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Holy Matrimony

"The Whole Town's Talking About Woolley and Fields! Wow! What a Love and Laugh Team!"

An artist returning from years abroad takes the identity of his dead valet and gets married, but then there are complications.

Top Cast

  • Monty Woolley

    Monty Woolley

    Priam Farll

  • Gracie Fields

    Gracie Fields

    Alice Chalice

  • Laird Cregar

    Laird Cregar

    Clive Oxford

  • Una O'Connor

    Una O'Connor

    Sarah Leek

  • Alan Mowbray

    Alan Mowbray

    Mr. Pennington

  • Melville Cooper

    Melville Cooper

    Dr. Caswell

  • Franklin Pangborn

    Franklin Pangborn

    Duncan Farll

  • Ethel Griffies

    Ethel Griffies

    Lady Vale

  • Eric Blore

    Eric Blore

    Henry Leek

Overview

An artist returning from years abroad takes the identity of his dead valet and gets married, but then there are complications.

Rating

6.8 / 10
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  • CinemaSerf
    CinemaSerf
    7 Mar 27, 2022

    Monty Woolley is on great form here as the celebrated artist "Priam Farll" (surely that's got to be an anagram of something?) who is mistakenly attributed dead (instead of his valet). Quite content, he basks in the lack of limelight and forges a new life for himself and new wife "Alice" (Gracie Fields). Money starts to get a bit tight, though, and his wife tries to sell one of his lately painted works. The dealer immediately identifies this as a genuine "Farll" and collector "Lady Vale" (Ethel Griffies) is soon collecting them. Of course, it doesn't take long for someone to spot that one of the paintings contains a depiction that did not occur until after the artist was supposed to have died. Allegations of fraud and fakery abound, culminating in a court case that - much like with "Witness for the Prosecution" (1957) is entirely stolen by the charming contribution of Una O'Connor. As you'd expect of an adaption from an Arnold Bennett story, there is humour a-plenty in the script, and Woolley delivers consistently and well. It also takes a pretty potent punt at the somewhat pompous art-dealing community, and at collectors with way more money than sense, too. A small, tight cast of supporting old pros chip in well to make this well worth a watch.

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