| 词条 | This Week of Grace |
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| name = This Week of Grace | image = This_Week_of_Grace_(1933_film).jpg | caption = | director = Maurice Elvey | producer = Julius Hagen | writer = H. Fowler Mear Jack Marks | story = Nell Emerald Maurice Braddell | starring = Gracie Fields Henry Kendall John Stuart | music = Percival Mackey | cinematography = Sydney Blythe | editing = Jack Harris | studio = Twickenham Studios | distributor = Radio Pictures {{small|(UK)}} | released = {{film date|1933|7||UK}} | runtime = 92 minutes | country = United Kingdom | awards = | language = English | budget = }}This Week of Grace is a 1933 British comedy film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Gracie Fields, Henry Kendall and John Stuart.[1] The screenplay concerns a poor, unemployed woman who is made housekeeper at the estate of a wealthy duchess. It was promoted with the tagline "Cinderella in modern dress".[2] It includes songs written by Harry Parr-Davies, including "My Lucky Day" and "Happy Ending".[3] PlotGrace 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 coldly 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. Cast
ProductionThe film was made by Twickenham Studios following a dispute between Radio Pictures, who owned the rights to Fields, and Associated Talking Pictures (ATP) who had previously made her films.[4] It was part of an attempt by Twickenham to move away from making Quota quickies towards higher budgeted quality productions a strategy that continued until the bankruptcy of its owner Julius Hagen. As the sound stage at Twickenham was already booked, the film was shot at Ealing Studios. ReceptionThe film is one of the least well-known of Fields' work. It has been noted for its promotion of a national consensus between classes - the first time this had been featured in a Fields film. It was theme which was to become a cornerstone of her work during her years of mainstream popularity.[5] It was well-received on its release with Kine Weekly observing that the film consolidated Field's as "England's premier entertainer".[6] Preservation statusThought to have been lost, it was loaned to the British Film Institute as a result of its 2010 search for missing films, and a copy was made for the National Archive.[7] References1. ^{{cite web |url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/54115 |title=This Week of Grace |publisher=British Film Institute}} 2. ^Shafer p.53 3. ^Shafer p.199 4. ^Richards. The Unknown 1930s p.44 5. ^Richards The Age of the Dream Palace p.180 6. ^Richards. The Age of the Dream Palace p.181 7. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/news-opinion/bfi-news/bfi-most-wanted-our-discoveries-so-far |title=BFI Most Wanted: our discoveries so far |author=Josephine Botting |publisher=British Film Institute |date=29 November 2012 |accessdate=22 February 2013}} Bibliography
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