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English Without Tears is a 1944 British romantic comedy film directed by Harold French and starring Michael Wilding, Penelope Dudley-Ward and Lilli Palmer. It was released in the U.S. under the title Her Man Gilbey, as a reference to the classic Screwball comedy, My Man Godfrey (1936).
Feb 14, 2014 · With a script by Terence Rattigan and Anatole de Grunwald, who had worked together on Two Cities' hit film French Without Tears (1940), and Harold French directing, English Without Tears tells the story of Tom Gilbey (Wilding), butler to the eccentric Lady Christabel (Margaret Rutherford), who spends her time campaigning for the rights of ...
1 Video. 7 Photos. Comedy Romance War. While bird-fancier Lady Christabel Beauclark (Dame Margaret Rutherford) scurries around demanding certain territorial rights for British birds from other countries, Her Ladyship's niece is falling in love with the family's butler, Tom Gilbey (Michael Wilding).
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- Comedy, Romance, War
- Harold French
- 1944-12-22
While Lady Christabel Beauclark, a bird fancier, is scurrying about demanding certain territorial rights for British birds from other countries, Her Ladyship's niece is falling in love with the family butler, Tom Gilbey.
An English aristocrat (Penelope Ward) falls in love with her family's butler (Michael Wilding) during a bird-migration flap in Geneva.
- Edgar Anstey
- Romance, Comedy
- Harold French
Margaret Rutherford Cast. Critics reviews. Joan Heseltine, a member of a wealthy British clan, falls in love with her aunt’s family butler, Tom Gilbey, despite the impossibility of them making a match. When World War II breaks out, however, their situation changes drastically.
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Writer. While Lady Christabel Beauclark, a bird fancier, is scurrying about demanding certain territorial rights for British birds from other countries, Her Ladyship's niece is falling in love with the family butler, Tom Gilbey. The birds are forgotten when war breaks out, and Gilbey now finds himself in love with the niece whose love was ...
