The Holly and the Ivy

1952
Approved
1h 23m

ÉVALUATION IMDb

MA NOTE

Denholm Elliott, Celia Johnson, Margaret Leighton, and Ralph Richardson in The Holly and the Ivy (1952)

L'histoire réconfortante d'un ministre anglais et de sa famille réunis à Noël. Leur histoire comprend un souvenir de leurs procès pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale.L'histoire réconfortante d'un ministre anglais et de sa famille réunis à Noël. Leur histoire comprend un souvenir de leurs procès pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale.L'histoire réconfortante d'un ministre anglais et de sa famille réunis à Noël. Leur histoire comprend un souvenir de leurs procès pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale.

Director
- George More O'Ferrall
Writers
- Anatole de Grunwald
- Wynyard Browne
Stars

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ÉVALUATION IMDb

7,2/10

2,2 k

MA NOTE

Director
- George More O'Ferrall
Writers
- Anatole de Grunwald
- Wynyard Browne
Stars

Voir l’information sur la production à IMDbPro

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Histoire

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Anecdotes
Wynyard Browne's original play opened at London's Duchess Theatre in 1950. Maureen Delaney and Margaret Halstan reprised their stage roles for this movie.

Gaffes
When Aunt Bridget hands her landlady a photograph of her nephew Michael (Denholm Elliott) from the sideboard, it's a different one. The close up shot of the photo shows him in uniform as opposed to civilian dress on the sideboard.

Citations
Richard Wyndham: Cheer up, Mick old boy. In a hundred years we'll all be dead.

Connexions
Featured in The Andrew Klavan Show: Episode #1.436 (2017)

Bandes originales
The Holly and the Ivy
(uncredited)
Traditional, music first published by Cecil J. Sharp, arranged by H. Walford Davies

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Commentaire en vedette

7/10

Christmas family gathering

A fine play in a 1950s screen version, wonderfully cast - Ralph Richardson is the parson who has bred a dysfunctional family (daughters Celia Johnson and Margaret Leighton, son Denholm Elliott).

When the family comes together at Christmas, with the two maiden aunts - the holly and ivy represented in human form? - secrets tumble out, the family comes together, and peace and understanding comes to pass as it should in the festive season.

Leighton's flighty daughter with the grief of a loss in the war hanging over her; Johnson's tired and emotionally drained woman in love (with John Gregson, about to emigrate for his work); Elliott's Army private bristling against authority at all levels - all these characterisations are spot-on.

But the film belongs to Richardson - quietly watching and waiting for his moment in the sun, a long speech to his daughter - although he is saddled with a slightly odd accent.

The Holly and the Ivy is a heartwarming fable of Christmas and should be much better known than it is - can we have a television showing this season?