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English Without Tears

English Without Tears

1944Movie⏱️ 1h 17mApproved
ComedyRomanceWar
6
IMDB Rating
351 votes

While bird-fancier Lady Christabel Beauclark (Dame Margaret Rutherford) scurries around demanding certain territorial rights for British birds from other countries, Her Ladyship's niece is falling in love with the family's butler,...

Director
Harold French
Writers
Anatole de Grunwald, Terence Rattigan
Stars
Michael Wilding, Margaret Rutherford, Penelope Dudley-Ward
Release Date
December 22, 1944
Language
English
Country
United Kingdom
💬 16
Reviews
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🎭 Top Cast

Michael Wilding
Michael Wilding
as Tom Gilbey
Margaret Rutherford
Margaret Rutherford
as Lady Christabel Beauclerk
Penelope Dudley-Ward
Penelope Dudley-Ward
as Joan Heseltine
Lilli Palmer
Lilli Palmer
as Brigid Knudsen
Claude Dauphin
Claude Dauphin
as François de Freycinet
Albert Lieven
Albert Lieven
as Felix Demborski
Peggy Cummins
Peggy Cummins
as Bobbie Heseltine
Roland Culver
Roland Culver
as Sir Cosmo Brandon
Martin Miller
Martin Miller
as Schmidt
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Paul Demel
as M. Saladoff

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.37 : 1
Color
Black and White
Filming Location
D&P Studios, Denham, Uxbridge, Buckinghamshire, England, UK
Production
Two Cities Films

🏷️ Keywords

englishcricket the sportfemale jealousyromantic rivalryclass distinction

🎯 Categories

ComedyRomanceWar

⭐ Featured Review

Delightful romp
by olliemankz2014-03-12
8/10

"... though somewhat confusing. I would have been the first to attempt a synopsis for this movie but the plot to me was a bit oblique. Not only do we have a romance across "class distinction" lines with the backdrop of a slightly daffy female aristocrat trying to protect English migratory birds, but there is something to do with an interpreter played by the beautiful Lilli Palmer who neither looks nor sounds like a Brigid Knudsen. And our heroine, Joan, played by Penelope Ward, getting all mad at the criss-cross of relationships the meaning of which people scope out on the basis of on..."

💡 Did You Know?

Primula Rollo (A Second A.T.)'s only film. She was married to David Niven and they had two children. She died at 28 after being seriously injured in a fall during a game of hide and seek at Tyrone Power's home - mistaking a cellar entrance for a closet. David was heartbroken for many years afterward.

📖 Synopsis

While bird-fancier Lady Christabel Beauclark (Dame Margaret Rutherford) scurries around demanding certain territorial rights for British birds from other countries, Her Ladyship's niece is falling in love with the family's butler,...