Glad Tidings (film)

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Glad Tidings

Directed by	Wolf Rilla
Written by	Wolf Rilla
Based on	play by R. F. Delderfield
Produced by	Victor Hanbury John Bremer executive: Nat Cohen Stuart Levy
Starring	Barbara Kelly Raymond Huntley Ronald Howard Jean Lodge
Cinematography	Eric Cross
Edited by	Peter Seabourne
Music by	Wolf Rilla
Production company	Insignia Films
Distributed by	Eros Films (UK)
Release date	August 1953 (1953-08) (UK)
Running time	67 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Glad Tidings is a 1953 British comedy film directed by Wolf Rilla and starring Barbara Kelly, Raymond Huntley and Ronald Howard.^[1] It was based on the play of the same title by R. F. Delderfield and made at the Nettlefold Studios in Walton-on-Thames.^[2] The film's art direction was by John Stoll.^[1] The backers Eros Films were pleased enough with the film's success to adapt another Delderfield play as Where There's a Will in 1955.^[3]

Plot

A retired RAF officer returns home to his sleepy little rural community with an attractive new American fiancée, to the initial resentment of his children.

Cast

Barbara Kelly as Kay Stuart
Raymond Huntley as Tom Forester
Ronald Howard as Corporal Nicholas Brayne
Jean Lodge as Celia Forester
Terence Alexander as Flight Lieutenant Spud Cusack
Diana Calderwood as Josephine Forester
Laurence Payne as Clive Askham
Arthur Howard as Mr. Boddington
Brian Smith as Derek Forester
Yvette Wyatt as Miggs Forester
Doris Yorke as Mrs. Boddington
Stella Richman as Anna
Harry Green as The Golfer
John Warren as Club Barman
Louis Matto as Waiter
Peter Forbes-Robertson as Reception Clerk

Production

The film was made at Nettlefold Studios, Walton-on-Thames, England, and on location. A collection of then-and-now location stills and corresponding contemporary photographs is hosted at reelstreets.com.^[4]

Critical reception

TV Guide dismissed the film as a "Plodding domestic trifle",^[5] whereas Sky Cinema approved the fact that the piece provided "Raymond Huntley and Barbara Kelly (Bernard Braden's wife) with rare leading roles in a feature film. Huntley gets a chance to break away from his stuffy bureaucrats and he's a pleasure to watch."^[6]

References

^ ^a ^b "Glad Tidings! (1953)". Archived from the original on 9 March 2016.
^ Goble, Alan (1 January 1999). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 9783110951943 – via Google Books.
^ Chibnall & McFarlane p.99
^ "Glad Tidings, The". ReelStreets. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
^ "Glad Tidings". TVGuide.com.
^ "Glad Tidings". Archived from the original on 1 September 2017.

Bibliography

Chibnall, Steve & McFarlane, Brian. The British 'B' Film. Palgrave MacMillan, 2009.

External links

Glad Tidings at IMDb
Glad Tidings at BFI

Films directed by Wolf Rilla

Noose for a Lady (1953)
Glad Tidings (1953)
Marilyn (1953)
The Large Rope (1953)
The Black Rider (1954)
The End of the Road (1954)
Stock Car (1955)
The Blue Peter (1955)
Pacific Destiny (1956)
The Scamp (1957)
Bachelor of Hearts (1958)
Witness in the Dark (1959)
Village of the Damned (1960)
Piccadilly Third Stop (1960)
Watch It, Sailor! (1961)
Cairo (1963)
The World Ten Times Over (1963)
Secrets of a Door-to-Door Salesman (1973)
Bedtime with Rosie (1975)

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