A diamond merchant's niece falls for his new footman who is really an impoverished aristocrat.A diamond merchant's niece falls for his new footman who is really an impoverished aristocrat.A diamond merchant's niece falls for his new footman who is really an impoverished aristocrat.
- Awards
- 2 wins & 1 nomination
Cyril Conway
- Antique Dealer
- (uncredited)
Guy Deghy
- Porteus - Dinner Guest
- (uncredited)
H.R. Hignett
- Higgins
- (uncredited)
Tom Walls Jr.
- Bates
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
- Nicholas Phipps
- Alice Duer Miller
- A.E. Thomas(uncredited)
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
Storyline
Did you know
- Trivia"Spring in Park Lane (1948)" was the most popular film in the U.K. for the year 1948. According to the British Film Institute in 2004, it had fifth place in all-time ticket sales in the United Kingdom. As of 2017, its 20.5 million U.K. attendance was still the largest audience for any wholly British movie. It was highly rated and well received in the U.S. as well.
- GoofsUncle Joshua refers to the girls in a Gauguin painting (which is not shown) as being "slant-eyed." Gauguin painted the natives of Tahiti, in the South Pacific. They are not slant-eyed.
- Quotes
Judy Howard: Well, where is Perkins?
Lord Richard: Oh, he's butling about somewhere.
- Crazy creditsAbout one-third into the movie, the screen runs credits that introduce the Borechester family: "Borechester Towers. Ancestral seat of the Marquis of Borechester. "A.D. 1100. The Normans started building the walls... "A.D. 1300. The family started hanging their pictures on the walls... "A.D. 1939. The R.A.F. took over and started scribbling on the walls... "A.D. 1947. A Stately home of England -- with the state coming nearer every budget."
- ConnectionsFeatured in The Ultimate Film (2004)
Featured review
One of those stately homes of England
Spring In Park Lane has Michael Wilding an aristocrat on the lam lest a family
scandal ensue getting a job with Tom Walls who's a nouveau riche type looking
to acquire a bit of culture. He takes a job as a footman with only butler G.H.
Mulcaster knowing his true identity.
But Anna Neagle who is secretary as well as daughter of Walls suspects early on that this servant is not all he seems. He's way too well educated and cultured for one in his line of work.
This is one light and airy confection with a great deal of the charm of this film residing in the charm and chemistry of the leads. Neagle and Wilding had that in abundance.
Others in the cast you will enjoy are Josephine Fitzgerald as the severe Irish housekeeper for Walls who finds Wilding a most agreeable bridge partner and Nicholas Phipps as one of those empty headed twits who have titles. He's also the Marquis of Borechester the family title of which Wilding is a possible heir.
If you like your British films light and airy you can't go wrong with Spring In Park Lane.
But Anna Neagle who is secretary as well as daughter of Walls suspects early on that this servant is not all he seems. He's way too well educated and cultured for one in his line of work.
This is one light and airy confection with a great deal of the charm of this film residing in the charm and chemistry of the leads. Neagle and Wilding had that in abundance.
Others in the cast you will enjoy are Josephine Fitzgerald as the severe Irish housekeeper for Walls who finds Wilding a most agreeable bridge partner and Nicholas Phipps as one of those empty headed twits who have titles. He's also the Marquis of Borechester the family title of which Wilding is a possible heir.
If you like your British films light and airy you can't go wrong with Spring In Park Lane.
helpful•61
- bkoganbing
- Sep 24, 2018
Details
- Release date
- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- Fräulein Privatsekretärin
- Filming locations
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer British Studios, Elstree, Herts, England, UK(studio: produced at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer British Studios, Ltd. Elstree-Herts, England.)
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
- Runtime1 hour 40 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
Contribute to this page
Suggest an edit or add missing content