Go to Blazes (1942 film)
| Go to Blazes | |
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| Directed by | Walter Forde |
| Written by | Diana Morgan Angus MacPhail |
| Produced by | Michael Balcon |
| Starring | Will Hay Thora Hird Muriel George |
| Cinematography | Ernest Palmer |
| Edited by | Len Page |
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Running time | 9 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Go to Blazes is a 1942 British short black and white humorous public information film directed by Walter Forde and starring Will Hay, Thora Hird and Muriel George.[1][2] It was written by Diana Morgan and Angus MacPhail and produced for the Ministry of Information.
Synopsis
When an incendiary bomb strikes his house during the Blitz, father fusses so ineptly with his extinguishing equipment that the bomb burns through the floor – and obligingly falls into a bucket of water in the basement. When a second bomb strikes, his daughter shows him how to do the job properly.
Cast
- Will Hay as father
- Thora Hird as Elsie, the daughter
- Muriel George as mother
Direction credit
According the British Film Institute, the identity of the director is uncertain. Although the film's titles credit Walter Forde, he subsequently denied this role. The BFI speculates that direction may have been by Hay or by his occasional directing partner Basil Dearden.[3]
Reception
BFI Screenonline refers to it as a "wittily written information film."[3]
References
- ^ "Go to Blazes". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 26 May 2025.
- ^ "Go To Blazes (COI 957)". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 9 March 2014.
- ^ a b "BFI Screenonline: Go to Blazes (1942)". Screenonline.org.uk. Retrieved 9 March 2014.