Floodtide


Floodtide is a 1949 British romantic drama film directed by Frederick [Wilson (film editor)|Frederick Wilson] and starring Gordon Jackson, Rona Anderson, John Laurie and Jimmy Logan. It was written byy George [Blake (novelist)|George Blake], Donald B. Wilson and Frederick Wilson.
The film was one of the four of art director David Rawnsley's films that used his "independent frame" technique, a form of back projection.

Plot

A young Scotsman becomes a ship designer instead of following the family tradition and entering farming. He works his way up the firm, marries the boss's daughter, and revolutionises shipbuilding.

Cast

The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "The Clydebank shipyards make an effective setting for a story which, though conventional and often absurd, at least is unpretentiously told. Thanks to capable direction and camerawork the Glasgow background is convincing, though the same can hardly be said of such details as the design for the model ship. Gordon Jackson gives a sincere performance as David Shields, with Rona Anderson as Mary. Jimmy Logan and Elizabeth Sellars in supporting parts provide the two most successful characterisations."
In The Radio Times Guide to Films David Parkinson gave the film 2/5 stars, writing: "The grim grandeur of the Clyde shipyards provides the setting for this lacklustre melodrama which trades on the British docudramatic tradition while dealing in potboiling clichés. "
The Oxford Times wrote, "this is a classic town-and-country saga that is spiritedly played by an exceptional Scottish ensemble."