A Man About the House

A Man About the House (1947)

Handsome Italian laborer Kieron Moore works as caretaker of the Neopolitan villa inherited by plain-Jane Englishwomen Margaret Johnston and Dulcie Gray. Johnston is swept off her feet by the raffishly charming Moore, and before long they are wed.

Date of release
1947-10-03
TMDB
7.1 / 10 (9)
Runtime
1h 39m
Genres
Drama
Director
Leslie Arliss

Casting

Interesting facts

A Man About the House is a 1947 British drama film directed by Leslie Arliss and starring Dulcie Gray, Margaret Johnston and Kieron Moore. It was written by J. B. Williams and Arliss based on the 1942 novel of the same name by Francis Brett Young.

Production

The movie was part of a slate of new films from Alex Korda which also included The Shop at Sly Corner (1947) and Night Beat (1948).

Producer Edward Black had worked for many years at Gainsborough before resigning in November 1943 to work for Alex Korda. Black spent several years announcing various projects, before proceeding with two, Man About the House and Bonnie Prince Charlie. Location work was done on Bonnie Prince then was halted. Filming for A Man About the House took place in Ravello, Italy for five weeks, with studio work done at Shepperton Studios.

The film was produced by Edward Black and edited by Russell Lloyd, with cinematography by Georges Périnal and music by Nicholas Brodszky. The film's sets were designed by the art director Andrej Andrejew.

Dulcie Gray felt Leslie Arliss was "underestimated" because he had made The Man in Grey "and he was being rubbished by critics all the time." She added:

He helped very much indeed on the characterisations. He was shrewd, very kind and absolutely on one’s side, and he had a very firm, clear vision of Maggie Johnston and me. It is my great regret that that film wasn’t in colour, it was so beautifully photographed... It was decided to hold the opening at Eastbourne, I think, and there was a huge motorcade with a star in every limousine.

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