The Flying Scotsman [DVD] [1929]

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The first half of this obscure movie is silent and we don't see any railway action. This starts in the second half, as does the sound. The engine's fireman sets out on his last trip before retirement. The previous day, he reported his driver for being drunk and gets suspended for this. He is on the train to get his revenge. The driver's daughter is also aboard. The suspended driver gets out of his carriage and goes to the engine by walking along the roof of the train, followed by the fireman's daughter. A fight breaks out when he arrives and the loco is uncoupled from the rest of the train, a points change just avoids a collision. After things have calmed down, the train continues its journey and arrives in Edinburgh on time, despite the delay. Chasing Liberty • Torque • The Big Bounce • Clifford's Really Big Movie • Starsky & Hutch • Spartan • Taking Lives • Bad Education • Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed • The Whole Ten Yards • New York Minute • Troy • Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban • House of Flying Daggers • A Cinderella Story • Catwoman • Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie: Pyramid of Light • Exorcist: The Beginning • Laura's Star • The Polar Express • Alexander • Ocean's Twelve • Million Dollar Baby • The Aviator Pauline Johnson was a leading British silent actress of her age, although appeared in few films after 1930. Moore Marriott was only 43 when he appeared in the film, but is already portrayed playing a retiring engine driver.Painting entitled Take me by the Flying Scotsman original artwork for LNER by AR Thomson, 1932 ( T.2020.55.1) Ice Palace • Cash McCall • Guns of the Timberland • The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond • The Bramble Bush • The Threat • This Rebel Breed • The Cranes Are Flying • Tall Story • Sergeant Rutledge • Hannibal • Hercules Unchained • Ocean's 11 • The Crowded Sky • Sunrise at Campobello • The Dark at the Top of the Stairs • Girl of the Night • The Sundowners

Allegedly Sir Nigel Gresley, chief engineer of the LNER, was so concerned at the unsafe practices shown in the film, such as the decoupling of the locomotive from the train while in motion, he insisted that a disclaimer was placed in the opening credits explaining that such things could not happen on the LNER. [7] The notice stated "For the purposes of the film, dramatic licence has been taken in regard to the safety equipment used on The Flying Scotsman". [8] Film historian John Huntley claimed that Gresley subsequently forbade any further filming on the LNER. [9] Inside Out • Catherine & Co. • Hot Potato • Sparkle • All the President's Men • Ode to Billy Joe • The Outlaw Josey Wales • The Gumball Rally • The Ritz • St. Ives • The Killer Inside Me • Led Zeppelin: The Song Remains the Same • A Star Is Born • The Enforcer This movie used the correct loco, 4472 Flying Scotsman as well as the train of the same name. I believe some of the stars did their own stunts, including walking down the side of the coaches when it was at speed. Two things The Flying Scotsman is known for. The first is some very daring stunt work done on the train itself. The second is for the presence of young Raymond Milland in the role of the young engineer in love with the old engineer's daughter. It was only Milland's second film and there are certainly traces of the amiable light leading man he was throughout the Thirties in Hollywood. The film is notable for being the first lead role of Welsh actor Ray Milland, who went on to stardom in Hollywood during the 1940s. [1] Milland, then appearing under his birth name of Alfred Jones, was spotted by director Castleton Knight while he was working as an extra on The Informer which was being shot on a neighbouring stage.An interesting curio then, but perhaps not for everyone. The restoration premiered at the Glasgow Film Festival at the end of February and you can also catch the Flying Scotsman locomotive itself, also restored, at an upcoming exhibition at The National Railway Museum. You can find more information on that here and you can get hold of a copy of the film on DVD at LoveFilm here. There’s a clip below courtesy of Optimum Releasing. The talking scenes, introduced halfway through, weigh down the story but sound effects enhance the thrilling train action that was shot with Gresley's co-operation.