Painted Boats (1945)
September 1, 1945Release Date
Painted Boats (1945)
September 1, 1945Release Date
Plot.
Where to Watch.
Cast & Crew.
Jenny Laird
Mary Smith
Madoline Thomas
Mrs. Stoner
Bill Blewitt
Her Father
Grace Arnold
Sister
Harry Fowler
Alf Stoner
May Hallatt
Her Mother Sophia
Robert Griffiths
Ted Stoner
Robert Griffiths
Ted Stoner
Robert Griffiths
Ted Stoner
Megs Jenkins
Barmaid
Charles Crichton
Director
Louis MacNeice
Writer
John Owers
Bill
James McKechnie
Commentator
Michael McCarthy
Writer
Michael Balcon
Producer
Media.
Details.
Wiki.
Painted Boats (US titles The Girl on the Canal or The Girl of the Canal) is a British drama film directed by Charles Crichton and released by Ealing Studios in 1945. Painted Boats, one of the lesser-known Ealing films of the period, is brief (63 minutes long), uses a little-known cast and has a slight storyline. It is however considered significant by waterways enthusiasts as a fictionalised documentary, providing a rare extensive filmic depiction of a long-gone way of life on England's working canal system in the 1940s. The narration was by Louis MacNeice, including some verse specially written to suit the onscreen action, most notably the sequence in which the narrow boat is being 'legged' through one of the tunnels. Much background information on canals and suggestions for suitable filming locations were provided by the writer L. T. C. Rolt, who also provided the title, and who records in his autobiography that he was disappointed to find that his name had not been included in the film's credits.