeetBFI identifier: C-120015
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: Digital BetacamLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALBFI identifier: N-53169
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
Description: WMVBFI identifier: N-637610
Status: Viewing - Digital file is accessible to view within BFI
Digital materials(3)
Description: MPEG-2 - LTO5Duration: 00:11:30 minutesD10 - BFI identifier: N-53077
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved digital file
Description: 50I - LTO5Duration: 00:11:30 minutesD10 - BFI identifier: N-53077-2
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved digital file
Description: WMVBFI identifier: N-637610
Status: Viewing - Digital file is accessible to view within BFI
Video materials(3)
Description: 1-inch (unspecified)BFI identifier: C-560236
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Description: Digital BetacamDuration: 11 minutesLine standard: 625BFI identifier: N-33125
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved videotape
Description: Digital BetacamLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALBFI identifier: N-53169
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
Film materials(4)
Description: 35mm Base: NitrateSound: CombinedLength: 1074 FeetStock date: 1940BFI identifier: C-120018
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 1058 FeetBFI identifier: C-120015
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: SafetySound: SoundLength: 1058 FeetStock date: 1977BFI identifier: C-120016
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 1075 FeetStock date: 1977BFI identifier: C-120017
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Date: May 1940 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirector: John Paddy Carstairs
Synopsis: A dramatised story illustrating the ease with which careless talk may give away vital secrets: a disgruntled factory worker enables enemy agents to blow up an explosives laboratory.Synopsis: Short showing results of information given away by a lorry driver working at an aeroplane factory.Synopsis: Commissioned by the Ministry of Information and specifically target working class audiences; ‘Now you’re talking’ follows a plant worker, who lets slip vital information about some overnight research on a captured enemy aircraft. This inevitably leads to this most important of secrets falling into the lap of the enemy.
Genre: Government sponsored film
Subjects: World War II, Propaganda
Releases
Date: May 1940Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: not specified - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 11 mins Length: 1058 FeetLanguage: English
Date: 11 January 2016Country: United KingdomRelease type: InternetFormat: not specified - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 12 mins Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: BFIPlayer
Credits
(7)
Production Company: Ealing Studios, Sponsor: Ministry of Information, Producer: Michael Balcon, Script: Jeffrey Dell, Script: Basil Dearden, Script: Roger MacDougall
Cast
(11)
Sebastian Shaw (Charles Hampton), Dorothy Hyson (Mrs Hampton), Edward Chapman (Alf Small), Judy Campbell (Doris), George Merritt (Fred Perkins), Lloyd Pearson (Jake), Alec Clunes (Harry), George Relph (spy), Gordon James (Tom), Richard Norris (Jim), Johnnie Schofield (man)
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library
(3)
In: Documentary News Letter v1 n5 May 1940 Page: 17Title: [Documentary News Letter - v1 n5 May 1940: no known title]Language: English
In: Kinematograph Weekly n1724 2 May 1940
Title: [Kinematograph Weekly - n1724 2 May 1940: no known title]Language: English
In: Today's Cinema v54 n4393 26 Mar 1940
Title: [Today's Cinema - v54 n4393 26 Mar 1940: no known title]Language: English
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(10)
Accessible materials to view(3)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 1058 FeetBFI identifier: C-120015
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: Digital BetacamLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALBFI identifier: N-53169
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
Description: WMVBFI identifier: N-637610
Status: Viewing - Digital file is accessible to view within BFI
Digital materials(3)
Description: MPEG-2 - LTO5Duration: 00:11:30 minutesD10 - BFI identifier: N-53077
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved digital file
Description: 50I - LTO5Duration: 00:11:30 minutesD10 - BFI identifier: N-53077-2
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved digital file
Description: WMVBFI identifier: N-637610
Status: Viewing - Digital file is accessible to view within BFI
Video materials(3)
Description: 1-inch (unspecified)BFI identifier: C-560236
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Description: Digital BetacamDuration: 11 minutesLine standard: 625BFI identifier: N-33125
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved videotape
Description: Digital BetacamLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALBFI identifier: N-53169
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
Film materials(4)
Description: 35mm Base: NitrateSound: CombinedLength: 1074 FeetStock date: 1940BFI identifier: C-120018
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 1058 FeetBFI identifier: C-120015
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: SafetySound: SoundLength: 1058 FeetStock date: 1977BFI identifier: C-120016
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 1075 FeetStock date: 1977BFI identifier: C-120017
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film