Colin Clive was such a good actor. This and the Frankenstein movies he was in were his best films. Sad though that he was such a bad alcoholic and died too young. 7 years after this movie was released he died.
Both my grandfathers went through WW1 for the whole term ( 1914-18 ). They were wonderful humble, quiet, ordinary Berkshire men who never talked about their experiences. Luckily, they both made it through alive and without injury.
Colin Clive speaks every line of Dialogue like he is snapping someone's head off... I really liked him as an Actor very sad he died so young .. Don't miss "History is Made at Night" ..
This is a great movie,a classic. Very well done,and the battle scenes are still very good to this day. Colin Clive was really a good actor,and this role fit perfectly for him. Thanks for uploading this! Its a gem!
What an awful war, as they all are, they take our beautiful young men, so very sad, and so very unfullfilling they are, 😢, they just make me so very sad.
Una grata sorpresa toparse con estos clásicos que siempre uno termina por apreciar. Por tratarse de una era dorada en tratar de concientizar a la gente sobre los horrores de la guerra, como se aprecia en este filme. Saludos y bendiciones a todos los cinéfilos de corazón desde Venezuela.
Agreed, but it's very likely the film masters were destroyed long ago. After Tiffany Pictures filed for bankruptcy in 1932, MGM purchased their nitrate original film negative library and burned the collection during the burning of Atlanta sequence in Gone with the Wind. However, this was a joint US-British production with Gainsborough Pictures, so hopefully a print survives across the pond.
@@TheMrgoodmanners Yes, it's a good film. Different from this, with a darker tone and faster pace. Bettany and Stephen Graham are standouts as Osborne and Trotter, respectively.
Touching........so very touching. I have never seen this performed on stage (apart from an amateur production by Boy Scouts in the late '60's) and until tonight, I'd only ever listened to the radio drama production. I have thoroughly enjoyed viewing this tender and atmospheric film. Thank you so much for sharing this with us all. R.C. Sherriff did the troops proud.
Thanks so much for posting this. It was a gut wrenching movie and a powerful ending. Been managing to watch a few of the old films of WW1 such as Grand Illusion, Hell’s Angels and Dawn Patrol.
I doubt this film has had an official studio DVD release. It seems to be a "forgotten" film even though it's directed by the same man who did Frankenstein, The Invisible Man, and Bride of Frankenstein in the 1930s. All of those films, btw, are in EXCELLENT condition because Universal paid to do high-quality HD remasters in the last 10 years. The visual quality is phenomenal even if the audio is "okay-ish" on Dracula and Frankenstein (both 1931). Within a few years (by 1933, 1935 at the latest), the sound quality on the premiere studio films was captured almost as well as movies today are. I've found a British DVD release of Journey's End which is economical (likely public domain!) but no signs of any HD remaster/Blu ray. It appears to have lapsed into public domain... We're lucky any copy of this exists!
Tom Whiteley (playing the Sergeant Major) was a crew member in the Titanic. After the boat sank, he remained in the water for hours before eventually getting allowed on a lifeboat after one of the passengers died.
Whitely had an interesting life. He was a first class saloon steward on the Titanic. There is a photograph of him recuperating in a New York hospital shortly after the disaster. He was quite handsome and, I gather from the Encyclopedia Titanica, he was a teller of tall tales and perhaps a bit of a cad (he was arraigned on a morals charge in the 1920s for corrupting a minor). Still he was something of a hero in WW1 and died in Italy soldiering during WW2. He seems to have been a sort of an Erroll-Flynn type.
This film and in particular Colin Clive's role as Stanhope displayed enough Pathos to sustain the memory of their lost generation well into eternity and beyond. At least they're not lonely anymore.
@@Olli3Pag3 This was his first movie and it made a lot of money for the time. He also went on to direct Frankenstein, The Bride of Frankenstein, The invisible man, the Old Dark house and Showboat among others he was once the highest paid director in Hollywood and He gave Boris Karloff his biggest acting break. He also Gave Peter Cushing his first acting Job in Hollywood in the man in the Iron mask. What have you done lately?
@@jeffreyedwards609 thought you might be asking for an "HD" version of the film... which I would LOVE to have. It's very unlikely the original film master exists anymore. Tragically, the entire Tiffany film library was used as tinder during the filming of Gone with the Wind (1939) for the the burning of Atlanta scenes.
This is a great record...my uncle Billy Dawson was at the same place as the author..... Passchendaele Ypres...where R C Sherriff was badly injured...it tells me more about what the war was like at Ypres albeit from an officers view....my uncle never mentioned what he did.
Have you watched the new ‘Journey’s End’ it’s really good. I watched it free on Tubi. In fact I also watched ‘Passchendaele’ there too, that one focuses a bit more on the CEF
I watched the new Journey’s End a few days ago and liked it so much I looked a bit into it, had no clue that it was based on this movie which was based on a play made by someone who served during the Great War
Watch Aces High for a Royal Flying Corp version of this play. Read Tommy by Richard Holmes for a general account of the lives of these men. Director James Whales served at the front.
They just made a remake of this film now ijn 2018. It was ok and is almost word for word the same. But this film was made in 1930 which was just 12 years after WW I . It seems more real to the men making it.
Things Stanhope can do: Command a company under heavy fire Hold his liquor Retain human decency in the face of death Play cricket Things Stanhope cannot do: Hold a mug by the HANDLE. USE THE HANDLE, STANHOPE IT'S RIGHT THERE.
Before Colin CLI e and James whale worked in. Frankenstein they worked in journey's end as a play by R. C. Sheriff in 1930 the Hollywood version was at golmount British was before whale was signed to unverisal to do not just horror films, but non horror films.like one more river. by john Galsworthy remember last night? A murder mystery kiss before the mirror and whale didn't want to a sequel to Frankenstein he want to do something else Instead! He finally agreed to do it but he did it on his own terms. Karloff and Clive worked whale on Frankenstein and bride of Frankenstein but whale worked with Clive on one more river, and Karloff on the old dark House! Karloff and whale weren't friendly to each other their working relationship was poorly whale wanted Karloff on every scene that he was written on and Karloff wasn't crazy about making the monster talk I n the bride he thought it was stupid !
I wonder if someone's been playing with the sound here. Those booming bass sounds don't seem right for 1930. The other sound effects are very interesting. Quite similar to sounds used in recorded 'descriptive' sketches during the war itself. I also recommend the BBC's version of this from 1988.
Too primp and proper..morale in the face of near certain death wouldn't have such manners like they are all back in england on a Sunday afternoon. I know it's not saving private ryan or 1917 movie, but still you have this movie done just AFTER 'All quiet on the Western Front' already published and far more accurate and realistic. Spend time watching documentaries on actual shell shock or facial injuries of french soldiers for antiwar understanding and really LEARN how it was.
Colin Clive was such a good actor. This and the Frankenstein movies he was in were his best films. Sad though that he was such a bad alcoholic and died too young. 7 years after this movie was released he died.
One of may favourite films which desperately needs to be restored
Both my grandfathers went through WW1 for the whole term ( 1914-18 ). They were wonderful humble, quiet, ordinary Berkshire men who never talked about their experiences. Luckily, they both made it through alive and without injury.
Colin Clive speaks every line of Dialogue like he is snapping someone's head off... I really liked him as an Actor very sad he died so young .. Don't miss "History is Made at Night" ..
RIP Colin Clive (1900-1937) and David Manners (1900-1998).
This is a great movie,a classic. Very well done,and the battle scenes are still very good to this day. Colin Clive was really a good actor,and this role fit perfectly for him. Thanks for uploading this! Its a gem!
This is such a powerful movie, thank you so much!!!
What an awful war, as they all are, they take our beautiful young men, so very sad, and so very unfullfilling they are, 😢, they just make me so very sad.
It’s incredibly mind boggling to think that here in 1930, my great grandmother was 14 or 15!! I’m 21 now!
Wow, what a great movie..thanks for sharing it...
Una grata sorpresa toparse con estos clásicos que siempre uno termina por apreciar. Por tratarse de una era dorada en tratar de concientizar a la gente sobre los horrores de la guerra, como se aprecia en este filme.
Saludos y bendiciones a todos los cinéfilos de corazón desde Venezuela.
Why has no one done a restoration of this brilliant film? If anything deserves it, this does!
Agreed, but it's very likely the film masters were destroyed long ago. After Tiffany Pictures filed for bankruptcy in 1932, MGM purchased their nitrate original film negative library and burned the collection during the burning of Atlanta sequence in Gone with the Wind. However, this was a joint US-British production with Gainsborough Pictures, so hopefully a print survives across the pond.
Agreed, one of my favourite films and have owned a copy for 20+ years, how nice it would be to have a pristine copy
Gotta get Peter Jackson on the job, look at the brilliant job he did with even older British Museum newsreel footage for "They Shall Not Grow Old"
There's actually a modern film, it goes by the same name. Paul bettany is in it
@@TheMrgoodmanners Yes, it's a good film. Different from this, with a darker tone and faster pace. Bettany and Stephen Graham are standouts as Osborne and Trotter, respectively.
Touching........so very touching. I have never seen this performed on stage (apart from an amateur production by Boy Scouts in the late '60's) and until tonight, I'd only ever listened to the radio drama production. I have thoroughly enjoyed viewing this tender and atmospheric film. Thank you so much for sharing this with us all. R.C. Sherriff did the troops proud.
So did James Whale, the director.
Always interesting to see actors depict events that they actually lived through and experienced. Quite a lot of changes here to the script.
Thanks so much for posting this. It was a gut wrenching movie and a powerful ending. Been managing to watch a few of the old films of WW1 such as Grand Illusion, Hell’s Angels and Dawn Patrol.
Thank you! This movie has been difficult to find!
I doubt this film has had an official studio DVD release.
It seems to be a "forgotten" film even though it's directed by the same man who did Frankenstein, The Invisible Man, and Bride of Frankenstein in the 1930s. All of those films, btw, are in EXCELLENT condition because Universal paid to do high-quality HD remasters in the last 10 years. The visual quality is phenomenal even if the audio is "okay-ish" on Dracula and Frankenstein (both 1931). Within a few years (by 1933, 1935 at the latest), the sound quality on the premiere studio films was captured almost as well as movies today are.
I've found a British DVD release of Journey's End which is economical (likely public domain!) but no signs of any HD remaster/Blu ray.
It appears to have lapsed into public domain...
We're lucky any copy of this exists!
Colin Clive was so beautiful.
Always was curious to see this James Whale/ Colin Clive movie THX
The remake of this movie is actually really good too. One of my favorite war movies.
This film is essentially an enhanced stage play. The human motivations and interactions are explored.
Tom Whiteley (playing the Sergeant Major) was a crew member in the Titanic. After the boat sank, he remained in the water for hours before eventually getting allowed on a lifeboat after one of the passengers died.
Whitely had an interesting life. He was a first class saloon steward on the Titanic. There is a photograph of him recuperating in a New York hospital shortly after the disaster. He was quite handsome and, I gather from the Encyclopedia Titanica, he was a teller of tall tales and perhaps a bit of a cad (he was arraigned on a morals charge in the 1920s for corrupting a minor). Still he was something of a hero in WW1 and died in Italy soldiering during WW2. He seems to have been a sort of an Erroll-Flynn type.
My grandfather 😵💫
@@elliekirkman4497 wow!
This was orig a very well received play released shorty after ww1
The play was revived on Broadway in 2007 and won the Tony award for best revival. Lucky enough to have seen it twice. Still a devastating stage play.
This film and in particular Colin Clive's role as Stanhope displayed enough Pathos to sustain the memory of their lost generation well into eternity and beyond. At least they're not lonely anymore.
My Great Great uncle Directed this Movie
Nice
Tell him he didn't do a very good job.
@@Olli3Pag3 This was his first movie and it made a lot of money for the time. He also went on to direct Frankenstein, The Bride of Frankenstein, The invisible man, the Old Dark house and Showboat among others he was once the highest paid director in Hollywood and He gave Boris Karloff his biggest acting break. He also Gave Peter Cushing his first acting Job in Hollywood in the man in the Iron mask. What have you done lately?
@@andrewtate4897 nice one Andrew! "What have you done lately?"
@@andrewtate4897
Did you see "Gods and Monsters"?
But Pizza, thank you so much for giving us this insight!!🙏🌹💕💕
Great show this,
Thank you.
Enjoyed it thoroughly.
Fantastic film.
Thanks for watching! May the Sauce be with you.
H.P. please.@@PizzaFLIX
@@jeffreyedwards609 H.P. ?
@@PizzaFLIX H.P. brown sauce made in U.K. Google it.
@@jeffreyedwards609 thought you might be asking for an "HD" version of the film... which I would LOVE to have. It's very unlikely the original film master exists anymore. Tragically, the entire Tiffany film library was used as tinder during the filming of Gone with the Wind (1939) for the the burning of Atlanta scenes.
This is a great record...my uncle Billy Dawson was at the same place as the author..... Passchendaele Ypres...where R C Sherriff was badly injured...it tells me more about what the war was like at Ypres albeit from an officers view....my uncle never mentioned what he did.
Have you watched the new ‘Journey’s End’ it’s really good. I watched it free on Tubi. In fact I also watched ‘Passchendaele’ there too, that one focuses a bit more on the CEF
@@chrisadlc1 Both vary good movies, I really like the Passchendaele film. there's a prety good story behind that flick as well.
I watched the new Journey’s End a few days ago and liked it so much I looked a bit into it, had no clue that it was based on this movie which was based on a play made by someone who served during the Great War
most of Cast where in that war the Director was a war hero ( my great uncle) he was poisoned by gas too and suffered with it for the rest of his life.
@@andytate5670 you're James Whales's great nephew? Amazing. He was such a talented man.
My English literature project at school. I have always found it sad and poignant. I failed the exam though 😉
Watch Aces High for a Royal Flying Corp version of this play.
Read Tommy by Richard Holmes for a general account of the lives of these men.
Director James Whales served at the front.
yes, a great film.
They just made a remake of this film now ijn 2018. It was ok and is almost word for word the same.
But this film was made in 1930 which was just 12 years after WW I . It seems more real to the men making it.
The remake sums up everything awful about modern cinema
The 1988 version is also an excellent adaptation of this brilliant play.
One of my favourite films albeit in desperate need of resteration
Restoration
Yes, and so is your spelling.
😂@@Themanwhocameback2
How are there this many movies of this play i didnt know about???
GOOD STUFF!!!!!!!!!!!
Things Stanhope can do:
Command a company under heavy fire
Hold his liquor
Retain human decency in the face of death
Play cricket
Things Stanhope cannot do:
Hold a mug by the HANDLE. USE THE HANDLE, STANHOPE IT'S RIGHT THERE.
Update: I've just realised it's because he's using the mug to drink whiskey, and holding it by the handle would slow him down. Sorry, Stanhope.
@@mightymeerkat3128 it was still a funny comment
I recommend stormtrooper 17. The german side of ww1 trench warfare.
For the fallen. 🇨🇦🇬🇧🇦🇺🇲🇸🇿🇦🇮🇳
🇺🇸 you forgot one. And I somehow don’t think it was an accident, asshole.
@@jiveassturkey8849 They weren't really a British subject at the time though
I only believe in, like you as well can, what we see, life. 😘🥰♥️
Poignant title.
Wow
Before Colin CLI e and James whale worked in. Frankenstein they worked in journey's end as a play by R. C. Sheriff in 1930 the Hollywood version was at golmount British was before whale was signed to unverisal to do not just horror films, but non horror films.like one more river. by john Galsworthy remember last night? A murder mystery kiss before the mirror and whale didn't want to a sequel to Frankenstein he want to do something else Instead! He finally agreed to do it but he did it on his own terms. Karloff and Clive worked whale on Frankenstein and bride of Frankenstein but whale worked with Clive on one more river, and Karloff on the old dark House! Karloff and whale weren't friendly to each other their working relationship was poorly whale wanted Karloff on every scene that he was written on and Karloff wasn't crazy about making the monster talk I n the bride he thought it was stupid !
@@charleskarloff8940 Thanks for the bedtime story, it worked like a charm
I'm only too proud to say I'm a Brotche Like Colin was in Frankenstein. I even share some Brit blood
I wonder if someone's been playing with the sound here. Those booming bass sounds don't seem right for 1930. The other sound effects are very interesting. Quite similar to sounds used in recorded 'descriptive' sketches during the war itself. I also recommend the BBC's version of this from 1988.
Look into trap drummers. Could be one of them.
The very distraught Dr. Frankenstein. They kept referring to the Germans as the Bosh or Botch.
Boche,
Bosche was an English slang for Germans. In wartime...WWI it was derogatory. USA said Kraut
Boche. It means “cabbage” In the same way they were called “krauts”
@@jiveassturkey8849 And French
Foie gras
Too primp and proper..morale in the face of near certain death wouldn't have such manners like they are all back in england on a Sunday afternoon.
I know it's not saving private ryan or 1917 movie, but still you have this movie done just AFTER 'All quiet on the Western Front' already published and far more accurate and realistic.
Spend time watching documentaries on actual shell shock or facial injuries of french soldiers for antiwar understanding and really LEARN how it was.
Or watch the new Journey’s End. It’s a great movie.
The men who made this and acted in it served in The Great War. Saving Private Ryan is American fiction, the Americans were in WWI for only 13 months.
Who are you talking to?