Go to Blazes (1942 film)

Go to Blazes
Directed by	Walter Forde
Written by	Diana Morgan Angus MacPhail
Produced by	Michael Balcon
Starring	Will Hay Thora Hird Muriel George
Cinematography	Ernest Palmer
Edited by	Len Page
Production company	Ealing Studios
Release date	1942 (1942)
Running time	9 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Go to Blazes is a 1942 British short black and white humorous public information film directed by Walter Forde and starring Will Hay, Thora Hird and Muriel George. ^{[1] [2]} It was written by Diana Morgan and Angus MacPhail and produced for the Ministry of Information.

Synopsis

When an incendiary bomb strikes his house during the Blitz, father fusses so ineptly with his extinguishing equipment that the bomb burns through the floor – and obligingly falls into a bucket of water in the basement. When a second bomb strikes, his daughter shows him how to do the job properly.

Cast

• Will Hay as father
• Thora Hird as Elsie, the daughter
• Muriel George as mother

Direction credit

According the British Film Institute, the identity of the director is uncertain. Although the film's titles credit Walter Forde, he subsequently denied this role. The BFI speculates that direction may have been by Hay or by his occasional directing partner Basil Dearden. ^[3]

Reception

BFI Screenonline refers to it as a "wittily written information film." ^[3]

References

1. "Go to Blazes". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 26 May 2025.
2. "Go To Blazes (COI 957)". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 9 March 2014.
3. "BFI Screenonline: Go to Blazes (1942)". Screenonline.org.uk. Retrieved 9 March 2014.

External links

• Go to Blazes at IMDb
• Watch Go to Blazes at the Imperial War Museum