It Happened One Sunday
| It Happened One Sunday | |
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| Directed by | Karel Lamač |
| Written by | Paul Vincent Carroll Frederic Gotfurt Frank Harvey |
| Based on | She Met Him One Sunday by Victor Skutezky |
| Produced by | Frederic Gotfurt Victor Skutezky |
| Starring | Robert Beatty Barbara White Marjorie Rhodes |
| Cinematography | Basil Emmott |
| Edited by | Flora Newton |
| Music by | Philip Green
Charles Williams |
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| Distributed by | Associated British Picture Corporation |
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Running time | 97 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
It Happened One Sunday is a 1944 British romantic comedy film directed by Karel Lamač and starring Robert Beatty, Barbara White and Marjorie Rhodes.[1][2] It was written by Paul Vincent Carroll, Frederic Gotfurt and Frank Harvey based on the play She Met Him One Sunday by Victor Skutezky.[3] Produced and distributed by Associated British it was shot at Welwyn Studios with sets designed by the art director William C. Andrews.
Synopsis
[edit]In the film, an Irish servant girl working in Liverpool mistakenly believes that she has a secret admirer working at a hospital, and while seeking him out accidentally meets and falls in love with a serviceman there. She spends the rest of the day around Liverpool with him and they eventually decide to marry.[4]
Cast
[edit]- Robert Beatty as Tom Stevens
- Barbara White as Moya Malone
- Marjorie Rhodes as Mrs. Buckland
- Ernest Butcher as Mr. Buckland
- Kathryn Beaumont as Jill Buckland
- Judy Kelly as Violet
- Irene Vanbrugh as Mrs. Bellamy
- Kathleen Harrison as Mrs. Purkiss
- Moore Marriott as porter
- C. V. France as magistrate
- Marie Ault as madame
- Brefni O'Rorke as engineer
- Frederick Piper as Jake
- Philip Green as bandleader
Reception
[edit]The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "Tortuous in construction and slow-moving in the telling, this piece tries to eke out some interest by digressions into fantasy in which the little servant girl queens it over fine ladies and princes in eighteenth-century costumes. Itis not a successful attempt. Despite poor material, however, Barbara White makes a success of her first screen appearance as the girl. Robert Beatty, as the rough Mr. Brown, gives the film its only contact with reality."[5]
Kine Weekly called the film an "intriguing, down-to-earth yet refreshingly sentimental romantic melodrama."[6]
References
[edit]- ^ "It Happened One Sunday". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 26 December 2024.
- ^ Goble, Alan (1999). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter. p. 432. ISBN 9783598114922.
- ^ "It Happened One Sunday Plot Summary and Details | Moviefone". Archived from the original on 4 October 2011. Retrieved 16 August 2009.
- ^ "It Happened One Sunday (1944) | BFI". Ftvdb.bfi.org.uk. Archived from the original on 14 January 2009. Retrieved 21 April 2017.
- ^ "It Happened One Sunday". The Monthly Film Bulletin. 11 (121): 87. 1 January 1944 – via ProQuest.
- ^ "It Happened One Sunday". Kine Weekly. 327 (1935): 26. 18 May 1944 – via ProQuest.
External links
[edit]- 1944 films
- 1944 romantic comedy films
- British romantic comedy films
- Films set in Liverpool
- Films directed by Karel Lamač
- British seafaring films
- Films shot at Welwyn Studios
- British black-and-white films
- British films based on plays
- 1940s English-language films
- 1940s British films
- English-language romantic comedy films
- Films scored by Philip Green
- Films scored by Charles Williams (composer)