Learning on ScreenLaxdale Hall
- Alternative title
- Scotch on the Rocks
- Synopsis
- Feature film comedy. A group of car owners in the Hebridean village of Laxdale refuse to pay their road fund licences until they have been given a proper road. A parliamentary delegation arrives, and among the entertainments put on for them is an open-air production of Macbeth staged during a storm. The villagers eventually get their road.
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Film
- Technical information
- Black-and-white / Sound
- Year of release
- 1952
- Notes
- The BFI National Archive holds a 35mm preservation print.
- Subjects
- Film studies; Shakespeare
- Keywords
- Scotland; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Amateur theatre; Open-air theatre
Credits
- Director
- John Eldridge
- Cinematographer
- Arthur Grant
- Screenplay
- Alfred Shaughnessy; John Eldridge
- Music
- Frank Spencer
- Cast
Fulton Mackay Kathleen Ryan Raymond Huntley Ronald Squire Sebastian Shaw
Distribution Formats
- Type
- DVD
- Format
- Region 2 PAL
- Price
- £14.99
- Availability
- Sale
- Duration/Size
- 85 minutes
- Year
- 2017
Production Company
- Name
Group 3
Archive
- Name
BFI National Archive
- Web
- http://www.bfi.org.uk/archive-collections/searching-access-collections/research-viewing-services External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 020 7255 1444
- Fax
- 020 7436 0165
- Address
- 21 Stephen Street
London
W1T 1LN
Distributor
- Name
Panamint Cinema
- cinema@panamint.co.uk
- Web
- http://www.panamint.co.uk External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 01505 834936
- Address
- Abercorn Schoolhouse
Whitequarries
Broxburn
West Lothian, Scotland
EH52 6PZ
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