English Without Tears
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English Without Tears is a 1944 British
Comedy film
directed by Harold French
and starring Michael Wilding
, Penelope Dudley-Ward and Lilli Palmer
. The niece of a British aristocrat falls in love with the butler.
Cinema of the United Kingdom
The United Kingdom has had a major influence on modern cinema. The first moving pictures developed on celluloid film were made in Hyde Park, London in 1889 by William Friese Greene, a British inventor, who patented the process in 1890. It is generally regarded that the British film industry...
Comedy film
Comedy film
Comedy film is a genre of film in which the main emphasis is on humour. They are designed to elicit laughter from the audience. Comedies are mostly light-hearted dramas and are made to amuse and entertain the audiences...
directed by Harold French
Harold French
Harold French was an English director and actor of stage and screen. As an actor most of his roles occurred between 1912 and 1936. He did not garner as much attention as an actor as he would as a director. From 1940 to 1955 he had a several solid box-office successes...
and starring Michael Wilding
Michael Wilding
Michael Wilding may refer to:*Michael Wilding , English actor*Michael Wilding...
, Penelope Dudley-Ward and Lilli Palmer
Lilli Palmer
Lilli Palmer , born Lilli Marie Peiser, was a German actress. She won the Volpi Cup, the Deutscher Filmpreis three times, and was nominated twice for a Golden Globe Award.-Life and career:...
. The niece of a British aristocrat falls in love with the butler.
Cast
- Michael WildingMichael WildingMichael Wilding may refer to:*Michael Wilding , English actor*Michael Wilding...
... Tom Gilbey - Penelope Dudley-Ward ... Joan Heseltine
- Lilli PalmerLilli PalmerLilli Palmer , born Lilli Marie Peiser, was a German actress. She won the Volpi Cup, the Deutscher Filmpreis three times, and was nominated twice for a Golden Globe Award.-Life and career:...
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... Bobbie Heseltine - Margaret RutherfordMargaret RutherfordDame Margaret Taylor Rutherford DBE was an English character actress, who first came to prominence following World War II in the film adaptations of Noel Coward's Blithe Spirit, and Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest...
... Lady Christabel Beauclerk - Martin MillerMartin Miller (Czech actor)Martin Miller, born Rudolph Muller was a Czech character actor who played many small roles in British films and television series from the early 1940s until his death...
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... Sir Cosmo Brandon - Paul Demel ... M. Saladoff
- Beryl Measor ... Miss Faljambe
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... Queenie - Ivor BarnardIvor BarnardIvor Barnard was an English film actor. In 1929 he appeared on stage in "Bird In Hand" at the Morosco Theatre in New York City. He appeared in 84 films between 1921 and 1953. He appeared in the Alfred Hitchcock film The 39 Steps in 1935. In 1943, he played the stationmaster in the Ealing war movie...
... Mr. Quiel - Paul BonifasPaul BonifasPaul Bonifas was a French actor, born in Paris.In the 1920s, while working for the French customs service, Bonifas took classes in acting at the Conservatoire de Paris in his spare time...
... Monsieur Rolland - Richard Turner ... Delivery Man
- André Randall ... Dutch Officer
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... Polish Officer