Worm's Eye View

Worm's Eye View
Directed byJack Raymond
Written byR.F. Delderfield
Jack Marks
Based onthe 1943 play by R.F. Delderfield[1]
Produced byHenry Halstead
StarringRonald Shiner
Garry Marsh
Diana Dors
CinematographyJames Wilson
Edited byHelen Wiggins
Music byTony Lowry
Tony Fones
Production
company
Henry Halstead Productions (as Byron Films)
Distributed byAssociated British-Pathé (UK)
Release date
  • April 1951 (1951-04) (UK)
Running time
77 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Worm's Eye View is a 1951 British Technicolor comedy film directed by Jack Raymond and starring Ronald Shiner and Diana Dors.[2] Based on the 1945 play of the same name by R.F. Delderfield, it was produced by Henry Halsted and Byron Films.

Plot

The film is set in a family home during World War II. Their bitter landlady is not pleased by five fighters from the Royal Air Force who are staying there and she re-directs unjustly her frustrations against the family. Part of the film appears in the 1948 Rise and Shiner.[3]

Cast

Production

Filming took place at Hammersmith in late 1950.[4][5]

Reception

Box office

Worm's Eye View was the sixth most popular film at the British box office in 1951.[6][7] It was particularly popular in Scotland.[8]

Critical reception

TV Guide wrote, "some mild amusement is to be found here, particularly in the dialogue, though all in all this is nothing special. British filmgoers thought otherwise, though, making both the film and Shiner big successes."[9]

References

  1. ^ Goble, Alan (8 September 2011). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. ISBN 9783110951943.
  2. ^ "Worm's Eye View". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
  3. ^ "Rise and Shiner (1948)". BFI. Archived from the original on 17 January 2009.
  4. ^ Round the British Studios Nepean, Edith. Picture Show; London Vol. 56, Iss. 1450, (Jan 13, 1951): 11.
  5. ^ The Frasers and the Munros call rival rallies Date: Wednesday, Nov. 29, 1950 Publication: Daily Mail (London, England) p 2
  6. ^ "Vivien Leigh Actress of the Year". Townsville Daily Bulletin. Qld.: National Library of Australia. 29 December 1951. p. 1. Retrieved 27 April 2012.
  7. ^ Thumim, Janet. "The popular cash and culture in the postwar British cinema industry". Screen. Vol. 32, no. 3. p. 259.
  8. ^ Harper, Sue; Porter, Vincent (2003). British cinema of the 1950s : the decline of deference. Oxford University Press. p. 254.
  9. ^ "Worm's Eye View". TVGuide.com.


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