“Whisky Galore!”, “Passport to Pimlico,” “Maggie,” “The Titfield Thunderbolt” – Fun, fun, fun [MOVIE REVIEW]
Gordon Jackson as George Campbell in “Whisky Galore.” Photo courtesy of Studio Canal and Film Movement. A quartet of classic Ealing Brothers British comedies has just been digitally restored and released on DVD and Blu-ray. The Ealing Film Studios were famous throughout the world for the comedies they produced in the 40s and 50s and the stars they highlighted. The films included in this set have been valued and sought after by cinephiles for years and their digital restoration makes them an even more valuable archive of British comedy in the post-World War II era. “Whisky Galore” and “Passport to Pimlico” are, perhaps, the most renowned of the quartet; “The Titfield Thunderbolt” and “The Maggie” aka “High and Dry,” the least. Due to time constraints, “The Maggie was not reviewed but the bones of this film are good as it was directed by Alexander Mackendrick who also did “Whisky Galore.” The best of the group is “The Titfield Thunderbolt” (1953). The village of Titfield is connected to the rest of the world by its small steam locomotive, the Titfield Thunderbolt. But the newly nationalized British Rail service is eliminating many of the small passenger lines and Titfield’s is just…
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