GENEVIEVE (1953) Racing through the streets of London (The End)

[freshramses]

Nice , nowadays we do that in slk´s and boxsters

[DaMuttzNutz]

...well the streets of Uxbridge

[stevebendel]

I was born in Hillingdon Middlesex, in 1955. We lived in the Yiewsley area about that time. My Grand Dad was sitting outside a pub on the steps watching the filming and is in the film. He died in the late 1960's. I have to get a copy of this movie.

[MrElliotpaige]

1:14 Look WHO's there!

[ramblergarage]

I read an article about this film and the cars. It seem the Antique Car Club of America got a huge increase in members when this film came out in the US. It is a wonderful hartwarming movie.

[mistresspat7]

I love this movie two of my favourite British actors John Gregson and Kenneth More. Wonderful i have it on DVD its one of those films that makes you feel warm inside like a warm cosy drink.

[MrTedwise]

brill film , no racing about like today every one's polite to each other, and unlike today none of the kids are swearing, they are wearing there trousers in the right place instead of showing there pants, and not one young girl has any tatoo's on show smoking and showing a large bear belly , and im only 42

[2bsure]

I am watching this again on DVD as i type. A great british classic. I was not even born till 1965, but I miss this formal english polite way of speaking and behaving.

[legendkiller2004]

Genevieve never fails to make me smile and laugh. I think we all get a little nostalgic when we're reminded of simpler times like this where the people were pleasant and well mannered. A time where we would say hello and help our fellow man. Where the men and women dressed with dignity and expressed themselves in a more polite manner. Qualities which are rare in todays's world. A old English classic not to be forgotten.

[Cool2BCeltic]

2:55 "If you'll forgive me for speaking to you without an introduction". Life was somewhat more formal in 1953.

[lauriebooth]

Great film. I remember watching this film in the 50's never realising that the modern cars in the picture would become vintage cars,

Thanks for posting this clip.

[bbseatwo]

I can watch Genevieve over and over, Dinah Sheridan is still with us, in her ealry 90's she is the mother of Jenny Hadley from Magpie, I was born 1966 so I don't remember too much about that time in 1953!

Kay Kendall died seven years after this film was made.

John Gregson died Jan 1975

Kenneth More died july 1982, I remember this!

A classic film!

Thanks for posting the video

[Pierlover]

This, more than any other film of the period, evokes completely the feeling of London in the 50's, when I was a child - just as Georgy Girl does for the 60's, when I was a teenager. Perhaps it's because of all the outdoor shots - even so I can feel and smell the different atmosphere of then. And it's amazing how a harmonica and piano can instantly conjure up a lost world.

[norristerse]

the trouble with this film is that john gregson and kenneth more play such unlikeable characters you don't want either of them to win

[Jollygreenslugg]

Thanks for uploading this. It's interesting to see the remains of tram tracks from the system which closed in 1952. The signs of track removal are there, some scenes show the tracks in place, some scenses show the rails removed and tar-filled while the central groove for the electrical pickup remains, while some scenes show where the track has been removed entirely and the whole area filled with fresh tar. Fascinating.

[ethanporter1]

This my ABSOLUTE favorite movie of all time! I laugh uncontrollably at times and cry at others. It is so well written and so incredibly "British." I know no one who has ever seen it but me. It is nearly impossible to find to purchase.

[sgttppepper]

@ethanporter1 - surprised to know that it is not available to buy ... i was fortunate to find it at a shop in singapore a few years ago and very glad i picked it up ... if u want, u may send me ur address and i shall try and send u a copy ... if u are interested, let me know ... a pleasure to share a movie such as this with someone who wud appreciate it as much as i always did ... cheers ...

[bengusandlex]

I love this film, always makes me feel better watching this. Big fan of all four of the actors/actresses in this. Marvellous.

[zuzulo56]

I first viewed this motion picture, in '53, in a "foreign films" theatre in Chicago... (Jackson Park neighbourhood, if you MUST know) and it continues to be one of my  very favourites.

[jimbo271uk]

loverly film thank you for posting

[Dhbrydon]

What wonderful times i have been priviledged to live in i am 83 and i KNOW that i have seen the best thank you God.

[flammasherman]

I would love a pound for every time I have seen Genevieve,always a birthday treat to see at the local cinema, usually paired with The Titfield Thunderbolt. It is the most delightful film, I have to say my favourite of all time.Apart from having a life-long interest in old cars, it was beautifully acted and I agree with other comments it would be nice to be transported back to a more gentler and more polite era.

[fodsaks]

@flammasherman

Pardon me for asking, but does that still happen? If so, which cinema is it that shows wonderful double bills like that?

[chakwong]

The best car movie ever!

Not only the score was Larry Adler's, but the harmonica -playing was his too.

[2Touchstone]

How refreshing to see a London without a Costa, McDonalds, Nandos, Tesco Metro and Starbucks every five yards, and where everyone in the streets is speaking English.

[2Touchstone]

Does anyone happen to know the streets where this was filmed?

[Bondek1996]

One of my favourite movie scenes. Just their mad dash to Westminster Bridge. You can't help but smile through it (Kenny More's protestations for instance) but then grin when ol' Genevieve makes it, just, onto that bridge.

Try doing that now.

[2Touchstone]

That lovely old gent at 3.05...where did they all go?

[tripsadelica]

A more peaceful and happy time...long gone.

A wonderful film... a slice of time we will never see again.

[webothlovesoup]

@tripsadelica Since I put this video up, there has been lots of talk both negtaive and positive about this period but I have to say I would much prefer to have lived in that more optimistic, polite and innocent time where people had gone through so much hardship after the war than live in the selfish, rude and unpleasant time we are in.

[tripsadelica]

@webothlovesoup

I have to agree with you, 100%. Today's world is full of sarcasm, fear and sheer lack of respect. Wouldn't be lovely to travel back to the time depicted in Genevieve and not worry stuff like the GFC...where shops were full of stuff made in my own country, and not from China, a world where "please" and "thank you" were the norm.

As to the film...I love it. It holds pride of place in my DVD collection.

[greenroadster]

@webothlovesoup Well said Sir.

[Parvati78100]

@webothlovesoup

100% agree with you..

[Parvati78100]

@tripsadelica

Couldn't you post the whole picture? I can't find it on DVD...

[heston99]

utterly charmming film! great cars,great scenary,lovely storlyine,nice big dog,yummy looking picnic..i try to emulate this film in my mini!

[jonjamg]

Oh my - I was born in 53. This film is always a favourite, everything just gels with Larry Adler's playing. I was only thinking the other day what an unlikely star Kenneth More was - just looked like the average man nothing special but made great films and totally believable! Gregson was also superb and was very much like the part he played in this film.

[jrmart66]

just a wonderfull film without on f word or naked shower scene. where has the film industry gone?

[tobyruncorn2]

I was alive in 1950s. It was as you can see full of streets with no parked cars. Most of my class mates families did not have cars. The towns were freer. Poverty stricken? In what sense? Dont forget the War was not long gone.

[Pathtith]

My favourite film ever. Thanks for posting.

[nathanielbagshot]

"Old men who never cheated, never doubted..."

[squeekyrambler]

the children were the directors kids

[caravans2]

they dont make films like this anymore

which is sad

[Schnorbs]

And you can see the TARDIS at 1:15 ;-) or maybe it was just a police box in the 1950s. I haven't seen this film in years and years, but the colours all look so vivid.

[coreyteen13]

Little brats. Just leave the ice cream. 0:26

[tim74660]

I wouldnt. It was a grimy poverty stricken little country in steep decline. We were virtually bancrupt.

[purepils]

Yeh maybe,but look at you now!

You make the best TV,you make some of the best cars and you are going to clean up in the next Olympics.

(not to mention the cricket)

Thank god for the UK!

[tim74660]

I bet youre not Australian!

[nylonTS]

I love all of the street seans

I would loved to have been alive when this film was shot