I watched the well-known and still popular comedy of the famous director David Lean, whose films I like, Hobson’s Choice, 1954. This is an adaptation of Harold Brighouse's play, written in 1916. The title of the play plays a well-known idiom in Britain.
The film is set in the late 19th century in Salford, part of Greater Manchester.
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I watched the well-known and still popular comedy of the famous director David Lean, whose films I like, Hobson’s Choice, 1954. This is an adaptation of Harold Brighouse's play, written in 1916. The title of the play plays a well-known idiom in Britain. The film is set in the late 19th century in Salford, part of Greater Manchester. Hobson (Charles Lawton) is the owner of a shoe store, which also makes custom-made shoes. His wife had recently died, and he was relieved at first because he thought she was ruining his life. He is happy to indulge in drinking, which will play a fatal role with him. He has three grown daughters who help him in the store, most notably Maggie (Branda de Banzi), who has a clear commercial streak. He decides to marry his younger daughters, and the eldest decides to keep her with him, because someone must help him and she is already old, she is 30 years old. However, Maggie strongly disagrees with this decision of his father and decides to implement his own plan, using it the best shoemaker of their workshop - Willie Mossop (John Mills), who, despite his undoubted talent, Hobson keeps in a black body and pays him a mere pennies. Her skills allow her to do this, in the end the plan is implemented and the father has no choice but to accept what happened in the end, although he showed off with all his might. The film is shot in the genre of eccentric comedy, the actors play these roles well, so it is quite possible to watch even now. ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------ ----------------- P.S. What does Hobson's choice mean? In the late 16th and early 17th centuries, Thomas Hobson worked as a licensed carrier of passengers, letters and parcels between Cambridge and London, England. For this purpose, he kept horses and rented them out to university students when he was not using them. Of course, the pupils always wanted their favorite horses, and as a result, some of Hobson's horses became overworked. To rectify the situation, Hobson introduced a strict rotation system, giving each client the choice of taking the horse closest to the stable door or not taking it at all. This rule became known as Hobson's choice, and people soon began using the term to mean "no choice at all" in all situations. ?
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