Glad Tidings (film)
| Glad Tidings | |
|---|---|
Insignia Films | |
| Distributed by | Eros Films (UK) |
Release date |
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Running time | 67 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Glad Tidings is a 1953 British
Nettlefold Studios in Walton-on-Thames.[2] The film's art direction was by John Stoll.[1] The backers Eros Films were pleased enough with the film's success to adapt another Delderfield play as Where There's a Will in 1955.[3]
Plot
A retired
RAF
officer returns home to his sleepy little rural community with an attractive new American fiancée, to the initial resentment of his children.
Cast
- Barbara Kelly as Kay Stuart
- Raymond Huntley as Tom Forester
- Ronald Howard as Corporal Nicholas Brayne
- Jean Lodge as Celia Forester
- Terence Alexander as Flight Lieutenant Spud Cusack
- Diana Calderwood as Josephine Forester
- Laurence Payne as Clive Askham
- Arthur Howard as Mr. Boddington
- Brian Smith as Derek Forester
- Yvette Wyatt as Miggs Forester
- Doris Yorke as Mrs. Boddington
- Stella Richman as Anna
- Harry Green as The Golfer
- John Warren as Club Barman
- Louis Matto as Waiter
- Peter Forbes-Robertson as Reception Clerk
Production
The film was made at
Nettlefold Studios, Walton-on-Thames, England, and on location. A collection of then-and-now location stills and corresponding contemporary photographs is hosted at reelstreets.com.[4]
Critical reception
TV Guide dismissed the film as a "Plodding domestic trifle",[5] whereas Sky Cinema approved the fact that the piece provided "Raymond Huntley and Barbara Kelly (Bernard Braden's wife) with rare leading roles in a feature film. Huntley gets a chance to break away from his stuffy bureaucrats and he's a pleasure to watch."[6]
References
- ^ a b "Glad Tidings! (1953)". Archived from the original on 9 March 2016.
- ISBN 9783110951943– via Google Books.
- ^ Chibnall & McFarlane p.99
- ^ "Glad Tidings, The". ReelStreets. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
- ^ "Glad Tidings". TVGuide.com.
- ^ "Glad Tidings". Archived from the original on 1 September 2017.
Bibliography
- Chibnall, Steve & McFarlane, Brian. The British 'B' Film. Palgrave MacMillan, 2009.
External links
- Glad Tidings at IMDb
- Glad Tidings at BFI
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