The Happy Family (1952 film)

The Happy Family
U.S. lobby card
Directed byMuriel Box
Written byMuriel Box
Sydney Box
Based onThe Happy Family by Michael Clayton Hutton
Produced bySydney Box
William MacQuitty
StarringStanley Holloway
Kathleen Harrison
Naunton Wayne
Eileen Moore
CinematographyReginald H. Wyer
Edited byJean Barker
Music byFrancis Chagrin
Production
company
Distributed byApex Film Distributors
Souvaine Selective Pictures
Release date
  • 31 March 1952 (1952-03-31)
Running time
86 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

The Happy Family is a 1952 British comedy film directed by Muriel Box and starring Stanley Holloway, Kathleen Harrison and Naunton Wayne.[1] The plot of the film centres on resistance by a family to the disruption caused by the construction of the Festival of Britain. It is also known in the U.S. by the alternative title Mr. Lord Says No. It was an adaptation of a play The Happy Family by Michael Clayton Hutton.[2]

  1. ^ "The Happy Family (1952)". BFI. Archived from the original on 14 January 2009.
  2. ^ Hal Erickson. "Mr. Lord Says No (1952) – Muriel Box – Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related – AllMovie". AllMovie.