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The Holly and the Ivy (Original title)
Date: 1953 (Copyright)

Country: United Kingdom

Directed by: George More O'Ferrall

Synopsis: Drama. A country vicar has some family difficulties over Christmas, as they feel he is not facing up to the need to rebuild the country in the wake of the Second World War.

Genre:
Drama

Subjects:
Christmas, Clergy, Family
Releases
Date: 1952Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 83 mins Length: 7487 FeetDialogue (original): English

Credits (28)
Production Company: London Film Productions, Produced in association with/Distrib by: British Lion Film Corporation, Produced by: Anatole de Grunwald, Associate Producer: Hugh Perceval, Production Manager: Jack Swinburne, Assistant Director: Edwin Cotton, Continuity: Paddy Arnold, Screenplay by: Anatole de Grunwald, Original play: Wynyard Browne, Photography by: Ted Scaife, Camera Operator: Robert Day, [Camera Assistant]: Gerry Fisher, Editor: Bert Bates, Assembly Cutter: Bert Rule, Sets Designed by: Vincent Korda, Fred Pusey, Wardrobe: Ivy Baker, Make-up: George Partleton, Hairdressing: Eileen Bates, Music Composed by: Malcolm Arnold, [Music] Played by: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, [Music] Conducted by: Muir Mathieson, Sound Supervisor: John Cox, Sound Recording: A.G. Ambler, Sound Recording: Red Law, Logo: Western Electric, Produced at: British Lion Studios
Cast (14)
Ralph Richardson (Rev. Martin Gregory), Celia Johnson (Jenny Gregory), Margaret Leighton (Margaret Gregory), Denholm Elliott (Michael Gregory), John Gregson (David Paterson), Hugh Williams (Richard Wyndham), Margaret Halstan (Aunt Lydia), Maureen Delaney (Aunt Bridget), William Hartnell (C/Sgt. Major), Robert Flemyng (Major), Roland Culver (Lord B.), John Barry (clubman), Dandy Nichols (neighbour), Sally Owen ([young girl])