Mr. Proudfoot Shows a Light (1941)
8m
Running Time
December 30, 1941Release Date
Mr. Proudfoot Shows a Light (1941)
8m
Running Time
December 30, 1941Release Date
Plot.
Humorously using the arrogant and bumbling Mr. Proudfoot, this film serves a dual purpose of emphasizing the importance of obeying blackout hours, as well as easing the stress of the time period by encouraging laughter.
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Cast & Crew.
Sydney Howard
Mr. Proudfoot
Muriel George
Mrs. Proudfoot
Wylie Watson
Friend
Noel Dainton
Warden
Aubrey Mallalieu
Chairman
Herbert Mason
Director
Sidney Gilliat
Writer
Percy Walsh
Officer
Details.
Release DateDecember 30, 1941
StatusReleased
Running Time8m
Wiki.
Mr. Proudfoot Shows a Light is a 1941 British World War II public information/propaganda short film, directed by Herbert Mason and produced by Edward Black for 20th Century Fox. The film had a number of well-known actors of the period, featuring British film and stage actors, Sydney Howard and Wylie Watson.
Mr. Proudfoot Shows a Light was commissioned by the Ministry of Information and was designed to emphasise, in a humorous manner, the need for absolute adherence to wartime blackout regulations. A secondary consideration of the production was to present information in a way that would relieve the stress of civilians coping with nightly bombing raids in the Blitz.