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The Galloping Major

Item number (ISN):

25470

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1951

Item number (ISN):

25470

Type of material:

Moving images

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Record information – Details

Fonds/collection:

ASSOCIATED SCREEN NEWS LTD.

Accession:

1973-0127

Media:

Film

Original title:

The Galloping Major

Part:

1 of 1

Production date:

1951

Production company:

Sirius Productions Ltd.

Production credit:

director/ producer/screenplay, Henry Cornelius; producer/screenplay, Monja Danischewski; production supervisor, E.M. Smedley-Aston; photography, Stanley Pavey; editing, Geoffrey Foot; music, George Auric; music conductor, Muir Mathieson

Cast credit:

Basil Radford, Jimmy Hanley, Janette Scott, R.E. Matthews, Rene Ray, Charles Victor, Joyce Grenfell, Hugh Griffith, Julien Mitchell, Sidney Tafler, Charlie Smirke, Raymond Glendenning, Bruce Belfrage, Marion Harris Jr.

Sponsor:

Romulus/Independent Films

Description:

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This film is about a pet store owner in Lambs Green, London, by the name of Major Hill, who gets himself in trouble with creditors because of his gambling problem. After being threatened by a bill collector, Major Hill goes to the track, and gets lucky on a horse named Montana Miss. Later, he and the bill collector start a syndicate to try and raise enough money to buy the horse. Unfortunately, they arrive at the auction too late, and buy the wrong horse by mistake. After a poor race showing, their jockey discovers that the horse (named the Galloping Major), is a better jumper than sprinter. They then decide to train the horse for the upcoming British Grand Nationals. The Major's daughter knits the horse a blanket, and sneaks into the barn one night to put it on him. She leaves the barn door open by mistake, and next morning the horse is reported missing. After frantically searching all over the countryside, they discover that the horse wondered onto a film set and was being used as a prop. They manage to get the horse back, and enter the race in the nick of time. Major Hill rides the Galloping Major to victory. <83mn>

Notes:

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1. Based on an idea by Basil Radford.~2. Henry Cornelius, the creator of this film, died in 1958.

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Vault ISN:

29446

Format:

FILM

Location number:

N-1490
N-1491
N-1492
N-1493
N-1494
N-1495
N-1496
N-1497
N-1498

Number of items:

9

Kind of sound:

COMP

Stock:

NITRATE

Technical description:

NEG

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

88900

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V1 8808-0048

Number of items:

1

Status:

REF
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Conditions of access:

Open

Consultation copy number:

V1 8808-0048

Restrictions on consultation:

~No Restrictions / Pas de restrictions

Donor restrictions:

No donor restrictions.

Copyright status:

Copyright expired.

Reproduction access:

To be Determined / À déterminer

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