Great Day (1946)
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American first lady Eleanor Roosevelt's impending visit to a tiny English country village is the motivation of the Anglo-American coproduction Great Day. As the villagers prepare for their prestigious guest, all sorts of internal squabbles and personal foibles rise to the surface. The story concentrates on embittered WW1 veteran Captain Ellis (Eric Portman), whose insecessant drinking and sponging is a source of embarrassment for his long-suffering family. The Captain's daughter Margaret (Sheila Sim) is on the verge of entering into a wealthy but loveless marriage so that she can rescue her mother (Flora Robson) from her father's excesses. In the Lesley Storm stage play on which this film was based, Captain Ellis comes to a bad but not entirely undeserved end; the film allows him a last-minute reprieve, as well as a chance to change his ways before Mrs. R. shows up. A moderate hit in England, Great Day sank like a stone when released in the US by RKO Radio. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- Eric Portman - Capt. Ellis
- Sheila Sim - Margaret Ellis
- Walter Fitzgerald - John Tyndale
- Marjorie Rhodes - Mrs. Mumford
- Ivor Barnard
- Kathleen Harrison
- Maire O'Neill - Mrs. Walsh
- David Ward
- Valentine Dunn
- Beatrice Varley - Miss Tracy
- Norman Pierce
- John Laurie
- Leslie Dwyer
- Flora Robson - Mrs. Ellis
- Isabel Jeans - Lady Mott
- Phillip Friend - Geoffrey Winthrop
- Margaret Withers - Miss Tyndale
- O.B. Clarence
- Joan Maude
- Pauline Tennant
- Jacqueline Clarke
- Patricia Hayes
- Jeanne Shepherd
- John McLaren
- Irene Handl
- Director(s):
- Lance Comfort
- Writer(s):
- Wolfgang Wilhelm, John Davenport
- Producer(s):
- W.Victor Hanbury
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