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The Happy Family (1952)

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Film details

Featuring

Stanley Holloway Kathleen Harrison Naunton Wayne
Country

United Kingdom
Year

1952
Genre

Comedy
Type

Film
Category

Fiction

Alternative titles

The South Bank Story Working
Mr. Lord Says No Alternative
Live and Let Live Alternative

Synopsis

Because of the building for the 1951 Festival the Lord family are told to evacuate their shop and home on the South Bank. They stoically cling to the property and after a week without water or light they are on the point of surrender when the Government capitulates.

Cast & Credits

Cast
- - Henry Lord
    
    Stanley Holloway
  - Lilian Lord
    
    Kathleen Harrison
  - Mr Filch
    
    Naunton Wayne
  - Ada
    
    Dandy Nichols
  - Cyril
    
    George Cole
  - Mr Thwaites
    
    Miles Malleson
  - Maurice Hennessy
    
    Tom Gill
  - Anne
    
    Margaret Barton
  - neighbours
    
    Lyn Evans
  - process server
    
    David Keir
  - alderman
    
    Edward Lexy
  - Marina
    
    Shirley Mitchell
  - Joan
    
    Eileen Moore
  - councillor
    
    Laurence Naismith
  - fireman
    
    Anthony Oliver
  - shop steward
    
    Hal Osmond
  - Mr Granite
    
    John Salew
  - David
    
    John Stratton
  - Sir Charles Spanniell
    
    Geoffrey Sumner
  - announcer
    
    Michael Ward
  - M.P.
    
    Richard Wattis
  - himself
    
    Winston
  - mayor
    
    Cameron Hall
  - neighbour
    
    Ernest Butcher
  - policeman
    
    Campbell Singer
  - policeman
    
    Peter Martyn
  - Ganger
    
    Arthur Hambling
  - Mrs Potter
    
    Eileen Way
Credits
- Unknown:
  - Directed by
    
    Muriel Box
  - ©
    
    London Independent Producers
  - A Sydney Box production for
    
    London Independent Producers
  - Produced by
    
    William Macquitty
  - Production Controller
    
    Attwooll, H.R.R.
  - Assistant Director
    
    John Arnold
  - Screenplay by
    
    Muriel Box
  - Screenplay by
    
    Sydney Box
  - Based on the play 'The Happy Family' by
    
    Michael Clayton Hutton
  - Director of Photography
    
    Wyer, Reginald H.
  - Cameraman
    
    Dudley Lovell
  - Editor
    
    Jean Barker
  - Art Director
    
    Cedric Dawe
  - Costumes
    
    Dorothy Sinclair
  - Make-up
    
    Nell Taylor
  - Hairdresser
    
    Barbara Ritchie
  - Music Composed by
    
    Francis Chagrin
  - Conducted by
    
    Muir Mathieson
  - Sound
    
    Peter Birch
  - Sound
    
    Maurice Askew
  - Logo [Sound System]
    
    Western Electric
  - Logo [Studio]
    
    Gate Studios

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