Episode 602: The Man in the White Suit (1951)

The Projection Booth

Tv & Film, Film Interviews, Film Reviews, Film History

4.6 • 709 Ratings

🗓️ 26 December 2022

⏱️ 119 minutes

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Summary

We’re looking at the 1951 film from Alexander Mackendrick, the Man in the White Suit. The film stars Alec Guinness as Sidney Stratton, an inventor who comes up with a fabric that will never wear out and never get dirty. He soon comes to the attention of both the bosses at the textile mills as well as the workers, and quickly learns that his good intentions are not appreciated in the least, with the possible exception of Daphne Birnley, his boss’s daughter.

AJ Black and Mark Begley join Mike to discuss the film while Robert Sellers speaks about his book, The Secret Life of Ealing Studios: Britain's Favourite Film Studio.

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0:00.0	Hold your ears, folks. It's showtime.
0:08.6	People pay good money to see this movie.
0:10.9	When they go out to a theater, they want cold sodas, hot popcorn, and no monsters in the projection booth.
0:17.3	Everyone pretend podcasting isn't boring.
0:20.2	Shut it off.
0:25.4	Turn it off.
0:26.6	Turn it off.
0:31.6	Hey, Ladies and gentle, we are privileged to witness one of our foremost scientists at work.
0:48.3	However, to assure the complete success of this most intricate experiment, he must have absolute quiet.
0:57.0	I repeat, absolute quiet. It shouldn't have done that.
1:02.0	Who'd be a scientist? But if at first you don't succeed, try...
1:10.0	Try... See? Try. Try.
1:11.6	Try.
1:12.6	Try again.
1:15.6	Mr. Huskins, it's worked. I've done it!
1:17.6	I've got to see, Mr. Burley!
1:19.6	I've done it! I've done it!
1:20.6	Stop him!
1:22.6	Stop him!
1:23.6	Sister, what's the trouble?
1:24.6	He's mad. That's the trouble.
1:26.6	The... Sister, what's the trouble? He's mad, that's the trouble. I know what they offered you.
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