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Title: THERE'S NAE LUCK ABOOT THE HOOSE

Reference number: 1678

Date: 1961

Director: [d. Adam H Malcolm]

Production company: SEFA [Edinburgh Group]

Sound: sound

Original format: 16mm

Colour: col

Fiction: fiction

Running time: 4.18 mins

Description: Interpretation of a traditional Scots ballad which tells the story of a family in the nineteenth century awaiting the return of the man of the house.

Entered in the Scottish Amateur Film Festival 1961

See The WAY IT WAS p.c. Grampian TV prog 95 Tx 1998 for interview with Laura Brand about making the film.

Credits: Production: The producers acknowledge most gratefully the help given by the Museum Service of Edinburgh Corporation.

Cast
Wife, Laura Brand, Maids, Peggy Silverman, Sandra Humphrey, Jock, Mervyn Benger, Kate, Doris McCaw, Singer, Laura Brand, Accompanist, Tom McCourt

Shotlist: Title. Short story with song accompaniment about a family in the nineteenth century awaiting the return of the man of the house. ecs (4.18)