Word: inescort
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Perhaps the two least good performances were those of Ralph Forbes and Frieda Inescort as Mr. and Mrs. Crampton-Clandon. Miss Inescort was so overshadowed by Miss Brook, as her daughter, that the moral force of her character never became quite so overwhelming as it should have. Forbes' portrayal of the blustering father was understanding, but at times slightly forced. In smaller character parts Walter Hudd was entertainly fusty as McComas, and William Devlin added a real touch to the last act with his Jovian portrayal of the positive ("You will, you don't think you will, but you will...
Most will enjoy hearing from an excellent cast (including Edmund Gwenn, Edna May Oliver, Melville Cooper, Maureen O'Sullivan, Frieda Inescort) some of the most literate dialogue ever spoken on a sound track...