‘It Laughs with and at the English’

Passport to Pimlico’s contemporary reviews stressed the film’s qualities as a specifically national form of comedy, while also relishing its antiauthoritarian and anti-statist elements.

A contemporary poster for 1949’s Passport to Pimlico (Ealing Studios).

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This post is part of the ‘Research and Reflections’ occasional series, consisting of pieces based on my ongoing academic research, as well as on my musings on and responses to current affairs and personal developments.