Hear Paul McCartney’s Forgotten 1967 Movie Soundtrack, Arranged by George Martin
In 1967, a young Roger Ebert drew up a top-ten-films-of-the-year list including Bonnie and Clyde, Blow-Up, The Graduate, A Man for All Seasons, and Cool Hand Luke. Later, he added a few more pictures from this cinematic bumper crop that he remembered fondly, the first of which was The Family Way. Though seldom referenced today, it was a big hit in Britain — one of several, in fact, for the twin-brother filmmakers John and Roy Boulting. Responsible for such nineteen-fifties comedies as Lucky Jim and I’m All Right Jack, the two attained in their homeland not only auteur status, but also the curious position of establishment satirists, validating the institutions of mid-century English life even as they ridiculed them. Adapted from a stage play by Alfie author Bill Naughton, The Family Way finds its material in the trials of a pair of northern newlyweds who, having been fleeced by a crooked travel agent, end up having to spend their honeymoon at home. What’s worse, given their impecuniousness, “home” meant a room in the house of the groom’s parents. That 1967 …









