Great Day
You've seen such girls in this town
1945 | 80m | English
Popularity: 2 (history)
| Director: | Lance Comfort |
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| Writer: | Wolfgang Wilhelm, John Davenport |
| Staring: |
| An impending V.I.P. visit causes bustle in an English village, while the Ellis family struggles with private problems. | |
| Release Date: | Jul 09, 1945 |
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| Director: | Lance Comfort |
| Writer: | Wolfgang Wilhelm, John Davenport |
| Genres: | Drama |
| Keywords | countryside |
| Production Companies | RKO Radio Pictures, Victor Hanbury Productions, RKO Radio British Productions |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 04, 2024 Entered: Apr 27, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Eric Portman | Capt. John Ellis |
| Flora Robson | Mrs. Liz Ellis |
| Sheila Sim | Margaret Ellis |
| Isabel Jeans | Lady Mott |
| Walter Fitzgerald | Bob Tyndale |
| Philip Friend | Geoffrey Winthrop |
| Marjorie Rhodes | Mrs. Nora Mumford |
| Maire O'Neill | Mrs. Bridget Walsh |
| John Laurie | Scottish officer in pub |
| Kathleen Harrison | Pub Customer |
| Leslie Dwyer | Pub Customer |
| Margaret Withers | Miss Jane Tyndale |
| Beatrice Varley | Miss Tracy |
| Irene Handl | Lady serving Tea in Tea Stall. |
| Patricia Hayes | Mrs. Beadle |
| Jacqueline Clarke | Ellen |
| Norman Pierce | Policeman |
| Pauline Tennant | Vicky Calder |
| John McLaren | American Officer |
| Joan Maude | Miss Allen |
| Ivor Barnard | Bailiff |
| Valentine Dunn | Beryl |
| O.B. Clarence | |
| Jean Shepeard | Mrs. Riley |
| David Ward | |
| Roy Malcolm | |
| Frank Atkinson | Man at gate (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Lance Comfort | Director |
| Lesley Storm | Theatre Play |
| Percy Dayton | Sound |
| Max Rosher | Still Photographer |
| Sidney Stone | Editor |
| Wolfgang Wilhelm | Screenplay |
| John Davenport | Screenplay |
| Anthony Hearne | Second Assistant Director |
| William C. Andrews | Art Direction |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Victor Hanbury | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Popularity History
| Year | Month | Avg | Max | Min |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 1 |
| 2024 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 2 |
| 2024 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 2 |
| 2024 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 1 |
| 2024 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 1 |
| 2024 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 2024 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| 2024 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 2024 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Trending Position
Ostensibly, this is just a wartime morale-booster as a group of ladies in a small English hamlet are told of the impending visit of a VIP. With just 24 hours before her arrival, they must spruce up their village and put together some exhibits to demonstrate to their visitor. It's not just about the ... visit, however - that serves as a lens through which we have a look at a couple of more interesting sub-plots that deal with the lives of the non-military "combatants" of WWII - notably a rather sad scenario with Flora Robson and her husband Eric Porter in which he struggles to feel valued and relevant, and another with their daughter (Sheila Sim) and her marriage opportunities. It's not a perfect film, by any means, but Portman and Robson offer up good performances of what passed for normality during the war for so many people still at home, and though maybe it's a bit slow, it's still a characterful observation well worth a watch.