English Without Tears (1944)
1h 28m
Running Time
July 28, 1944Release Date
English Without Tears (1944)
1h 28m
Running Time
July 28, 1944Release Date
Plot.
While Lady Christabel Beauclark, a bird fancier, is scurrying about demanding certain territorial rights for British birds from other countries, Her Ladyship's niece is falling in love with the family butler, Tom Gilbey. The birds are forgotten when war breaks out, and Gilbey now finds himself in love with the niece whose love was previously unrequited. Written by Les Adams
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Cast & Crew.

Michael Wilding
Tom Gilbey

Penelope Dudley-Ward
Joan Heseltine

Lilli Palmer
Brigid Knudsen

Claude Dauphin
François de Freycinet

Albert Lieven
Felix Dembowski

Peggy Cummins
Bobbie Heseltine

Margaret Rutherford
Lady Christabel Beauclerk

Martin Miller
Schmidt

Paul Demel
M. Saladoff

Beryl Measor
Miss Faljambe

Guy Middleton
Captain Standish

Roland Culver
Sir Cosmo Brandon

Ivor Barnard
Mr. Quiel

Paul Bonifas
Monsieur Rolland

Esma Cannon
Queenie

Judith Furse
Elise Batter-Jones

Cecil Bevan
Mr. Jordan

Felix Aylmer
Mr. Spaggot

Gordon Begg
Grandfather Gilbey

Gerard Heinz
Polish Officer

André Randall
Dutch Officer

Johnnie Schofield
Police Sergeant

Vida Hope
An A.T.

Andreas Malandrinos
Man in Gallery

Maggie Rennie
Glamour Girl

Beryl Laverick
Girl at Dance

Maureen Hurley
Girl at Dance

Peggy Carlisle
(uncredited)

Noel Dainton
Footman (uncredited)

Irene Handl
(uncredited)

Anthony Holles
(uncredited)

David Keir
(uncredited)

Ferdy Mayne
(uncredited)

Brian Nissen
(uncredited)

Patricia Owens
(uncredited)

Harold French
Director

Anatole de Grunwald
Writer / Producer

Terence Rattigan
Writer

Nicholas Brodszky
Music

Bernard Knowles
Director of Photography

Alan Jaggs
Editor

Ward Richards
Art Direction

Kitty Spreckley
Sound Editor

William McLeod
Camera Operator

Percy Dayton
Boom Operator

James Carr
Production Manager

A.F. Green
Production Manager

Charles Williams
Conductor
Media.

Details.
This Movie Is About.
butler
romance
Wiki.
English Without Tears is a 1944 British romantic comedy film directed by Harold French and starring Michael Wilding, Penelope Dudley-Ward and Lilli Palmer. The screenplay was by Terrance Rattigan and Anatole de Grunwald. It was released in the U.S. under the title Her Man Gilbey, as a reference to the classic Screwball comedy, My Man Godfrey (1936).
The film depicts the romance between a young English aristocrat and her family's butler. During World War II, the butler becomes an officer of the Royal Army Service Corps and the girl joins the Auxiliary Territorial Service. Their change in status and her maturity affect their relationship. The world around them is also transformed.
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