Talk:Genevieve (film)

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Accuracy

Were people really using these very early vehicles as everyday cars in London in 1953, as portrayed in the film? It would be unthinkable today, and it's difficult to believe it was very common even back then. --Ef80 (talk) 18:06, 4 September 2018 (UTC)

I can't find where in the article this information is. The film portrays a veteran automobile rally. Or am I missing some irony here? Mark in wiki (talk) 19:10, 4 September 2018 (UTC)

No irony. The article doesn't mention this subject at present - my suggestion is that perhaps it should. Quite early in the film McKim (John Gregson) is shown getting into his parked Darraq and driving home in it from the Inns of Court through London traffic. He parks it in a garage under his mews flat in South Kensington. The implication is that he drives to work in it every day. You are correct that the bulk of the film is concerned with the annual London-Brighton veteran car rally, which is the only occasion I'd expect to see cars of this type on the public roads today. --Ef80 (talk) 22:12, 4 September 2018 (UTC)

I pasted "veteran automobile rally" from the second sentence of the lead. As to the possible meanings and explanations of certain scenes of the film, that's up to professional reviewers and citics. Mark in wiki (talk) 07:55, 5 September 2018 (UTC)

Piece about London tram tracks.

It mentions that tram tracks were still embedded in the London streets in 1953 although the trams had stopped running in 1952 - although the film was released in 1953 it was actually filmed in October 1952. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.155.199.53 (talk) 21:45, 26 October 2019 (UTC)

More's reaction

More recalls "the shooting of the picture was hell. Everything went wrong, even the weather."

It might be worth balancing this by adding that More had reacted particularly well to the script when he started reading it. He declared that it was certain to be a hit. Valetude (talk) 01:41, 2 December 2019 (UTC)

West Drayton?

The Plot section states that the incident in which both cars are stopped by traffic police took place "on the outskirts of London", parenthetically in West Drayton. That is most unlikely. West Drayton is to the west of London, whereas any reasonable approach from Brighton would have been in the south. To get from Brighton to the south end of Westminster Bridge via West Drayton would have been absurd.

That scene might well have been filmed in West Drayton, but there was nothing in the plot to indicate that the incident took place there (as far as I remember; it's been a few years since I last saw the film).

However, before deleting the reference, I thought I would double-check with anyone who knows more about this than I do. Mike Marchmont (talk) 15:22, 4 November 2024 (UTC)

In the absence of any opinion to the contrary, I have now deleted the relevant text. If any editor feels that it should be re-instated, feel free to do so. Mike Marchmont (talk) 17:21, 7 November 2024 (UTC)