Glad Tidings (film)

Glad Tidings
Directed by	Wolf Rilla
Produced by	Victor Hanbury John Bremer executive: Nat Cohen Stuart Levy
Written by	Wolf Rilla
Based on	play by R. F. Delderfield
Starring	Barbara Kelly Raymond Huntley Ronald Howard Jean Lodge
Music by	Wolf Rilla
Cinematography	Eric Cross
Edited by	Peter Seabourne
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]

Synopsis

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. Roddington
• Brian Smith as Derek Forester
• Harry Green as Golfer

Critical reception

TV Guide dismissed the film as a "Plodding domestic trifle",^[4] 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."^[5]

References

Bibliography

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

External links

• Glad Tidings on IMDb
• Glad Tidings at BFI