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Veteran cars that starred successful a classical British movie person arrived astatine the National Motor Museum astatine Beaulieu implicit the summer. The movie prima cars, Genevieve and Spyker, are on display to observe the 70th anniversary of Genevieve, the much-loved, Bafta-winning movie which was archetypal released successful 1953.
The drama movie follows the adventures of 2 couples participating successful the yearly London to Brighton lawsuit erstwhile driving a brace of seasoned cars, the 1904 Darracq called Genevieve after which the movie is named and a 1905 Spyker.
Andrea Bishop, Director of Collections and Engagement astatine the National Motor Museum says, “It’s fantastic to person Genevieve and the Spyker connected show successful the Museum. Film buffs and motoring enthusiasts will, I’m sure, revel successful celebrating this classical Ealing-style drama and its relation successful inspiring the preservation and driving of historical cars successful Britain.”
In the movie Alan McKim, a young barrister, and his woman Wendy (played by John Gregson and Dinah Sheridan) are aboard a 1904 Darracq called Genevieve after which the movie is named. Their person Ambrose Claverhouse (Kenneth More), a brash advertizing salesman, and his latest girlfriend, manner exemplary Rosalind Peters (Kay Kendall) – positive her favored St Bernard canine – thrust successful the Spyker. Although timid by today’s standards, their exploits connected the mode to Brighton and connected a instrumentality contention to Westminster Bridge won millions of admirers close astir the globe, and besides fuelled unprecedented involvement successful the seasoned car movement.
Following their clip astatine Beaulieu the cars volition sojourn the Royal Automobile Club successful London and successful November enactment successful the RM Sotheby’s London to Brighton Veteran Car Run.
Genevieve has an absorbing history. The Darracq was discovered among piles of junk connected an property successful East London soon aft WW2 and purchased for £25. The caller proprietor recovered an due two-seater assemblage but had neither the clip oregon wealth to implicit a restoration truthful sold it onto Norman Reeves who oversaw the car’s implicit renovation and named it Annie. Film manager Henry Cornelius formed the small reborn Darracq for the starring four-wheeled relation successful the question picture, rechristening it Genevieve aft the patron saint of Paris wherever the car had primitively been built. Reeves yet got bushed of each the publicity surrounding the personage Darracq and sold it to a caller proprietor successful Australia. After 40 years, Genevieve returned to Europe and is present displayed – appropriately alongside the Spyker – astatine the Louwman Museum successful The Hague, Netherlands. However, with specified an important day to honor, some movie stars volition beryllium backmost successful Britain this summertime and autumn.
70 years of Genevieve volition besides beryllium the taxable of a ‘Transport Torque’ lecture by Andrew Roberts astatine the National Motor Museum Collections Centre connected the evening of the 7 October. Genevieve volition beryllium successful the Collections Centre for the evening of the Transport Torque.
For much information, delight sojourn https://nationalmotormuseum.org.uk/events
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