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English Without Tears is a 1944 British romantic comedy film directed by Harold French and starring Michael Wilding, Penelope Dudley-Ward and Lilli Palmer. 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).
22 apr 2024 · English without Tears (1944) One of the few films starring Penelope Dudley-Ward (her 1946 marriage to Carol Reed cut short her career), this Terence Rattigan-scripted comedy teams her with Michael Wilding, whose lovelorn butler cannot cross the class barrier until he becomes an army officer.
Overview. 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.
14 feb 2014 · For English Without Tears, the heiress was played by Penelope Dudley-Ward and the butler by Michael Wilding, soon to arrive in the United States and a few years away from his marriage to Elizabeth Taylor.
English Without Tears. 1944 Directed by Harold French. 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.
- Harold French
- Two Cities Films
English without Tears is a movie of surprising length, considering that its less than 90 minutes long. Perhaps it is so because the war was on in 1944 when it was released - but this is more a farce than comedy.
English without Tears is a gentle satire of the temporary relaxation of class barriers in wartime England. Michael Wilding portrays the faithful family butler to a fabulously wealthy household.
