Mony a Pickle

Synopsis

A slightly tongue-in-cheedk comedy on the theme of thrift, which was made for the Scottish Post Office Savings Bank. It is divided into an introduction and five short episodes, the most ambitious of which shows a young couple conjuring up the ‘wee hoose’ of their dreams where a gas cooker replaces the range and they have a kitchenette with lots of new fittings including a brass sink with chromium taps, and they can wash the dishes in the kitchen and themselves in the bathroom and never have to wait their turn at the one sink anymore. There are no technical credits on the film but it is thought that there may have been anything up to five directors (each writing his own episode) including Cavalcanti, Richard Massingham and Norman McLaren. The editor Stewart McAllister is also known to have been involved.

Series

Post Office in the Thirties, The: Providing a Service

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Video; Videocassette. VHS. b&w. 11 min.

Year of production

1939

Availability

Sale

Notes

See: THE POST OFFICE IN THE THIRTIES: PROVIDING A SERVICE for availability on compilation videocassette.

Subjects

History

Keywords

postal services; social history

Credits

Producer

Alberto Cavalcanti

Production Company

Name

GPO Film Unit

Sponsor

Name

Scottish Post Office Savings Bank

Distributor

Name

Post Office Film & Video Library

Email

poes@edist.co.uk

Phone

01795 426465

Fax

01795 474871

Address

c/o Post Office Education Services
PO Box 145
Sittingbourne
Kent
ME10 1NH

Notes

Contact: Barry Wiles