A cavalcade of English life from New Year's Eve 1899 until 1933 is seen through the eyes of well-to-do Londoners Jane and Robert Marryot. Amongst events touching their family are the Boer War, the death of Queen Victoria, the sinking of the Titanic, and the Great War.
Production
Massive sets and extras for a studio backlot apocalypse.
Acting
Diana Wynyard's face somehow ages 34 years through sheer suffering.
Director
Frank Lloyd
Diana Wynyard
Jane Marryot
Clive Brook
Robert Marryot
Una O'Connor
Ellen Bridges
Herbert Mundin
Alfred Bridges
Beryl Mercer
Cook
Irene Browne
Margaret Harris
Tempe Pigott
Mrs. Snapper
Merle Tottenham
Annie
Frank Lawton
Joe Marryot
Ursula Jeans
Fanny Bridges
Margaret Lindsay
Edith Harris
John Warburton
Edward Marryot
Billy Bevan
George Grainger
Douglas Scott
Master Joey
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Won Best Picture at the 6th Academy Awards, beating 42nd Street and A Farewell to Arms. Hollywood loved a good funeral.
Based on Noël Coward's play, though he hated this adaptation for softening his class critique into patriotic mush.
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