Today’s Recipe: Pastry, Kidney, Peas, Fingers
1927, UK, Black & White, 54 minutes
Written and directed by Sir Malcolm Killingham
Starring Brycie Gord, Stanley Turkle, Betty Higho, Twirly Swordfish
A piquant, mouth watering expose of the 1920s British meat processing industry. Sure, many meatworkers lose fingers and toes, but they look like tasty gentlemen marinated in the smells and fumes of Britain’s finest slaughterhouses. The love stories are strong, the thick pastries are appetising, and this reviewer went straight from the screening to a merchant of meat-filled delicacies. A rare example of a film succeeding where it hoped to fail.
Watch out for – the way that cute Dorchester gal wields a spatula. Yum!
Quote – “News from the plant dearie; only got to lose one more finger and I get a lifetime pension.”
Reviewed by R.P. Thunderdunk
