A cavalcade of English life from New Year's Eve 1899 until 1933 seen through the eyes of well-to-do Londoners Jane and Robert Marryot. Amongst events touching their family are the Boer War, the death of Queen Victoria, the sinking of the Titanic and the Great War.
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Diana Wynyard | Jane Marryot |
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Clive Brook | Robert Marryot |
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Una O'Connor | Ellen Bridges |
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Herbert Mundin | Alfred Bridges |
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Beryl Mercer | Cook |
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Irene Browne | Margaret Harris |
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Tempe Pigott | Mrs. Snapper |
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Merle Tottenham | Annie |
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Frank Lawton | Joe Marryot |
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Ursula Jeans | Fanny Bridges |
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Margaret Lindsay | Edith Harris |
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John Warburton | Edward Marryot |
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Billy Bevan | George Grainger |
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Desmond Roberts | Ronnie James |
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Dickie Henderson | Master Edward |
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Douglas Scott | Master Joey |
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Sheila MacGill | Young Edith |
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Bonita Granville | Young Fanny |
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Harry Allen | Busker |
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Frank Atkinson | Uncle Dick |
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Lionel Belmore | Uncle George |
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Ted Billings | Newspaper Peddler |
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Adele Crane | Ada - in the Show |
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Nancy Crowley | Little Girl |
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Howard Davies | Agitator |
Director | Frank Lloyd |
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Writer | Reginald Berkeley, Noel Coward | |
Producer | Frank Lloyd, Winfield R. Sheehan | |
Musician | Peter Brunelli, Louis De Francesco, Arthur Lange, J.S. Zamecnik | |
Photography | John F. Seitz |