
Moving family drama of the life of a working-class Hackney couple over 40 years, inspired by the famous music hall song This moving family drama - with time for some laughs - portrays the life and hardships of a working class Hackney couple over a span of 40 years. Our intrepid couple (wonderfully played by Betty Balfour and Michael Hogan) have to face everything life throws at them with fortitude, from the Great War (a son in the RAF and zeppelin raids) to a raging oil fire during the Great Strike. The inimitable Gordon Harker provides sterling support. The film the couple watch at the cinema is the 1915 version of My Old Dutch, starring Albert Chevalier (writer of the original music hall song) and Florence Turner. As the complete silent film is now believed to be lost, this 1934 version contains the only surviving footage.

Betty Balfour
Lil

Gordon Harker
Ernie

Bill Shine
Cousin Arry


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October 1, 1934
1h 24m
4.0
Sinclair Hill
Leslie Arliss, Michael Hogan, Arthur Shirley
2

Gainsborough Pictures
GB

Frank Pettingell
Uncle Alf

Robert Nainby
Grandpa

Peter Gawthorne
Mr. Paraday

Glennis Lorimer
Valerie Paraday

Mickey Brantford
Jim

Florrie Forde
Aunt Bertha

Finlay Currie
Mo
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