Rent John and Julie (1955)

Cute little feel good movie - John and Julie review by LN

From the Long Lost Comedy Classics series.

Nice little mid-50s B movie, 1955, made at Beaconsfield Studios. Julie looks about 6 and John 8, they take off for London against parents' and teachers' wishes and encounter all sorts of difficulties plus odd characters on the way. John and Julie desperately strive throughout to see the Queen on her Coronation day.

Loads of well known faces, Wilfred Hyde White, Moira Lister, Sid James, Peter Sellars, Constance Cumming, Peter Jones, even a brief glimpse of Katie Johnson, who played Mrs Wilberforce in the Ladykillers!

Cleverly interspersed with the real 1953 newsreel footage of festivities, showing the crowds, the state coach and the return procession, even including a glimpse of Churchill. Thousands turned out for this event,

It reminds one it was sadly a rainy day, typical Britain !! Nevertheless all the classic pomp and pageantry that Britain can do so well; must have been something else to behold; indeed quite a day to remember.

Extras on the disc include a few still photographs plus precis of others in the Long Lost Comedy series.