A comedy produced by Ronald Padgett that features his family and tells the story of a father who at the end of a vacation insist that all the luggage for the journey home be stored in the boot; including an evening meal. However, on returning home he is unable to open the boot and attempts in vain to find someone to help him open the broken lock. The proverb of the film is ‘don’t put all your eggs in one basket!’. Title: The Proverbial Homecoming Credit: A Broken Edge production On a sunny...

A comedy produced by Ronald Padgett that features his family and tells the story of a father who at the end of a vacation insist that all the luggage for the journey home be stored in the boot; including an evening meal. However, on returning home he is unable to open the boot and attempts in vain to find someone to help him open the broken lock. The proverb of the film is ‘don’t put all your eggs in one basket!’. Title: The Proverbial Homecoming Credit: A Broken Edge production On a sunny beach young women in bikini’s mingle with other holiday makers, one lays sunbathing on nearby concrete steps. Title: Gorgeous! But every holiday ends Title: … so one Sunday morning… A sign in the window of a Bed & Breakfast establishment reads ‘Seaview. No Vacancies’. A man carrying two suitcases comes out of the property and places them into the boot of his car parked in the driveway. His wife appears putting another case in the boot followed by his daughter carrying a large holdall which is also placed in the boot. The wife returns with more bags along with his son. Title: Father likes all the luggage in the boot As he continues to sort the luggage, his daughter deflates a rubber ring which is also placed in the boot. He wife appears from the property carrying a wicker basket which she passes to her husband. Title: even our next meal… The basket is placed in the boot, the wife comes over with another item which is placed in it. The boot is closed, and the family get into the car. The owner of the hotel waves as the car pulls out of the driveway onto the road and departs. Title: Some hours later The car pulls into the family driveway, everyone getting out and heading into their home. Title: First a quick meal In the kitchen the wife lights the stove with a match putting on a kettle. In the dining room the children set the table. The wife head outside and tries to open the boot, but it is stuck. Title: There is a snag The husband appears and tries to open the boot without success, they work together to try and open it. The husband gets into a car and drives away pulling into a garage. A sign nearby reads ‘CLOSED’ so the husband drives home. The family appear and convince the father to try again to find help. He reverses out of the driveway again and pulls up outside a parade of shops. He walks along the street trying to find one that is open, but gets back into his car and drives away. Again, he pulls into the driveway where he is met by his wife, they both go inside. She removes the kettle from the stove and takes our packets of cream crackers from a breadbin. From a cupboard she takes out some tined food, she reads the label on a can of what appears to be tinned fish. Around the dining room table, the family eat a meal along with cups of tea. Title: And the proverb is… Title: don’t put all your eggs into one basket! End title: The end