The read
Critics rate it 15 points higher than audiences do. Most of the 353 1930s drama movies in this catalog score higher.
Synopsis
A cavalcade of English life from New Year's Eve 1899 until 1933 is 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.
Ratings
IMDb5.8/10
Rotten Tomatoes62%
Metacritic73/100
Critics rate it 15 points higher than audiences do.
137 audience votes
Key crew
- Frank LloydDirector
- Noël CowardScreenplay
- Reginald BerkeleyScreenplay
- Louis De FrancescoOriginal Music Composer
- Arthur LangeOriginal Music Composer
- Peter BrunelliOriginal Music Composer
- J.S. ZamecnikOriginal Music Composer
- Reginald BerkeleyWriter
- Noël CowardWriter
Cast
- Diana WynyardJane Marryot
- Clive BrookRobert Marryot
- Una O'ConnorEllen Bridges
- Herbert MundinAlfred Bridges
- Beryl MercerCook
- Irene BrowneMargaret Harris
- Tempe PigottMrs. Snapper
- Merle TottenhamAnnie
- Frank LawtonJoe Marryot
- Ursula JeansFanny Bridges
- Margaret LindsayEdith Harris
- John WarburtonEdward Marryot
