While the Sun Shines (1947)
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Synopsis of While the Sun Shines
Director Anthony Asquith's first postwar effort, While the Sun Shines was based on a play by frequent Asquith collaborator Terence Rattigan. Set in WW2 London, the story revolves around Lady Elizabeth Randall (Barbara White), who is serving her country as an Air Force corporal. While en route to her marriage to the Earl of Harpenden (Ronald Howard, in his screen debut), Lady Elizabeth is wooed a French expatriate named Colbert (Michael Allen) and American lieutenant Joe Mulvaney (the inevitable Bonar Colleano). The resulting series of sexual misunderstandings puts Lady Elizabeth's military career-not to mention her impending marriage-in dire jeopardy. A harmless romantic farce, While the Sun Shines is generally out of favor with Anthony Asquith's many adherents. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast of While the Sun Shines
- Barbara White - Lady Elisabeth Randall
- Brenda Bruce - Mabel Crum
- Ronald Howard - The Earl of Harpenden
- Margaret Rutherford - Dr. Winifred Frye
- Joyce Grenfell - Daphne
- Garry Marsh - Mr. Jordan
- Wilfred Caithness - Naval Officer
- Wilfrid Hyde-White - Male Receptionist
- Eric Messiter - Man in Train
- Hamilton Keene - Reading Clerk in the House of Lords
- Brian Peck - Page Boy
- Geoffrey Sumner - A Peer
- Clive Morton - Guide
- Andrea Malandrinos - Giovanni
- David Keir - Man in Tube Train
- Hugh Dempster - Escort
- Judith Furse - Female Receptionist
- Ronald Squire - The Duke of Ayr and Sterling
- Bonar Colleano - Joe Mulvaney
- Miles Malleson - Horton
- Cyril Maude - Old Admiral
- Michael Allan - Colbert
- Gordon Begg - Ancient Porter
- O.B. Clarence - Old Gentleman
- Beryl Measor - Woman in Train
- Tamara Lees - Manicurist
- Cecil Trouncer - Naval Captain
- Charles Victor - Tube Train Conductor
- Patricia Owens
- Richard Turner
- Aubrey Mallalieu - Night Porter
- Vida Hope - Elsie
- Geoffrey Dunn - Usher in the House of Lords
- Director(s):
- Anthony Asquith
- Writer(s):
- Terence Rattigan, Anatole de Grunwald
- Producer(s):
- Anatole de Grunwald
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