keepturningleft Posted June 25, 2015 Report Share Posted June 25, 2015 As a fan of old school horror films from the 50’s & 60’s, I recently purchased an updated version of the book ‘English Gothic’ by Jonathan Rigby and was surprised to see a speedway photograph from New Cross in 1948 and reference to the film it came from. This is not from ‘Once A Jolly Swagman’ however but a film called ‘The Monkey’s Paw’ This is a new one on me – anyone else aware of this? Check it out here, speedway scenes start at approx 46 mins (If you can get past the ads). ▶ The Monkey's Paw (1948) - Video Dailymotion Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norbold Posted June 25, 2015 Report Share Posted June 25, 2015 Yes. I saw it a long time ago. I thought it was a reasonable film. It's based on a 1902 horror story. Surprisingly the original novel didn't have any speedway in it. If I remember right, I believe Alfie Bass was the speedway promoter or manager or something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grachan Posted June 26, 2015 Report Share Posted June 26, 2015 They had 5 people in that race at one point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norbold Posted June 26, 2015 Report Share Posted June 26, 2015 They had 5 people in that race at one point. Must have been an old style WTC meeting.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trophykid Posted July 5, 2015 Report Share Posted July 5, 2015 The Cult film 'Bronco Bullfrog' made in 1969 features a scene at Speedway. I'm led to believe it's the Hackney Hawks and the clip is on YouTube. Top film by the way Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mickthemuppet Posted July 5, 2015 Report Share Posted July 5, 2015 Yes. I saw it a long time ago. I thought it was a reasonable film. It's based on a 1902 horror story. Surprisingly the original novel didn't have any speedway in it. If I remember right, I believe Alfie Bass was the speedway promoter or manager or something. The film was adapted from a 1902 story by W W Jacobs. Any sort of relation. The film was directed by Norman Lee. Alfie Bass was the Speedway Promoter but he only had a small part.It also starred Sydney Tafler Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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