Model boats or ships in film scenes.

[Gerald Lovell]

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In the 1942 religious film of that name, [B]The Great Mr. Handel[/B] consigns two orphans into the nautical care of Andrew Leigh with a set dressing over the fireplace so we know the Foundling Hospital is a quasi-naval establishment.

[Gerald Lovell]

John Alderton, James Fox and Susannah York plot a raid on the real thing in [B]Duffy[/B] (1967):

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[Gerald Lovell]

Sinking a pint or three of Guinness in the pub and not the model in [B]Flight of the Doves[/B] (1971):

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Niall Toibin, Brendan O'Reilly and Tom Hickey.

[Gerald Lovell]

A 1938 [B]BLUE PETER[/B] edition coming Tom Walls' country retreat where there's only a [B]Second Best Bed[/B]:

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[Gerald Lovell]

André Morell gets a one scene role in "A Mug Named Frank" in [B]PUBLIC EYE[/B]:

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He's a retired seafaring man with a ship in a case and a nephew (Barry Foster) in a jam.

[Gerald Lovell]

There's a tempest on a diningtable in [B]Storm in a Teacup[/B] (1937):

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We see the progress of this ship through the Dogger Bank.

[sacza]

I presume the topic relates to models in scenes intended as models rather than models simulating a life-sized vessel. Anyway, two spring to mind:-
1. The 39 Steps (1959) Regents Park scene - located an image here: [url]https://www.reelstreets.com/films/39-steps-the-1959/[/url] (as a newcomer, if there are any forum rules for posting links or images from third party sources, please advise..I don't want to end up in the soup over a breach of copyright! Thanks)
2. Rogue's Yarn (1957) Two scenes with model boats. One on a boating lake and another where an "automatic pilot" is being demonstrated in a water tank. This is probably my favourite black and white film of the 50s era.

[Steve Crook]

[QUOTE=sacza;n65973]I presume the topic relates to models in scenes intended as models rather than models simulating a life-sized vessel. Anyway, two spring to mind:-
1. The 39 Steps (1959) Regents Park scene - located an image here: [url]https://www.reelstreets.com/films/39-steps-the-1959/[/url] (as a newcomer, if there are any forum rules for posting links or images from third party sources, please advise..I don't want to end up in the soup over a breach of copyright! Thanks)
2. Rogue's Yarn (1957) Two scenes with model boats. One on a boating lake and another where an "automatic pilot" is being demonstrated in a water tank. This is probably my favourite black and white film of the 50s era.[/QUOTE]

Hello Sacza,
You'll never get into trouble by posting a link to another web site (unless it contains something naughty like porn or a virus). It's up to each reader to virus check the link before downloading it.

Steve

[sacza]

Hi Steve,
Many thanks for your prompt reply. Will do. Brilliant website by the way :-)
Sacza.

[Gerald Lovell]

Goodness knows if anyone can fathom what this chap is up to with Raquel Welch who plays Fathom in [B]Fathom[/B] (1967):

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But there's a model ship there anyway.

[Gerald Lovell]

Ian Wilson's actually in [B]The Lady craved Excitement[/B] (1950), albeit with an inappropriate name of "Mugsy", and the craving lady is Hy Hazell:

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The model on history lover Mugsy's desk might well be his rendition of The Golden Hind.

[Gerald Lovell]

Norman MacOwan bottles this one up when serving on [B]The Dark Light[/B] (1951):

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[Gerald Lovell]

A nice camera rigging through the ship's rigging as Alfred Lynch ventures into forbidden waters in [B]West 11[/B] (1963):

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[Gerald Lovell]

John Carlisle doesn't think much of Billy Murray's work in [B]NEW SCOTLAND YARD[/B] "The Wrong-Un":

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[Gerald Lovell]

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Not the ship that's ferrying the lads home, but one purchased from Rene Ray's shop in [B]Farewell Again[/B] (1937).