1. Ealing Comedies – The Films

2. The Films Passport to Pimlico (Cornelius 1949) Kind Hearts and Coronets (Hamer 1949) Whisky Galore! (MacKendrick 1949) The Lavender Hill Mob (Crichton 1951) The Titfield Thunderbolt (Crichton 1953) The Man in the White Suit (MacKendrick 1952) The Ladykillers (MacKendrick 1955)

3. Whisky Galore! A community representation much more cruel and devious towards authority than Passport to Pimlico. Towards an unyielding authority figure – Captain Waggett A celebration of a community affected by war This time the shortage is whisky – essential to the community well being Islanders are initially shown as slow-witted and backward. Later revealed to be wiley and resourceful. Still representative of a desire to be free from social / governmental restrictions Shot on location

4. Kind Hearts and Coronets The desire to be free from class restrictions Very black comedy Confrontation between youth and age. The old order and the new. The new eventually becomes just like the old

5. The Man in the White Suit Idealist individual hero Invention is thwarted by both capital and labour Address problems of a system lead by profit – capitalism Conflict of (naïve) individual and (corrupt) society

6. The Lavender Hill Mob Ensemble film The gang is a cross-section of society Representing aspirations Holland (gang leader) wants money to change his place in society – free from restraints

7. The Titfield Thunderbolt Critique of motivation by profit Older form of transport (steam train) is under threat by a newer one (bus) Community come together to fend off change A desire for an older style, community life

8. The Films – Test! Passport to Pimlico (Cornelius 1949) Kind Hearts and Coronets (Hamer 1949) Whisky Galore! (MacKendrick 1949) The Lavender Hill Mob (Crichton 1951) The Titfield Thunderbolt (Crichton 1953) The Man in the White Suit (MacKendrick 1952) The Ladykillers (MacKendrick 1955)