Glad Tidings
Directed byWolf Rilla
Written byWolf Rilla
Based onplay by R. F. Delderfield
Produced byVictor Hanbury
John Bremer
executive:
Nat Cohen
Stuart Levy
StarringBarbara Kelly
Raymond Huntley
Ronald Howard
Jean Lodge
CinematographyEric Cross
Edited byPeter Seabourne
Music byWolf Rilla
Production
company
Distributed byEros Films (UK)
Release date
  • August 1953 (1953-08) (UK)
Running time
67 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Glad Tidings is a 1953 British comedy film directed by Wolf Rilla and starring Barbara Kelly, Raymond Huntley and Ronald Howard.[1] It was based on the play of the same title by R. F. Delderfield and made at the Nettlefold Studios in Walton-on-Thames.[2] The film's art direction was by John Stoll.[1] The backers Eros Films were pleased enough with the film's success to adapt another Delderfield play as Where There's a Will in 1955.[3]

Plot

A retired RAF officer returns home to his sleepy little rural community with an attractive new American fiancée, to the initial resentment of his children.

Cast

Production

The film was made at Nettlefold Studios, Walton-on-Thames, England, and on location. A collection of then-and-now location stills and corresponding contemporary photographs is hosted at reelstreets.com.[4]

Critical reception

TV Guide dismissed the film as a "Plodding domestic trifle",[5] whereas Sky Cinema approved the fact that the piece provided "Raymond Huntley and Barbara Kelly (Bernard Braden's wife) with rare leading roles in a feature film. Huntley gets a chance to break away from his stuffy bureaucrats and he's a pleasure to watch."[6]

References

  1. ^ a b "Glad Tidings! (1953)". Archived from the original on 9 March 2016.
  2. ^ Goble, Alan (1 January 1999). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 9783110951943 – via Google Books.
  3. ^ Chibnall & McFarlane p.99
  4. ^ "Glad Tidings, The". ReelStreets. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
  5. ^ "Glad Tidings". TVGuide.com.
  6. ^ "Glad Tidings". Archived from the original on 1 September 2017.

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External links


Films directed by Wolf Rilla
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