White Corridors

1951 British film by Pat Jackson

White Corridors
Directed byPat Jackson
Based onnovel Yeoman's Hospital by Helen Ashton
Produced byJoseph Janni
John Croydon
StarringGoogie Withers
CinematographyC. M. Pennington-Richards
Edited bySidney Hayers
Production
company
Vic Films Productions
Distributed byGeneral Film Distributors (UK)
Release date
12 June 1951 (London)(UK)
Running time
102 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

White Corridors is a 1951 British drama film directed by Pat Jackson and starring Googie Withers, Godfrey Tearle, James Donald and Petula Clark.[1] It is based on the 1944 novel Yeoman's Hospital by Helen Ashton.

The film is set in a hospital shortly after the establishment of the National Health Service.[2]

Plot

The day-to-day life of the staff and patients at a city hospital.[3] The central story is that of doctors Sophie Dean and Neil Marriner, who are in love, and their fight to save the life of Tommy Briggs, a little boy with blood poisoning.

Cast

Production

The film marked Googie Withers's return to acting after 13 months off following the birth of her child.[4] John Mills at one stage was announced to play the male lead.[5]

Bombardier Billy Wells, the man who bangs the gong on the Rank trademark, had a small role.[6]

Pat Jackson claims making the film was "a joy" and says it was shot in five weeks.[7]

Reception

Box office

White Corridors was the 8th most popular film at the British box office in 1951.[8][9]

Critical

The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "The material of White Corridors is not distinguished, and its episodic structure emphasises that the characterisation is mainly one-dimensional; the interweaving of a series of glimpsed characters needed a firmer conception if real depth were to be given to them and thus to the whole background of the hospital which the film sets out to explore. But on a surface level the film is remarkably successful, due to the persuasive talents of its director, Pat Jackson."[10]

Accolades

At the 1951 BAFTAS it was nominated for Best Film and Best British Film.[11] Petula Clark was nominated for Best Supporting Actress.

References

  1. ^ "White Corridors". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
  2. ^ "White Corridors". IMDb. October 1951.
  3. ^ "WHITE CORRIDORS". The Australian Women's Weekly. National Library of Australia. 15 October 1952. p. 52. Retrieved 11 July 2012.
  4. ^ "EMPHASIS ON GLAMOR AT ROYAL FILM SHOW". The Mirror. Perth: National Library of Australia. 18 November 1950. p. 15. Retrieved 11 July 2012.
  5. ^ "Gossip From The Studios". The Sydney Morning Herald. National Library of Australia. 23 November 1950. p. 17. Retrieved 11 July 2012.
  6. ^ "NOTES ON FILMS". The Sunday Herald. Sydney: National Library of Australia. 28 January 1951. p. 4 Supplement: Features. Retrieved 11 July 2012.
  7. ^ "Pat Jackson interview" (PDF). British Entertainment History Project. 22 March 1991.
  8. ^ "Vivien Leigh Actress of the Year". Townsville Daily Bulletin. Qld.: National Library of Australia. 29 December 1951. p. 1. Retrieved 27 April 2012.
  9. ^ Thumim, Janet. "The popular cash and culture in the postwar British cinema industry". Screen. Vol. 32, no. 3. p. 258.
  10. ^ "White Corridors". The Monthly Film Bulletin. 18 (204): 294. 1 January 1951 – via ProQuest.
  11. ^ BFI.org

External links

  • White Corridors at IMDb Edit this at Wikidata
  • White Corridors then-and-now location photographs at ReelStreets
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