Children's Film Foundation Films - Britmovie

Whitegates · 12-04-2008, 08:38 PM

The Malcolm Saville Society has today released a DVD called Treasure and Trouble featuring two films based on Malcolm Saville's stories. The first is Trouble at Townsend (1946) which was a very early Gaumont film for Childrens Film Clubs and which starred the young Petula Clark. The second film is Treasure at the Mill (1957) made by The Children's Film Foundation.

The DVD also contains two short documentaries made at the orginal film locations in Hertfordshire and Essex and has ROM files with background material to the films and the books on which they were based.

The DVD costs £15 plus £1 UK post and packing from The Malcolm Saville Society. 24 Larkswood Rise, St Albans, Herts, AL4 9JU.

I will be happy to answer any enquiries about the DVD and the films.

Rob Compton · 13-04-2008, 12:03 PM

Thanks for this Whitegates. I'm a rather lazy lapsed member of the Society so I would not have known about this other than for your post.

My cheque will be sent off forthwith!

rgds
Rob

Rob Compton · 25-04-2008, 05:19 PM

I have now received this DVD and it's a really wonderful achievement - two CFF-type Saville films as Whitegates describes and tons of other interesting material.

For Petula Clark fans, I think it was her first film, and she does a brief song/piano number.

Many thanks, Whitegates and well done to the Malcolm Saville Society - the DVD is recommended.

rgds
Rob

MrT · 26-04-2008, 03:04 PM

Happy to second everything Rob says. The dvd is great. Also, this is a professionally produced dvd, not a home made dvd-r. Well worth getting if you have not already done so

Mike (MrT)

Brief Encounter · 26-04-2008, 05:45 PM

So is the quality good?

It may have been the first film Pet made, but not released...

Rob Compton · 27-04-2008, 10:09 AM

Quality is pretty good, given the age

Rob

donna · 27-04-2008, 10:44 AM

When I went to the ABC Minors on a Sat. morning I loved the British kids black and white films , never knew who starred in them but most were about finding clues and treasure and of course the baddies chasing after them, has anyone got titles for any of these old films and who did star in them who then became famous.

CaptainWaggett · 27-04-2008, 11:24 AM

The Children's Film Foundation Catalogue.

My favourite is The Monster of Highgate Ponds in which a small boy createshis very own Jurassic Park in North London.

donna · 27-04-2008, 11:37 AM

hey where can I get that for the grandkids Captain

Steve Crook · 27-04-2008, 01:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by donna

When I went to the ABC Minors on a Sat. morning I loved the British kids black and white films , never knew who starred in them but most were about finding clues and treasure and of course the baddies chasing after them, has anyone got titles for any of these old films and who did star in them who then became famous.

A few of the children went on to become famous:
Leslie Ash - The Boy with Two Heads (1974)
Dexter Fletcher - 4D Special Agents (1981)
Mandy Miller, Melvyn Hayes - Adventure in the Hopfields (1954)
Linda Robson, Phil Daniels - Anoop and the Elephant (1972)
Phil Collins - Calamity the Cow (1967)
Francesca Annis - The Cat Gang (1958)
Susan George - Cup Fever (1965)

A lot of the adults in the films were also played by established actors

Steve

CaptainWaggett · 27-04-2008, 01:55 PM

A few are available on dvd. This is a goody for fans of time-travelling scientists.

SiverSurfer · 15-05-2008, 03:08 PM

Hi CFF Lovers, this is my first post, I'm looking for the title only, of a CFF film made in 1960 or 1961 that was shot, in part, in Richmond park or Ham common, any keen viewers recognise it ?

Thanks in advance John

12-04-2008, 08:38 PM	#1
Whitegates has no status. Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: St Albans Posts: 3 Country: iTrader: (0)	Children's Film Foundation Films The Malcolm Saville Society has today released a DVD called Treasure and Trouble featuring two films based on Malcolm Saville's stories. The first is Trouble at Townsend (1946) which was a very early Gaumont film for Childrens Film Clubs and which starred the young Petula Clark. The second film is Treasure at the Mill (1957) made by The Children's Film Foundation. The DVD also contains two short documentaries made at the orginal film locations in Hertfordshire and Essex and has ROM files with background material to the films and the books on which they were based. The DVD costs £15 plus £1 UK post and packing from The Malcolm Saville Society. 24 Larkswood Rise, St Albans, Herts, AL4 9JU. I will be happy to answer any enquiries about the DVD and the films.

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13-04-2008, 12:03 PM	#2
Rob Compton has no status. Senior Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Oxfordshire Posts: 1,274 Country: iTrader: (2)	Thanks for this Whitegates. I'm a rather lazy lapsed member of the Society so I would not have known about this other than for your post. My cheque will be sent off forthwith! rgds Rob

25-04-2008, 05:19 PM	#3
Rob Compton has no status. Senior Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Oxfordshire Posts: 1,274 Country: iTrader: (2)	I have now received this DVD and it's a really wonderful achievement - two CFF-type Saville films as Whitegates describes and tons of other interesting material. For Petula Clark fans, I think it was her first film, and she does a brief song/piano number. Many thanks, Whitegates and well done to the Malcolm Saville Society - the DVD is recommended. rgds Rob

26-04-2008, 03:04 PM	#4
MrT is away on holiday Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Portsmouth Posts: 283 Country: iTrader: (25)	Happy to second everything Rob says. The dvd is great. Also, this is a professionally produced dvd, not a home made dvd-r. Well worth getting if you have not already done so Mike (MrT)

26-04-2008, 05:45 PM	#5
Brief Encounter is wishing for the moon Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: London Posts: 311 My Mood: Country: iTrader: (0)	So is the quality good? It may have been the first film Pet made, but not released...

27-04-2008, 10:09 AM	#6
Rob Compton has no status. Senior Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Oxfordshire Posts: 1,274 Country: iTrader: (2)	Quality is pretty good, given the age Rob

27-04-2008, 10:44 AM	#7
donna has no status. Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Scotland Posts: 775 My Mood: Country: iTrader: (0)	When I went to the ABC Minors on a Sat. morning I loved the British kids black and white films , never knew who starred in them but most were about finding clues and treasure and of course the baddies chasing after them, has anyone got titles for any of these old films and who did star in them who then became famous.

27-04-2008, 11:24 AM	#8
CaptainWaggett is swimming in icy waters Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: London Posts: 3,909 Country: iTrader: (0)	The Children's Film Foundation Catalogue. My favourite is The Monster of Highgate Ponds in which a small boy createshis very own Jurassic Park in North London.

27-04-2008, 11:37 AM	#9
donna has no status. Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Scotland Posts: 775 My Mood: Country: iTrader: (0)	hey where can I get that for the grandkids Captain

15-05-2008, 03:08 PM	#12
SiverSurfer has no status. Junior Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: London Posts: 1 Country: iTrader: (0)	Hi CFF Lovers, this is my first post, I'm looking for the title only, of a CFF film made in 1960 or 1961 that was shot, in part, in Richmond park or Ham common, any keen viewers recognise it ? Thanks in advance John