English Without Tears

English Without Tears (1944)

While Lady Christabel Beauclark, a bird fancier, is scurrying about demanding certain territorial rights for British birds from other countries, Her Ladyship's niece is falling in love with the family butler, Tom Gilbey. The birds are forgotten when war breaks out, and Gilbey now finds himself in love with the niece whose love was previously unrequited. Written by Les Adams

Date of release
1944-07-28
TMDB
6.3 / 10 (7)
Runtime
1h 28m
Genres
Comedy
Director
Harold French

Casting

Interesting facts

English Without Tears is a 1944 British romantic comedy film directed by Harold French and starring Michael Wilding, Penelope Dudley-Ward and Lilli Palmer. The screenplay was by Terrance Rattigan and Anatole de Grunwald. It was released in the U.S. under the title Her Man Gilbey, as a reference to the classic Screwball comedy, My Man Godfrey (1936).

Production

Harold French had directed the successful stage production of French without Tears starring Rex Harrison. He later called the film:

A bit of wickedness on Tolly de Grunwald's part because it wasn't good and made no real sense. Tolly, who was a lovely old villain, had found a backer and her persuaded Terry to lend his name to it. And of course Terry, who was then in the Air Force, needed the money. By the time we were shooting, I knew it wasn't Terry's dialogue. Penelope Dudley Ward was in it and she had a lovely comedy sense with a very light touch.

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