Spring in Park Lane

"Spring in Park Lane (1948)" was the most popular film in the U.K. for the year 1948. According to the British Film Institute in 2004, it had fifth place in all-time ticket sales in the United Kingdom. As of 2017, its 20.5 million U.K. attendance was still the largest audience for any wholly British movie. It was highly rated and well received in the U.S. as well.

Michael Wilding and Anna Neagle misquote the beginning of a poem by William Allingham (whose title is the same as the first line) as "Four ducks on a pond,/The blue sky beyond." It should be "Four ducks on a pond,/A grass-bank beyond,/A blue sky of spring/And birds on the wing."

About one-third into the movie, the screen runs credits that introduce the Borechester family: "Borechester Towers. Ancestral seat of the Marquis of Borechester. "A.D. 1100. The Normans started building the walls... "A.D. 1300. The family started hanging their pictures on the walls... "A.D. 1939. The R.A.F. took over and started scribbling on the walls... "A.D. 1947. A Stately home of England -- with the state coming nearer every budget."

Featured in The Ultimate Film (2004)