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Abstract / Summary

Charles Laughton delivers a bravura performance as a Lancashire bootmaker who attempts to dictate his daughter’s choice of husband, only to find that she marries his downtrodden and simple-minded employee and starts a rival business. Set in the 1890s, this working class comedy by Harold Brighouse is wonderfully photographed by Jack Hildyard.

Field of Interest

Film

Accolades / Awards

Won 1955, BAFTA Film Award, Best British Film, Nominated 1955, BAFTA Film Award, Best British Actor, Nominated 1955, BAFTA Film Award, Best British Actress, Nominated 1955, BAFTA Film Award, Best British Screenplay, Nominated 1955, BAFTA Film Award, Best Film from any Source, Won 1954, Berlin International Film Festival, Golden Berlin Bear

Copyright Message

Copyright © 2015 by Studiocanal

Director

Sir David Lean, 1908-1991

Content Type

Script

Duration

0 sec

Format

Text

Sub Genre

Drama, Comedy, Romance

Original Release Date

1954

Page Count

166

Performer

Charles Laughton, 1899-1962, Sir John Mills, 1908-2005, Brenda de Banzie, 1909-1981

Playwright

Harold Brighouse, 1882-1958

Producer

Sir David Lean, 1908-1991

Producer - Institution

London Film Productions, British Lion Film Corporation

Publication Year

2015

Publisher

Studio Canal

Place Published / Released

London, England

Release Date

1954

Subject

Film, Music & Performing Arts, Literature & Language, 1950s, Marriage, Dowry, Fathers, 1950s, Henry Horatio Hobson, Maggie Hobson, Alice Hobson, Vickey Hobson, Mrs. Hepworth, William Mossop, Albert Prosser, Fred Beenstock, Tubby Wadlow, Hisham Heeler, Ada Figgins, Dr. MacFarlane

Keywords and Translated Subjects

1950s