Product Description

In Over the Garden Wall a working class couple (Jimmy James and Norman Evans) are planning to give their only daughter and their new GI son-in-law a right Northern welcome. As always though riotous trouble starts to flare up when a young man starts to flirt with James and Evans daughter!

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #12783 in DVD
• Released on: 2007-03-26
• Rating: Universal, suitable for all
• Formats: Dolby, PAL
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 94 minutes

Synopsis
Classic British comedy in which a husband and wife plan to give their daughter and her new (American) husband a right Northern welcome.

About the Actor
Jimmy James is often hailed as the comedians comedian. He developed one of the funniest stage routines in variety history and his first film for Mancunian was Over the Garden Wall with Norman Evans playing his wife! Evans was an inspiration to comedians such as Les Dawson and became a big star in the States.

Customer Reviews

Classic comedy from 1950
Modern viewers may find this light humour film a little too slow, but it is worth taking the time to appreciate the classic comedy. Note the film was shot in Manchester with Northern accents, somewhat different to the accents heard in other English films of 1950.
Norman Evans is in drag throughout, and you can see the act which inspired Les Dawson's drag sketch and Harry Corbett's Sooty hand puppet.
Made in Manchester's Rusholme studios (sold not much later to BBC tv) the ballroom scene was shot in the nearby Belle Vue ballroom where the "extras" were fee paying members of the public.
A simple comedy about a working class family whose daughter has gone to America and married an American, coming home to meet her old flame and be entertained by the factory canteen acts before returning to America.
Some lovely old variety acting can be appreciated, variety musical numbers and old fashioned slapstick.
A remarkable archive rescue, the dvd uses a good quality film, just a few rough cuts, and whilst the soundtrack can be a little musty at times it is always clear.
The film title refers to a short monologue section by Norman Evans, later emulated by Les Dawson.