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Windjammer (1930 film)

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Windjammer
Windjammer film Theatrical release poster (1930).jpg
Trade show poster
Directed by John Orton
Written by A.P. Herbert
Produced by H. Bruce Woolfe, Michael Villiers
StarringMichael Hogan
Tony Bruce
Cinematography R.J. Walker
Alan Villiers
Edited byJohn Orton
Production
companies
Release date
  • 1930 (1930)
Running time
68 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Windjammer (also known as The Windjammer) is a 1930 British adventure film directed by John Orton and starring Michael Hogan and Tony Bruce. [1] Stuart Legg and Arthur B. Woods were assistant directors. It was written by A.P. Herbert based on the 1930 book By Way of Cape Horn by A.J. Villiers, [2] and produced by British Instructional Films.

Contents

Premise

A full-rigged windjammer ship (the Grace Hawar [1] ) sails from Australia to England via Cape Horn.

Cast

Reception

Kine Weekly wrote: "A refreshing drama which vividly depicts life on an old 'windjammer' and contains some brilliant nautical shots, but becomes very monotonous towards the finish owing to the slightness of the story, which is almost negligible ... The hazardous voyage from Australia to England, the storms encountered, and the privations endured by the crew result in a certain amount of drama, but the picture is lacking in high spots. ... Still, its intimate glimpses of life on a windjammer, together with the exceedingly fine pictorial work, results in the interest being fairly evenly sustained. The recording is not very clear, nor is the dialogue outstanding. The camera work is very fine, and forms one of the main attractions of the film. " [3]

Film Weekly wrote: "Across the world on a sailing ship. Fine pictures but little story. Unusual film that is worth seeinng." [4]

Picture Show wrote: "The record of the voyage of a sailing ship from Australia to England. Magnificent photography of the sea in calm and storm." [5]

Time Out wrote: "This account of the five month voyage of the Grace Harwar from Wallaroo in Australia to London in 1929 is an extraordinary combination of documentary and low-life drama. Working class hero Bert is as bloody-minded as Arthur Seaton in Saturday Night and Sunday Morning , and leads a chorus of eccentrically seedy sailors in grousing about the patched and battered old sailing ship. AP Herbert's phlegmatically salty dialogue, and the stunning photography of angry seas and men swinging through the rigging like gibbons (which the young cameraman paid for with his life), give the film an almost hallucinatory resonance. An authentic glimpse into a lost world." [6]

References

  1. 1 2 "Windjammer". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 31 January 2026.
  2. ↑ "Windjammer". joc-orton.com. J.O.C. Orton Memorial Website. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
  3. ↑ "Windjammer". Kine Weekly . 163 (1223): 38. 25 September 1930. ProQuest   2320720648.
  4. ↑ "Windjammer". Film Weekly . 4 (109): 23, 25–26, 31-34. 15 November 1930.
  5. ↑ "Windjammer". Picture Show . 25 (643): 9. 29 August 1931. ProQuest   1880287808.
  6. ↑ "Windjammer". timeout.com. Timeout. 10 September 2012. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
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