Name: Death Drives Through
Genre: Drama
Released: 1935-07-22
Duration: 1 h
Rating: 5.1
Cast: Chili Bouchier, Robert Douglas, Miles Mander

This movie was included in the 14 volume Ealing Studios Rarities set. As with most 1930's productions one has to endure the silly humour that prevailed in even the most serious dramas. However, I enjoyed the wealth of Brooklands race day footage as it added realism and chorused with my memories of this track. I attended Brooklands Technical College in the mid 1960's, the campus and race track separated by the Southern Railways line from Waterloo. We students would often wander onto the track at lunch time and try to walk up the banked section, now slippery with moss and other vegetation. And we'd climb onto the Members' Bridge which was rusty and unsafe. Back then, the idea of resurrecting the racecourse was mooted, but flooding of the adjacent River Wey in 1967 badly damaged the track. I note that the fictitious fatal accident featured in the film was in fact Movietone footage of Clive Dunfee in his eight litre Bentley in September 1932, cart-wheeling having strayed over the banking rim at around 130 mph.. I was surprised that film of such a horrendous fatal accident should be used to give impact to the movie. All that aside, I enjoyed the character interplays and a reasonably realistic plot. And, of course a feelgood ending with love conquering all. To appreciate films of this vintage you have to get into the mindset of 1930's cinematography and not harp on how dated it now seems.

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