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6.7/10   29 votes
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Director:
Robert Milton
Writers:
Pamela Wynne (novel)
Horace Jackson (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
25 September 1931 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Drama | Romance more
Plot:
The poor, downtrodden (beautiful, of course) "dutiful" daughter in a London society family falls for a barrister... more | add synopsis
User Comments:
Ann Harding & Leslie Howard Shine In Guileless Love Story more

Cast

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Ann Harding ... Shirley Mortimer
Leslie Howard ... David Trent
Robert Williams ... Norman Harrington
O.P. Heggie ... Mr. Emmet Mortimer
Louise Closser Hale ... Mrs. Mortimer
Dudley Digges ... Sergeant Herbert Coggins
Alison Skipworth ... Mrs. Matilda Coggins
Doris Lloyd ... Pansy
Olive Tell ... Mrs. Trent
Ruth Weston ... Margaret Mortimer
Joan Carr ... Marjory Fielding
Douglas Scott ... Derek Trent
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
A Little Flat in the Temple (USA) (working title)
Alias Mrs. Halifax (USA) (working title)
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Runtime:
81 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA Photophone System)
Certification:
USA:Passed (National Board of Review) | USA:TV-G (TV rating) | USA:Approved

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Londonderry Air more

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11 out of 11 people found the following comment useful:-
Ann Harding & Leslie Howard Shine In Guileless Love Story, 25 March 2002
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Author: sobaok (sobaok@msn.com) from Forestville, Ca

This is a charming, sweet, sometimes clever love story of a barrister and the lovely, dutiful daughter of a well-to-do family in London. Ann Harding wants to get from the grip of "family" (she's sort of a Cinderella here) -- leaves while they are on a holiday and disguises herself as a nanny named Mrs. Halifax. She is hired by Howard who has a small boy (likeable child actor) to look after the boy. Howard almost recognizes Harding beneath her "wig" but it takes a few days before he puts "two and two" together. There's all sorts of great old character actors (Alison Skipworth) who brighten the film with some earthiness before it floats away with ethereal Ann's delicate manner and beauty. One of the charms of a Harding film is looking at her shimmering blonde coiff. Here it's hidden half the time -- but she is quite wonderful in her part and the emotional charge of the story-line is sweet, heartfelt and reminds us of a lost innocence that used to be in early cinema -- that was really lovely.

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