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The Good Beginning

  • 1953
  • 1h 5min
NOTE IMDb
6,0/10
26
MA NOTE
The Good Beginning (1953)
Drame

Ajouter une intrigue dans votre langueA struggling pen-pusher and his wife envy the casual, live-now-pay-later lifestyle of their irresponsible friends.A struggling pen-pusher and his wife envy the casual, live-now-pay-later lifestyle of their irresponsible friends.A struggling pen-pusher and his wife envy the casual, live-now-pay-later lifestyle of their irresponsible friends.

  • Réalisation
    • Gilbert Gunn
  • Scénario
    • Janet Green
    • Gilbert Gunn
    • Robert Hall
  • Casting principal
    • John Fraser
    • Eileen Moore
    • Peter Reynolds
  • Voir les informations de production sur IMDbPro
  • NOTE IMDb
    6,0/10
    26
    MA NOTE
    • Réalisation
      • Gilbert Gunn
    • Scénario
      • Janet Green
      • Gilbert Gunn
      • Robert Hall
    • Casting principal
      • John Fraser
      • Eileen Moore
      • Peter Reynolds
    • 3avis d'utilisateurs
  • Voir les informations de production sur IMDbPro
  • Voir les informations de production sur IMDbPro
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    Rôles principaux26

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    John Fraser
    John Fraser
    • Johnny Lipson
    Eileen Moore
    Eileen Moore
    • Kit Lipson
    Peter Reynolds
    Peter Reynolds
    • Brian Watson
    Lana Morris
    Lana Morris
    • Evie Watson
    Humphrey Lestocq
    • Thoroughgood
    Hugh Pryse
    • Braithwaite
    Ann Stephens
    Ann Stephens
    • Polly
    • (as Anne Stephens)
    Peter Jones
    Peter Jones
    • Furrier
    Robert Raglan
    Robert Raglan
    • Shelley
    Victor Maddern
    Victor Maddern
    • Bookies Runner
    Roland Curram
    Roland Curram
    • Carpenter
    • (as Roland Curran)
    Virginia Clay
    • Alma
    Oliver Johnston
    Oliver Johnston
    • Owen
    Lou Jacobi
    Lou Jacobi
    • Bookmaker
    Ronnie Harries
    • Man In Pub
    David Kossoff
    David Kossoff
    • 2nd Hand Clothes Dealer
    Barbara Cavan
    • Manageress in Fur Shop
    Rosemary Whitfield
    • Celia
    • Réalisation
      • Gilbert Gunn
    • Scénario
      • Janet Green
      • Gilbert Gunn
      • Robert Hall
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    7Film_Nitrate

    "You know, I think I'll enjoy married life. I always heard it was a miserable state!"

    A charming little film which gives a snapshot of 1950s married life and an interesting insight into contrasting attitudes which seem

    Johnnie and Kit are a newly married couple, moving into their apartment after a happy honeymoon. This being the 1950s, they've never lived together before and, though their love for each other is sincere, it becomes apparent that they have differing attitudes to certain things in life. Crucially, in 'The Good Beginning', it's about money.

    Johnnie is working in finance, and is marked out as showing potential for a promising career. He enjoys the odd flutter on the horses, and popping for his lunch in the local pub. His wife, Kit, believes that they should live frugally, saving up in order to buy the nicer things in life (like a fridge!). In particular she is strongly opposed to buying things on credit ("the never-never"), as friends Brian and Evie are prone to do, despite her envy of their luxurious fur coats and sports cars.

    Johnnie, being calm but firm, agrees to never take out credit, but refuses to sacrifice his own luxuries. When he is offered a considerable bonus and promotion at work his thoughts turn to enabling Kit to experience the luxury she has denied herself, though in doing so he enters a deceitful business.

    At barely an hour long, The Good Beginning never outstays its welcome, and gives a fun and insightful snapshot into domestic life in the 1950s. It's interesting to see Kit's refusal to buy anything they hadn't yet earned (a now almost old-fashioned notion), contrasted with Brian and Evie's spendthrift attitude (for the entire film Brian and Evie are never shown to suffer any negative consequences for their actions, indeed the opposite is true).

    This film has been released on DVD after being all but forgotten for the last 60 years. Its neglect is undeserved. With a tense finale, and compelling story, I thought this was one of the more entertaining British films of its time and though it's not a classic, it certainly deserves a wider audience.
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    The Evils Of Credit

    John Fraser and Eileen Moore are newlyweds very much in love. He's got a good job at a local estate agent, but advancement is slow, and there is much that a young couple want. But they are sensible and refuse to buy on credit. At least until Fraser gets a rise, and exaggerates it into a fur coat for the wife. At first, buying it on credit seems sensible. Then he begins to fall behind on payments.

    Quite clearly intended as a major film, by the time it went into production is wound up being rather purse-mouthed and saccharine at the same time. Part of the reason I don't care for it particularly is the carefully made up good looks of the leads, looking more like store mannequins than human beings under the bright lights of DP Lionel Barnes. With Lana Morris, Peter Jones, and Victor Maddern.

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    • Anecdotes
      The movie was going to made in 1950 with a mostly different A-List cast but before shooting at the 11th hour finance was pulled. Lana Morris was in the cast but the director was Going to be Lance Comfort
    • Bandes originales
      Tendre Souvenir Waltz
      by Francis Chagrin

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    Détails

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    • Date de sortie
      • octobre 1953 (Royaume-Uni)
    • Pays d’origine
      • Royaume-Uni
    • Langue
      • Anglais
    • Aussi connu sous le nom de
      • Alku aina hankala
    • Lieux de tournage
      • Elstree Studios, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, Angleterre, Royaume-Uni(Studio)
    • Société de production
      • Associated British Picture Corporation (ABPC)
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    • Durée
      1 heure 5 minutes
    • Couleur
      • Black and White
    • Mixage
      • Mono
    • Rapport de forme
      • 1.37 : 1

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