In Which we Live; Being the Story of a Suit Told by Itself

Synopsis

Propaganda short. Government information film on how to get maximum wear from a man’s suit, narrated by one such suit in the form of an autobiography. When the suit is being cut up to make clothes for the children, it murmers words from the Hamlet soliloquy ‘To die, to sleep...' (III i).

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Film

Technical information

Black-and-white / Sound

Year of release

1943

Duration

13 mins; 1,151 feet

Credits

Director

Richard Massingham

Producer

Lewis Grant Wallace

Cinematographer

Alex Strasser

Writer

Richard Massingham

Music

H.J. Roeber

Cast

John Carol	Husband
Richard Massingham	Man in pub
Rosalyn Boulter	Wife
Russell Waters	Best man/Man in pub

Additional Details

Production type

Other

Plays

Hamlet

Keywords

propaganda; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Production Company

Name

Public Relationship Films

Sponsor

Name

Board of Trade

Name

Ministry of Information

Archive

Name

BFI National Archive

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Fax

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