The Loves of Joanna Godden (Dir: Charles Frend, 1947).
Originally posted on Instagram 30/01/19:
I will admit to knowing little about movie number 12 before watching. Yet The Loves of Joanna Godden (Charles Frend, 1947) is an Ealing Studios production of some pedigree, with a screenplay by H E Bates and music by Ralph Vaughan Williams.
Somewhat atypical of Ealing, The Loves of Joanna Godden is a romantic period piece starring Googie Withers as a young woman who inherits a sheep farm and is determined to make it a success without the aid of a husband.
This proto-feminist plot is unusual in post-war British cinema and especially so from Ealing whose protagonists are almost always men. This is certainly to be commended. As is the beautiful Romney Marsh locales and the realistic depiction of the devastation caused by an outbreak of foot and mouth disease. It is perhaps here where The Loves of Joanna Godden most belies its Ealing roots as the studio was paramount in the British documentary and social-realist movement.
Watching Miss Withers juggle the duel concerns of lambing and of finding or fending off potential suitors is not exactly thrilling; yet the film is enjoyable and worth a watch as an unusual release from the years when Ealing was at the peak of its powers.
Somewhat atypical of Ealing, The Loves of Joanna Godden is a romantic period piece starring Googie Withers as a young woman who inherits a sheep farm and is determined to make it a success without the aid of a husband.
This proto-feminist plot is unusual in post-war British cinema and especially so from Ealing whose protagonists are almost always men. This is certainly to be commended. As is the beautiful Romney Marsh locales and the realistic depiction of the devastation caused by an outbreak of foot and mouth disease. It is perhaps here where The Loves of Joanna Godden most belies its Ealing roots as the studio was paramount in the British documentary and social-realist movement.
Watching Miss Withers juggle the duel concerns of lambing and of finding or fending off potential suitors is not exactly thrilling; yet the film is enjoyable and worth a watch as an unusual release from the years when Ealing was at the peak of its powers.
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