Isn't Life Wonderful? (1953)
Directed by Harold French
Genres - Comedy |
Release Date - Nov 16, 1953 (USA - Unknown) |
Run Time - 81 min. |
Countries - United Kingdom |
MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by Hal Erickson
No relation to the 1924 D. W. Griffith film of the same name, Isn't Life Wonderful! is a bucolic British comedy which goes for quiet chuckles rather than bellylaughs. Set in a sleepy rural village in the early 1900s, the film centers around the efforts to transform sorry old sot Uncle Willie (Donald Wolfit) into a gentleman of prestige and property. It is all for the benefit of young Virginia (Dianne Foster), the American fiancee of Willie's prim-and-proper nephew Frank (Robert Urquardt). Set up by friends and relatives in the bicycle business, Uncle Willie continues his wastrelly ways, but somehow manages to make a success of his little shop. Somehow all this leads to a hectic finale at a health spa, replete with an amusing car chase. As a novelty, Isn't Life Wonderful! is told from the point of view of the film's youngest character, played by 6-year-old Peter Asher.
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fiancee, nephew, uncle, village, store, bicycle, car-chase