Painted Boats

1945

Drama

1
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 80%
IMDb Rating 6.7/10 10 289 289

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Plot summary

In this modest drama, set during World War II, two rival boat families battle it out for supremacy.

Director

Charles Crichton Photo
Charles Crichton

Top cast

Megs Jenkins Photo
Megs Jenkins as Barmaid
Madoline Thomas Photo
Madoline Thomas as His Mother
James McKechnie Photo
James McKechnie as Commentator
Jenny Laird Photo
Jenny Laird as Mary Smith
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584.15 MB
960*720
English 2.0
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24 fps
1 hr 3 min
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1.06 GB
1440*1080
English 2.0
Approved
us  cz  dk  gr  es  fi  hr  hu  it  no  nl  pt  ro  ru  sv  
24 fps
1 hr 3 min
Seeds ...

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by CinemaSerf 6 / 10

This is actually quite a gently enjoyable piece

This is actually quite a gently enjoyable piece of cinematic nostalgia. It depicts the life of "Mary" (Jenny Laird) and "Ted" (Robert Griffiths) whose families live onboard canal boats. Once the lifeblood of industrial Britain, these are now largely obsolete as functioning waterways but these two are trying to sustain their livelihood in the face of roads, trains and the unstoppable march of progress - in a lightly competitive fashion. The story itself is all just a bit insubstantial, tepid - even, but what helps this stick in the mind are the colourful images of life in 1940s Britain - a life that wasn't destined to thrive for too much longer. It's colourful and vibrant with some informed commentaries from James McKechnie that give it an almost "Public Information Film" feel to it. It's only an hour, and is certainly worth a watch for a glimpse of an - admittedly rose-tinted - way of life long gone, now.
Reviewed by William-de-Worde 8 / 10

A piece of forgotten history

This film is mainly a romance but is also a Documentary. Showing life on "the Cut" when the canals where a part of the British transport scene.The story follows the lives (and loves) of two families. The "Traditional" Smith's (Father, Mother & Mary Smith) in the Horse Drawn Barge "Sunny Valley" (which is converted to a motor barge in the film) and the "Modern" Stoner's (Mother, Ted Stoner & his younger brother Alf) in the motor barge "Golden Boy" & butty (an unpowered barge) "Blackbird".Although released in 1945 it was filmed during the later part of the second world war the couple Mary Smith & Ted Stoner never get to marry (not in this film anyway) as Ted is "Called-Up" and joins the Army (The Royal Engineers).The end of the film sees "Sunny Valley" emerging onto the River Thames at Limehouse, East London.
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