Young Wives’ Tale

(1951)

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| Film | B&W | Comedy, Romance | 1h 19min |
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| Stars: Joan Greenwood, Nigel Patrick, Derek Farr | Director: Henry Cass

A playwright and his slaphappy wife share a house with a super-efficient couple

The carefree Rodney and Sabina Pennant are lodgers of the super-efficient Bannings.

The Bannings’ incumbent Nanny leaves in disgust after having to care additionally for the Pennants’ unruly child.

To prevent a recurrence, the ladies of the two families pretend to be sisters and set about recruiting a new nanny.

A gay, gay British farce of some pretty people in the pursuit of some extra(marital) dividends…

Cast

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A new picture of the talented and lovely British actress Joan Greenwood under contract to the J. Arthur Rank Organisation.
Sabina Pennant
British actor Nigel Patrick, dressed in jacket and tie, smokes a cigarette
Rodney Pennant
British actor Derek Farr wears a jacket and tie. Picture is autographed ’To David Good luck, Derek Farr’
Bruce Banning
Photograph of British actor, Guy Middleton (1)
Victor Manifold
Photograph of English actress, Athene Seyler (1)
Nanny Gallop
Helen Cherry
Mary Banning
Audrey Hepburn
Eve Lester
Fabia Drake
Nanny Blott
Selma Vaz Dias
Ayah
Publicity photo featuring British actress Irene Handl
Nanny
Carole James
Elizabeth
Jack McNaughton
Cab driver
Brian Oulton
Man in pub
Joan Sanderson
Nurse
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Nigel Patrick (as Rodney Pennant) and Joan Greenwood (as Sabina Pennant) in a photograph from Young Wives’ Tale (1951) (8)
Derek Farr (as Bruce Banning), Helen Cherry (as Mary Banning) and Joan Greenwood (as Sabina Pennant) in a photograph from Young Wives’ Tale (1951) (7)
Audrey Hepburn (as Eve Lester) in a poster for Young Wives’ Tale (1951) (3)
Guy Middleton (as Victor Manifold), Joan Greenwood (as Sabina Pennant) and Derek Farr (as Bruce Banning) in a photograph from Young Wives’ Tale (1951) (6)
Derek Farr (as Bruce Banning), Helen Cherry (as Mary Banning), Joan Greenwood (as Sabina Pennant) and Guy Middleton (as Victor Manifold) in a photograph from Young Wives’ Tale (1951) (5)
Joan Greenwood (as Sabina Pennant) in a photograph from Young Wives’ Tale (1951) (4)
Joan Greenwood as Sabina Pennant in Young Wives’ Tale sits cross-legged on the floor and takes a telephone call
Guy Middleton (as Victor Manifold), Nigel Patrick (as Rodney Pennant), Derek Farr (as Bruce Banning), Audrey Hepburn (as Eve Lester), Joan Greenwood (as Sabina Pennant) and Helen Cherry (as Mary Banning) in a photograph from Young Wives’ Tale (1951) (3)
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Illustrierte Film Bühne magazine with Joan Greenwood and Nigel Patrick in Young Wives’ Tale. 12th April, 1952, issue number 1355. (German). Mit Küchenbenutzung.
Picture Show magazine with Derek Farr, Joan Greenwood, and Nigel Patrick in Young Wives’ Tale. 10th November, 1951.
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Production

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Henry Cass
Director
Victor Skutezky
Producer
Anne Burnaby
Writer (play)
Ronald Jeans
Writer (play)

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Associated British Picture Corporation (ABPC)
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