She Knows Y' Know

This is a black & white English movie running 68 minutes with no faces or names I know or even have heard of. Just a bunch of people that might have been slightly known in the day but did not last, as far as I can tell.

20 minutes into this movie and I have no idea, at all, what it is about or going to be about.

So far, all there has been is inter- and intra-generational bickering. There seems to be absolutely no plot line whatsoever! It is almost like those camera-in-a-house shows where nothing ever happens.

There is some oldsters talking about sex, as they can vaguely remember it and young people kissing and singing. And more bickering.

30 minutes in and the same nothing is happening. I feel I am wasting my time here... I can see why there is no plot posted for this dud. There is none! A spoiler would be impossible. There's nothing to spoil.

When anything happens, I will let you know...

OK, 40 minutes in and finally a plot point. It seems that a girl is pregnant and a young man is accused. It is completely unclear whether he did the deed. The writing is so poor on this point you could drive a Mac truck through it. Maybe that's going to be the only plot point. 29 minutes left. The story does not ask the boy if he did it, at least not yet. He admits it, blandly, so we are not sure whether he did get her pregnant (they never say the 'p' word!). He seems to be willing for a ransom of a house and some money.

The parents decide to find someone else to marry the girl. And that's the plot so far. Not sure if you would want to watch this dog to find out what happens. I guess I will finish (14 minutes left) but I don't think I will like it!

So everything happens in the last third of the movie. Long time to wait for a weak plot. Twist ending. Still, hardly worth waiting for it.

It is quite strange that despite the fact that this film has been showing on talking pictures TV,it has not been reviewed by a UK viewer.There is one who says Hylda Baker is as good as Lucille Ball and the other who cannot understand the film.He needs to see a few old mother riley films.This film is a typical vehicle tailored towards the talents of a music hall star.Baker works well with Cyril Smith,which is just as well since some of the cast are pretty dire.Anyway Hylda is really the whole show,and if you don't like her then you are really wasting your time watching this

Hylda Worswick makes it har mission to prevent her son from a marriage to Marilyn Smallhope, who's found herself pregnant.

It's a very enjoyable film from 1962, it's funny, it's charming, it displays many commonly felt attitudes of the time. Pregnancy, marriage, duty, all are explored here, attitudes really were so incredibly different, families so worried about shame, the class wars, it feels like hundreds of years back, not just sixty.

I adore Hylda Baker, I just love her unique brand of humour, and of course she's great, it must have been hard to find roles for someone so unique, she would definitely find her place with Nearest and Dearest and Not on your Nellie. Her mishaps with words are present, but used sparingly.

Joan Sanderson was great here as the opposing battleaxe, Marilyn's mother, she had such a stoic delivery, it's funny she looks as old here as she would thirty years later in After Henry.

Neighbour Jenny was funny, amusing the way she kept on popping in to borrow things.

7/10.

Because this is a comedy, the social conventions of that time can be laughed at as they are not so in your face or emotive.

My favourite part in this movie comes towards the end. It reminds me so much of the color - 'The Colour Purple'. It's the scene where - or it's the way Marilyn walks in the room brandishing a wedding ring and making the announcement 'I's Married Now' - "I Married Terry 3 Months Ago" - (in a snotty nose voice) - as if that makes everything alright and all the problems go away.

It's hard to believe that back then a woman's worth is/was determined by whether she's married or not and that she is/was judged by all of society by how well she marries - ie: the pay scale of her husband's income.

I think I find it fascinating because of the romantic notions we have about marriage, which are very different for men and women. Also, the idea that individual & personal responsibility can only be achieved through marriage. To me, the two don't equate.

Although we are leaning more & more on how well we manage our finances - ie: Credit History & Credit Scores - that determine how responsible we are as adults, much of today's society still determines responsible behaviour and worthiness through the eyes of marriage. Many application forms asterisk & force us to answer questions that reveal our marital status. At least on paper you can choose not to answer but you can't online. Online application forms won't proceed to the next stage until you answer all the questions that are not optional and the marital status question is seldom optional.

Still, the movie had a happy ending. Marilyn is now deemed a responsible adult & Terry - Marilyn's husband, had a sizeable income: £250.00 per week for signing a record contract.

It's a shame, sad, very sad that more of Hylda's works in TV and Film are not available. She was a remarkable actress, extremely funny, "belly-aching hilarious" and one of five of my favorite British comedic actresses. She was on a realm with Lucy, now that's funny! I pray more of Hylda's works are found and made available to her fans and hopefully will become known to a new generation of fans. This other previewer obviously has no clue who Hylda was ore he is a sad, sad person who was born with no sense of humor. People should not write about things they don't know. If he made a mistake in purchasing this DVD and did not like it, chalk it up to personal bad taste, don't take it out on the movie. There are many, many, many who find it a great piece of artistic work. I am definitely one.