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These films have been made available online with kind permission of High Wycombe Society, who rescued the films. We have been able to make connections with relatives of a number of individuals involved in High Wycombe Film Society, who have given permission for films to be shared in this way. We would be interested to hear from others who may also have a claim in the copyright for this material, please get in touch with WFSA via email enquiries.wfsa@hants.gov.uk

Film is in three sections: 1) [00:33-05:47] ‘Mary Blandy’: a ghost story set in contemporary Henley Regatta. Actors putting on a play about Blandy in Kenton Theatre are disturbed by a mysterious woman wandering the theatre - Blandy murdered her father when he refused her permission to marry; she was hanged and became local ghost legend. 2) [05:47-11:08] ‘Lady Hoby’: filmed in/around Bisham Abbey, this tells the story of Lady Hoby, who locked her son in the attic and forgot about him while on a trip to London. 3) [11:09-16:00] ‘The Warlock’: a folk-horror story filmed in Burnham Beeches. Robed figures walk through /past trees and bushes. The Warlock (dressed in white) takes poison – which is revealed to be weed killer, and that this is all happening in the modern day rather than a historical period.

Although in black-and-white it mirrors the approach to historical drama-documentary seen in John Hampden and Hellfire Francis. Interesting black-and-white cinematography, strong on shadows (particularly in Lady Hoby)

The film’s production featured in Movie Maker in 1975, with a focus on pictures from production of the ‘Lady Hoby’ and ‘Mary Blandy’ segments. The film would be awarded a 4* 16mm rating in the 1976 Ten Best competition. (‘The Star Ratings’, MM July 1976, p.474)


credits: Bob Mead & John Smithson
production: Bob Mead & John Smithson
casts: Stokenchurch Players, Ray King, Mike Mortimer, David Arnold, Malcolm Liddle,
keywords: drama, narrative, ghost story, Royal Regatta, theatre, supernatural, folk-horror, folk horror, ghosts, local legend, folklore, folk stories, Canadian Red Cross Memorial Hospital
genre: Amateur
location: Berkshire
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Opening credits.
Title screen: Mary Blandy
Scenes from contemporary Henley Regatta. In Kenton Theatre, actors are rehearsing a play about local historical figure. Their rehearsal is disturbed by a mysterious woman wandering the theatre and a paranormal event.
Title screen: Lady Hoby
Filmed in and around Bisham Abbey and set in Elizabethan times. Lady Hoby punishes her son for poor academic work by locking him in the attic. Lady Hoby is called away to London, and her son is left in the attic for weeks.
Title screen: The Warlock
In Burnham Beeches, a medieval forest, robed figures walk through the trees. The Warlock drinks poison in a ritual to show the strength of his powers. He falls to the ground. It's revealed that the poison was weed killer and that the story is set in contemporary times.

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