Women Of Twilight (Vintage Classics) [Blu-ray]

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Women Of Twilight (Vintage Classics) [Blu-ray]

Women Of Twilight (Vintage Classics) [Blu-ray]

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The Observer, October 1951: "No one would put this among the Plays Pleasant, but it does seize the mind." [15]

Monthly Film Bulletin, December 1952: "This sordid story has been dealt with in an unimaginative, self-conscious manner, with the emphasis on the sensational ... The film, which infers that it has performed a social duty in bringing these unpleasant facts before the public, could have done better by dropping the pointless initial Soho nightclub scenes, and introducing a sequence showing what social services there are available for the unmarried mother. But Women of Twilight, the first British film to receive an 'X' certificate from the censor, is perhaps scarcely remarkable for truth to life." [29] The film is an adaption of the play of the same name, written by Sylvia Raymanand which had its premiere at the Regent Theatre in Hayes the previous year before going on to have an extended run in the West End. Newly restored, the film is due to have its first ever DVD, Blu-ray, and Digital release in March 27 ththis year via Europe’s leading film and television studio, STUDIOCANAL.The latest production at the Pleasance Theatre in Islington sees Women of Twilight return to the stage after a successful run at the White Bear Theatre last season. Dareen (April 12, 2009). "Tinsel Korey Joins The Cast Of 'The Twilight Saga: New Moon' " . Retrieved August 14, 2009. The film stays true to the central premise of Sylvia Rayman’s drama which was to draw attention to the stigma of, and wider prejudice against unmarried mothers living in postwar Britain, issues that had not previously been highlighted by British cinema. Not only does the choice of subject matter make this film groundbreaking but the fact that it features an almost all-female cast and is based upon a play written by a then 28 year old woman also places it years ahead of its time. Of further significant note is that due to its then controversial storyline and the language that was originally used in the play – words like “bastards”, “brats”, and “bitch” – Women of Twilightwas the first British film to be given an X-certificate meaning that it could only be seen by anyone who was 16 years and over.

Some of her victims also have interesting catastrophes to deal with, but for all that, the first act consists of encounters between them and Helen, which Helen inevitably wins. She is the boss. Her victims have nowhere else to hide. When 28-year-old Sylvia Rayman's drama premiered in 1951 it was dismissed by some critics as "hysterical" – prompted no doubt by prejudice against a female writer and an all-female cast. Women of Twilight is a lost gem: a gritty, ground-breaking drama based on the hit West End play by Sylvia Rayman that was the first British film to receive the recently introduced X certificate. Chapman, J. (2022). The Money Behind the Screen: A History of British Film Finance, 1945-1985. Edinburgh University Press p 358

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