Go to Blazes (1942 film)
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| Directed by | Walter Forde |
| Written by | Diana Morgan Angus MacPhail |
| Produced by | Michael Balcon |
| Starring | Will Hay Thora Hird Muriel George |
| Cinematography | Ernest Palmer |
| Edited by | Len Page |
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Running time | 9 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Go to Blazes is a short 1942 British information film, produced by the Ministry of Information, directed by Walter Forde and starring Will Hay and Thora Hird.[1][2] It was written by Diana Morgan and Angus MacPhail.
Synopsis
[edit]When an incendiary bomb strikes his house during the Blitz, Hay fusses so ineptly with his extinguishing equipment that the bomb burns through the floor – and obligingly falls into a bucket of water in the basement. When a second bomb strikes, his daughter shows him how to do the job properly.
Cast
[edit]- Will Hay as father
- Thora Hird as Elsie, the daughter
- Muriel George as mother
Reception
[edit]BFI Screenonline refers to it as a "wittily written information film."[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Go to Blazes". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 26 May 2025.
- ^ "Go To Blazes (COI 957)". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 9 March 2014.
- ^ "BFI Screenonline: Go to Blazes (1942)". Screenonline.org.uk. Retrieved 9 March 2014.
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