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Home Sweet Home (Original title)
Date: 29 October 1945 (Release)

Country: United Kingdom

Director: John E. Blakeley

Synopsis: Jacqueline, orphan-evacuee from the Channel Islands, falls in love with her employer's son. The situation becomes impossible owing to the snobbish attitude of the boy's mother, so she is forced to leave. The son however traces her ancestry and all turns out well in the end.

Genres:
Comedy, Romance

Subject:
Evacuees
Releases
Date: 1945Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 92 mins Length: 8245 FeetDialogue (original): English

Credits (38)
Production Company: Butcher's Film Service, Production Company: Mancunian Film Corporation, Producer: F.W. Baker, Producer: John E. Blakeley, Production Manager: E.S. Laurie, Assistant Director: Don Weeks, [Assistant Director (2nd)]: Bert Dorsett, [Assistant Director (3rd)]: Roy Miller, [Continuity]: Shirley Barnes, Story And Scenario: Roney Parsons, Anthony Toner, Comedy scenes devised & arranged by: Arthur Mertz, Photography: Geoffrey Faithfull, Camera Work: A. Mason, [Camera Operator (2nd)]: Terry Turtle, [Focus Puller]: Kenneth Smith, [Clapper Loader]: Peter Johnson, Herbert Knifton, [Stills]: Frank Otley, Editor: V. Sagovsky, [Assistant Editor (1st)]: Anna Zolk, [Assistant Editor]: Christopher Lancaster, Art Director: Jim Carter, [Draughtsman]: Ivan King, Noel Waterfield, Special Musical Ensembles by: Percival Mackey, Music Director: Percival Mackey, [Sound] Recordist: George Burgess, L. Clark, [Sound Camera Operator]: Arthur F. Kelly, [Boom Operator]: Gordon Hay, [Boom Assistant]: Peter McManus, [Dubbing Crew]: George Burgess, [Dubbing Crew]: Norman Hemsley, [Dubbing Crew]: William Sanger, Thomas Goghan, Studio: Riverside Studios
Cast (21)
Nicolette Roeg (Jacqueline Chantry), Frank Randle (himself), Tony Pendrell (Eric Wright), Rawicz and Landauer (guest artistes), H.F. Maltby (Colonel Wright), Hilda Bayley (Mrs Wright), Cecil Frederick (Webster), Stan Little (young Herbert), Donovan & Byl, Arnley & Gloria (Colonel Wright's employees), Bunty Meadows (night club hostess), Helen Hill (soloist (singer)), Gerhardt Kempinski ([Pagoli]), George Merritt ([Dr Handy]), Howard Douglas ([Martin, the butler]), Iris Vandeleur ([Mrs Jones]), Esme Lewis ([Mrs Luck]), Vincent Holman ([the parson]), Lily Lapidus ([welfare worker]), Max Melford ([policeman]), Ben Williams ([reporter])
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library (1)
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v12 n140 August 1945  Page: 93
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v12 n140 August 1945: no known title]Language: English


Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(2)
Film materials(2)
Description: 16mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 3277 FeetStock date: 1954BFI identifier: C-1140516
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film


Description: 16mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 2757 FeetStock date: 1954BFI identifier: C-1082944
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film