Food for Thought
Directed by Adrian Brunel1940 5mDocumentary
In this film collaboration between the famous Ealing Film Studios and the Ministry of Food, we have a ‘ringside seat’ at a meeting of the ‘Hillside Road Food Club’, whose members are gathered around a table in a front parlour room. The leader of the group has some robust exchanges with a cantankerous ‘Grandma’ (known to the audience at the time as radio character ‘Grandma Buggins’ played by the comedienne Mabel Constanduros).
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Food for Thought was released on January 1, 1940.
Food for Thought was directed by Adrian Brunel.
Food for Thought has a runtime of 5m.
Food for Thought was produced by John Croydon.
In this film collaboration between the famous Ealing Film Studios and the Ministry of Food, we have a ‘ringside seat’ at a meeting of the ‘Hillside Road Food Club’, whose members are gathered around a table in a front parlour room. The leader of the group has some robust exchanges with a cantankerous ‘Grandma’ (known to the audience at the time as radio character ‘Grandma Buggins’ played by the comedienne Mabel Constanduros).
The key characters in Food for Thought are Grandma (Mabel Constanduros), Muriel George, Eliot Makeham.
Food for Thought is a Documentary film.




