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Home Sweet Home (1945 film)

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Genre
  
Comedy, Musical

Initial release
  
October 29, 1945

Running time
  
1h 32m

6.8/10
IMDb

Duration
  

Director
  
John E. Blakeley

Writer
  
John E. Blakeley, Arthur Mertz, Frank Randle

Genres
  
Comedy, Musical, Musical comedy

Similar movies
  
Over She Goes (1938), Its a Grand Life (1953), Let George Do It! (1940), Very Annie Mary (2001), King Arthur Was a Gentleman (1942)

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Home Sweet Home is a 1945 British musical comedy film directed by John E. Blakeley written by Roney Parsons and Anthony Toner and starring Frank Randle, Nicolette Roeg (sister of director Nic Roeg) and Tony Pendrell. Set in the fictitious town of Redvale, the film is largely a vehicle for some unsophisticated slapstick routines by Randle, which have dated badly.

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Plot

Spirited orphan Jacqueline Chantry (Nicolette Roeg) is the chauffeuse to wealthy colonel Wright (H.F. Maltby) and his family. Son Eric Wright (Tony Pendrell) and Jacqueline fall in love and plan to marry, but the class conscious colonel's wife (Hilda Bayley) refuses to give her blessing. Saddened, Jacqueline packs her bags and leaves; eventually becoming a nightclub singer. Eric chases after her, but she's already found Frank (Frank Randle), a likeable chap who discovers that Jacqueline is in reality a wealthy heiress.

Cast

  • Nicolette Roeg - Jacqueline Chantry
  • Frank Randle - Frank
  • Tony Pendrell - Eric Wright
  • H.F. Maltby - Colonel Wright
  • Hilda Bayley - Mrs. Wright
  • Cecil Fredericks - Webster
  • Stan Little - Young Herbert
  • Bunty Meadows - Bunty
  • Gerhard Kempinski - Pagoli
  • George Merritt - Dr. Handy
  • Howard Douglas - Martin, the butler
  • Iris Vandeleur - Mrs. Jones
  • Esma Lewis - Mrs. Luck
  • Vincent Holman - The Parson
  • Lily Lapidus - Welfare Worker
  • Ben Williams - Reporter
  • Max Melford - Policeman

    • Critical reception

    Sky Movies gave it two out of five stars, concluding the film was "Only mild entertainment even when it was made and rather dated now"; while the Radio Times also rated the film two out of five stars, writing, "(Randle's) slack-jawed clowning provides the only real interest in this backstage Cinderella story...The songs are best forgotten, but there's a chance to see some of the most popular stage acts of the day"; and TV Guide wrote, "It passes the time, but it's not especially memorable."

    References

    Home Sweet Home (1945 film) Wikipedia
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    Home Sweet Home (1945 film) IMDb