To Have and to Hold (1951 film)

To Have and to Hold
Directed by Godfrey Grayson
Produced by Anthony Hinds
Screenplay by Reginald Long
Godfrey Grayson (shooting script)
Based on the play To Have and to Hold by Lionel Brown
Starring Avis Scott
Patrick Barr
Robert Ayres
Music by Frank Spencer
Reginald Long
Cinematography Walter J. Harvey
Edited by James Needs
Production
company
Distributed by Exclusive Films (UK)
Release date
  • March 1951 (1951-03) (UK)
Running time
 63 minutes
Country United Kingdom
Language English

To Have and to Hold is a 1951 British drama film directed by Godfrey Grayson and starring Avis Scott, Patrick Barr and Robert Ayres.[1][2] Facing death following a riding accident, a man spends his final days arranging the future romantic needs of his wife.[3]

Plot

Following a riding accident, country gentleman Brian Harding (Patrick Barr) is crippled and facing imminent death. His final days are spent arranging the future security of his wife and daughter (Avis Scott & Eunice Gayson). This extends to encouraging his wife to developing one of her male friendships into a romantic relationship.

Cast

Critical reception

The Radio Times noted "A non-starry but well-played little drama, claustrophobic, certainly not uninteresting, but not quite good enough";[4] whereas Britmovie called it a "Stiff upper lip romantic melodrama, not quite so bad as it sounds."[5]

References

  1. ↑ Hunter p.189
  2. ↑ "To Have and to Hold (1951)".
  3. ↑ "To Have and to Hold (1951) - Godfrey Grayson - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related - AllMovie".
  4. ↑ "To Have and to Hold - Film from RadioTimes".
  5. ↑ "Britmovie - Home of British Films".

Bibliography

  • Hunter, Jack. House of horror: the complete Hammer Films story. Creation, 2000.
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