by Hal Erickson
synopsis
Cheer the Brave is a minor British domestic comedy, good for a few laughs during its scant 62 minutes. Elsie Randolph plays the domineering wife of downtrodden Geoffrey Keen. As if wifey isn't enough of a terror, Keen has to contend with mother-in-law Marie Ault. Keen finally gets the gumption to skeedaddle when Randolph's first husband Jack McNaughton make a return appearance. Cheer the Brave was the first directorial effort of former editor Kenneth Hume, who also wrote and produced it.
characteristics
- Simp
- Mother-in-law
- Wife
- Wimp
- Wives
- Milquetoast
- Milktoast
- Hen-pecked
- Husband
- Love-triangle
- Marriage
- Family
