Spring in Park Lane

1948
1h 40m

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A diamond merchant's niece falls for his new footman who is really an impoverished aristocrat.A diamond merchant's niece falls for his new footman who is really an impoverished aristocrat.A diamond merchant's niece falls for his new footman who is really an impoverished aristocrat.

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7.1/10

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Awards
- 2 wins & 1 nomination total

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Trivia
"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.

Goofs
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."

Quotes
Judy Howard: Well, where is Perkins?
Lord Richard: Oh, he's butling about somewhere.

Crazy credits
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."

Connections
Featured in The Ultimate Film (2004)

Soundtracks
The Moment I Saw You
Words by Harold Purcell
Music by Manning Sherwin

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Featured review

7/10

One of the most popular British films of the era.

According to IMDB and TCM, "Spring in Park Lane" made more money than any other British film the year it debuted. In fact, it apparently is one of the highest attended pictures ever in the UK...so it's obvious that the film was very popular...so popular they reunited Michael Wilding and Anna Neagle repeatedly.

The story finds Richard (Wilding) applying for a job as footman for the Howard family. Judy (Neagle) hires him....but soon her uncle (the head of the household) regrets this when Richard informs him he bought a forged painting. After all, what would a footman know of art? What none of them realize is that Richard was once wealthy and sophisticated but recently lost his money and was forced to seek work...and he did know what he was talking about when it came to art. As for Judy, she just knows that Richard is delightful and they are starting to fall in love.

In many ways, this is a lot like "My Man Godfrey"...with a well-bred man arriving in the guise of a servant and helping a family in many ways. But it's not really a comedy like the earlier film...and the emphasis is more on romance. A nice picture..well worth seeing...though not exactly up to the hype surrounding it (few films ever are).