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.^[1]

Plot

The niece of a British aristocrat falls in love with the butler. Lady Christabel Beauclark (Margaret Rutherford) has become a fanatic bird fancier. She is engaged in a crusade to secure the territorial rights for her beloved British birds, in both Britain and abroad. While she is occupied with this somewhat odd mission, her niece, Joan Heseltine (Penelope Dudley-Ward), has become more and more affectionate towards the family butler, Tom Gilbey (Michael Wilding), to the point of falling head over heels for him. When the great war starts, Lady Christabel has to give up her quest for the birds' rights, and instead focus on the war at home. The butler, who was quite indifferent to Joan's affections for him, finds himself falling in love with her. Lady Christabel gets her hands full sorting out this unwanted love affair, when the affections of the young woman is no longer unrequited.^[2]

Cast

Michael Wilding ... Tom Gilbey
Penelope Dudley-Ward ... Joan Heseltine
Lilli Palmer ... Brigid Knudsen
Claude Dauphin ... François de Freycinet
Albert Lieven ... Felix Dembowski
Peggy Cummins ... Bobbie Heseltine
Margaret Rutherford ... Lady Christabel Beauclerk
Martin Miller ... Schmidt
Roland Culver ... Sir Cosmo Brandon
Paul Demel ... M. Saladoff
Beryl Measor ... Miss Faljambe
Guy Middleton ... Captain Standish
Esma Cannon ... Queenie
Ivor Barnard ... Mr. Quiel
Paul Bonifas ... Monsieur Rolland
Richard Turner ... Delivery Man
André Randall ... Dutch Officer
Gerard Heinz ... Polish Officer

References

External links

English Without Tears at the Internet Movie Database

v t e Films directed by Harold French

1930s	The Cavalier of the Streets (1937) Dead Men are Dangerous (1939)

1940s	The House of the Arrow (1940) Major Barbara (1941) Jeannie (1941) The Day Will Dawn (1942) Unpublished Story (1942) Secret Mission (1942) Talk About Jacqueline (1942) Dear Octopus (1943) English Without Tears (1944) Mr. Emmanuel (1944) Quiet Weekend (1946) White Cradle Inn (1947) My Brother Jonathan (1948) The Blind Goddess (1948) Quartet (1948) Adam and Evelyne (1949)

1950s	The Dancing Years (1950) Trio (1950) Encore (1951) The Hour of 13 (1952) The Man Who Watched Trains Go By (1952) Rob Roy, the Highland Rogue (1953) Isn't Life Wonderful! (1953) Forbidden Cargo (1954) The Man Who Loved Redheads (1955)

v t e The works of Terence Rattigan

Plays	First Episode (1933) A Tale of Two Cities (with John Gielgud) (1935) French Without Tears (1936) After the Dance (1939) Follow My Leader (1940) Grey Farm (1940) Flare Path (1942) While The Sun Shines (1943) Love In Idleness (1944) The Winslow Boy (1946) The Browning Version (1948) Harlequinade (1948) Adventure Story (1949) Who Is Sylvia? (1950) The Deep Blue Sea (1952) The Sleeping Prince (1953) Separate Tables (1954) Variations On A Theme (1958) Ross (1960) Man and Boy (1963) A Bequest to the Nation (1970) After Lydia (1973) Before Dawn (In Praise Of Love II) (1973) All on Her Own (1974) Cause Célèbre (1975/77)

Films and TV	The Belles of St. Clements (1936) Gypsy (1937) French Without Tears (1940) Quiet Wedding (1941) The Day Will Dawn (1942) Uncensored (1942) English Without Tears (1944) The Way to the Stars (1945) While the Sun Shines (1947) Brighton Rock (1947) Bond Street (1948) The Winslow Boy (1948) The Browning Version (1951) The Sound Barrier (1952) The Final Test (1953) The Man Who Loved Redheads (1955) The Deep Blue Sea (1955) The Prince and the Showgirl (1957) Separate Tables (1958) The V.I.P.s (1963) The Yellow Rolls-Royce (1964) Nelson (1966) Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1969) Bequest to the Nation (1973) The Browning Version (1994) The Winslow Boy (1999)

Related works	The Girl Who Came to Supper (1963)

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