English without Tears (Original title)Her Man Gilbey (Alternative title)
Date: 04 September 1944 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirector: Harold French
Synopsis: The daughter of a wealthy family falls in love with the household's butler after he joins the army for war service and rises to the rank of lieutenant.
Genres: Comedy, War
Subjects: World War II, Social status
Releases
Date: 1944Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 89 mins Length: 7961 FeetDialogue (original): English
Date: 2015Country: United KingdomRelease type: InternetFormat: not specified - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 89 mins Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: BFIPlayer
Title: [Motion Picture Herald - v175 n11 11 Jun 1949: no known title]Language: English
In: Kinematograph Weekly v394 n2225 22 Dec 1949 Page: 19
Title: [Kinematograph Weekly - v394 n2225 22 Dec 1949: no known title]Language: English
In: Kinematograph Weekly n1946 3 Aug 1944
Title: [Kinematograph Weekly - n1946 3 Aug 1944: no known title]Language: English
In: Motion Picture Herald v156 n9 26 Aug 1944
Title: [Motion Picture Herald - v156 n9 26 Aug 1944: no known title]Language: English
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v11 n128 August 1944 Page: 87
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v11 n128 August 1944: no known title]Language: English
In: Today's Cinema v63 n5064 28 Jul 1944
Title: [Today's Cinema - v63 n5064 28 Jul 1944: no known title]Language: English
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(17)
Accessible materials to view(1)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 7810 FeetBFI identifier: C-50396
Status: Viewing - Viewing experience and projection may be compromised by condition of film print (servicing required)
Film materials(17)
Description: 35mm BFI identifier: C-50406
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 7810 FeetBFI identifier: C-50396
Status: Viewing - Viewing experience and projection may be compromised by condition of film print (servicing required)
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: SafetySound: Combined as MuteLength: 7810 FeetStock date: 1978BFI identifier: C-50398
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: NitrateSound: CombinedBFI identifier: C-50399
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: NitrateSound: CombinedBFI identifier: C-50400
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: NitrateSound: MuteLength: 102 FeetStock date: 1948BFI identifier: C-50393
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeSound: CombinedBFI identifier: C-50401
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Description: 35mm Duplicating PositiveSound: MuteBFI identifier: C-50392
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Duplicating PositiveBase: NitrateSound: CombinedLength: 7810 FeetBFI identifier: C-50403
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Duplicating PositiveBase: CTASound: MuteLength: 104 FeetStock date: 1982BFI identifier: C-50402
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Duplicating PositiveBase: SafetySound: MuteLength: 6934 FeetBFI identifier: C-76908
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Master PositiveBase: SafetySound: SoundLength: 6980 FeetBFI identifier: C-76909
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm NegativeSound: MuteBFI identifier: C-50404
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Description: 35mm NegativeSound: SoundBFI identifier: C-50405
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Description: 35mm Original NegativeBase: NitrateSound: MuteLength: 6929 FeetBFI identifier: C-50394
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Original NegativeBase: NitrateSound: SoundLength: 6961 FeetStock date: 1943BFI identifier: C-50395
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Re-recorded NegativeBase: SafetySound: SoundLength: 7810 FeetBFI identifier: C-50397
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Date: 04 September 1944 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirector: Harold French
Synopsis: The daughter of a wealthy family falls in love with the household's butler after he joins the army for war service and rises to the rank of lieutenant.
Genres: Comedy, War
Subjects: World War II, Social status
Releases
Date: 1944Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 89 mins Length: 7961 FeetDialogue (original): English
Date: 2015Country: United KingdomRelease type: InternetFormat: not specified - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 89 mins Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: BFIPlayer
Credits
(37)
Production Company: Two Cities Films, An Anatole De Grunwald Production: Anatole de Grunwald, Production Manager: A.F. Green, Production Manager: James Carr, In charge of production: Sydney Box, William Sassoon, [Assistant Director (1st)]: Frank Hollands, [Assistant Director (2nd)]: Billy Asher, [Assistant Director (3rd)]: Edward Cross, [Continuity]: Olga Brook, Written by: Terence Rattigan, Anatole de Grunwald, Director of Photography: Bernard Knowles, Camera Operator: W. Mcleod, [Focus puller]: Chic Waterson, [Clapper loader]: Clifford Slade, [Stills]: H.W. Devereux, [Back Projection]: Charles Staffell, Editor: Alan Jaggs, [Assistant Editor (1st)]: Ida Barker, Art Director: Ward Richards, [Draughtsman]: William Bowden, Harry White, Music: Nicholas Brodzsky, Conductor: Charles Williams, Sound: John C. Cook, Sound: Desmond Dew, [Sound Camera Operator]: Roy Day, [Sound Assistant]: George Lewis, [Boom Operator]: Percy Dayton, [Dubbing Crew]: Desmond Dew, [Dubbing Crew]: Alan Whatley, [Dubbing Crew]: Anthony J. Kay, J. Luscombe, Sound Editor: Kitty Spreckley, logo: D&P Studios
Cast
(41)
Penelope Ward (Joan Heseltine), Michael Wilding (Tom Gilbey), Lilli Palmer (Brigid Kundsen [sic]), Claude Dauphin (François de Freycinet), Albert Lieven (Felix Demborski), Peggy Cummins (Bobbie Heseltine), Roland Culver (Sir Cosmo Brandon), Margaret Rutherford (Lady Christabel Beauclerk), Martin Miller (M Schmidt), Paul Demel (M Saladoff), Beryl Measor (Miss Faljambe), Guy Middleton (Captain Standish), Esma Cannon (Queenie), Ivor Barnard (Mr Quill), Paul Boniface (M Rolland), Richard Turner (delivery man), Andre Randall (Dutch officer), Gerard Hinge (Polish officer), Vida Hope (an A.T.), Primula Rollo (a second A.T.), Heather Boys (a third A.T.), Alexander Witkin (Italian delegate), Gordon Begg (grandfather Gilbey), Andrea Malandrinos (man in gallery), Felix Aylmer (Mr Spaggot), Cecil Bevan (Mr Jordan), John Schofield (police sergeant), Judith Furse (Elise Batter-Jones), Margaret Mcgrath (glamour girl), Joan Misseldine, Beryl Laverick, Pauline Lord, Maureen Hurley (girl at dance), Irene Handl ([Romanian delegate]), Frederick Richter ([German delegate]), Antony Holles ([receptionist]), David Keir ([interpreter]), J.A. Bimstone ([oriental gent at police station]), Stéphane Grappelli ([himself]), Albert Whelan ([Gilbey's father]), Ferdy Mayne ([reporter in Geneva])
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library
(6)
In: Motion Picture Herald v175 n11 11 Jun 1949Title: [Motion Picture Herald - v175 n11 11 Jun 1949: no known title]Language: English
In: Kinematograph Weekly v394 n2225 22 Dec 1949 Page: 19
Title: [Kinematograph Weekly - v394 n2225 22 Dec 1949: no known title]Language: English
In: Kinematograph Weekly n1946 3 Aug 1944
Title: [Kinematograph Weekly - n1946 3 Aug 1944: no known title]Language: English
In: Motion Picture Herald v156 n9 26 Aug 1944
Title: [Motion Picture Herald - v156 n9 26 Aug 1944: no known title]Language: English
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v11 n128 August 1944 Page: 87
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v11 n128 August 1944: no known title]Language: English
In: Today's Cinema v63 n5064 28 Jul 1944
Title: [Today's Cinema - v63 n5064 28 Jul 1944: no known title]Language: English
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(17)
Accessible materials to view(1)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 7810 FeetBFI identifier: C-50396
Status: Viewing - Viewing experience and projection may be compromised by condition of film print (servicing required)
Film materials(17)
Description: 35mm BFI identifier: C-50406
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 7810 FeetBFI identifier: C-50396
Status: Viewing - Viewing experience and projection may be compromised by condition of film print (servicing required)
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: SafetySound: Combined as MuteLength: 7810 FeetStock date: 1978BFI identifier: C-50398
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: NitrateSound: CombinedBFI identifier: C-50399
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: NitrateSound: CombinedBFI identifier: C-50400
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: NitrateSound: MuteLength: 102 FeetStock date: 1948BFI identifier: C-50393
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeSound: CombinedBFI identifier: C-50401
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Description: 35mm Duplicating PositiveSound: MuteBFI identifier: C-50392
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Duplicating PositiveBase: NitrateSound: CombinedLength: 7810 FeetBFI identifier: C-50403
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Duplicating PositiveBase: CTASound: MuteLength: 104 FeetStock date: 1982BFI identifier: C-50402
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Duplicating PositiveBase: SafetySound: MuteLength: 6934 FeetBFI identifier: C-76908
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Master PositiveBase: SafetySound: SoundLength: 6980 FeetBFI identifier: C-76909
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm NegativeSound: MuteBFI identifier: C-50404
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Description: 35mm NegativeSound: SoundBFI identifier: C-50405
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Description: 35mm Original NegativeBase: NitrateSound: MuteLength: 6929 FeetBFI identifier: C-50394
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Original NegativeBase: NitrateSound: SoundLength: 6961 FeetStock date: 1943BFI identifier: C-50395
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Re-recorded NegativeBase: SafetySound: SoundLength: 7810 FeetBFI identifier: C-50397
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film