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This Week of Grace is a British film of genre Comedy directed by Maurice Elvey with Gracie Fields

This Week of Grace (1933)

This Week of Grace
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Length 1h32
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Genres Comedy
Rating56% 2.8341452.8341452.8341452.8341452.834145

This Week of Grace is a 1933 British comedy film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Gracie Fields, Henry Kendall and John Stuart. A poor, unemployed woman is made housekeeper at the estate of a wealthy duchess. It was promoted with the tagline "Cinderella in modern dress". It is notable for its songs written by Harry Parr-Davies, including "My Lucky Day" and "Happy Ending".

Synopsis

Grace Milroy loses her job working at a factory. However, through a strange set of circumstances, she is taken on as housekeeper at the nearby Swinford Castle the home of the eccentric Duchess of Swinford. She is initially cold received by the other staff but she soon wins them over with her personality and hard work. While working there she falls in love with the Duchess' nephew, Viscount Swinford and eventually marries him. Later when she wrongly believes him to have married her under the mistaken impression she is rich she leaves him and goes to take a job on the stage working in the chorus line. Eventually the misunderstanding is cleared up and the couple reconcile.

Actors

Gracie Fields

(Grace Milroy)Henry Kendall

(Lord Clive Swinford)John Stuart

(Henry Baring)Frank Pettingell

(Mr. Milroy)Minnie Rayner

(Mrs. Milroy)
And :
Helen Haye
Nina Boucicault
Laurence Hanray
Gordon Begg
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