Top billed cast

1. 

   Diana Wynyard

   Jane Marryot

2. 

   Clive Brook

   Robert Marryot

3. 

   Una O'Connor

   Ellen Bridges

4. 

   Herbert Mundin

   Alfred Bridges

5. 

   Beryl Mercer

   Cook

6. 

   Irene Browne

   Margaret Harris

7. 

   Tempe Pigott

   Mrs. Snapper

8. 

   Merle Tottenham

   Annie

9. 

   Frank Lawton

   Joe Marryot

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on 2022-06-13

Noël Coward is at his most unashamedly jingoistic with this triple-Oscar winning depiction of the lives and loves, trials and tribulations of the well-to-do "Marryot" family - "Jane" (Diana Wynyard) and husband "Robert" (Clive Brook) and of the working class "Bridges" - Herbert Mundin ("Fred") and Una O'Connor ("Ellen") and their respective children. This episodically styled melodrama, for that is largely what it is, straddles the periods of British history from the late 1800s, through the fairly seismic death of Queen Victoria, the ensuing gentile Edwardian era until the clouds of war gather...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$1,180,280.00

Revenue
$7,630,000.00

Keywords

• london, england
• world war i
• black and white
• pre-code
• upstairs downstairs
• 1900s
• wealthy family