By Violet LeVoit
No, My Darling Daughter!
Brief Synopsis
A British aristocrat tries to manage his daughter's romantic affairs.
Cast & Crew
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Ralph Thomas
Director
Michael Redgrave
Sir Mathew Carr
Michael Craig
Thomas Barclay
Roger Livesey
Gen. Henry Barclay
Rad Fulton
Cornelius
Juliet Mills
Tansy
Film Details
Genre
Comedy
Adaptation
Release Date
Feb
1961
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
Five Star Films
Distribution Company
Zenith International Film Corp.
Country
United Kingdom
Location
England, United Kingdom
Screenplay Information
Based on the play Handful of Tansy by Harold Brooke and Kay Bannerman (London, 1961).
Technical Specs
Duration
1h 36m
Sound
Mono
Color
Black and White
Synopsis
Business tycoon Sir Mathew Carr withdraws his daughter Tansy from her British high school so that she can complete her education at a Paris finishing school. Tansy, who is most happy at home playing hockey and cricket, resists her father's plan. She meets Cornelius, an American boy whose father is a business associate of Sir Mathew's, and they discover that they have much in common. Cornelius neglects to deliver a letter from his father to Sir Mathew, and Tansy's father is compelled to fly to New York. In his absence, Sir Mathew sends Tansy fishing in Scotland with his friend General Barclay. Cornelius follows them, and he and Tansy go off camping, prompting newspaper headlines about their supposed elopement. General Barclay's son, Thomas, finds Tansy and returns her to Sir Mathew, who, upon discovering the boy's identity, agrees to let her marry Cornelius. Thomas and Tansy fall in love, however, thus interrupting the wedding plans. Tansy elopes with Thomas to Scotland, to the delight of Sir Mathew and General Barclay.
Director
Ralph Thomas
Director
Cast
Michael Redgrave
Sir Mathew Carr
Michael Craig
Thomas Barclay
Roger Livesey
Gen. Henry Barclay
Rad Fulton
Cornelius
Juliet Mills
Tansy
Renee Houston
Miss Yardly
Joan Sims
Carole Shelley
Typists
Peter Barkworth
Charles
David Lodge
Flanigan
Victor Brooks
Policeman
Court Benson
Allingham
Ian Fleming
Vicar
Terry Scott
Constable
Crew
Bill Alexander
Draughtsmen
Pat Baden
Ladies' Wardrobe
James Bawden
Camera Operator
Harry Black
Chief floor Electrician
Betty E. Box
Producer
Betty E. Box
Company
Yvonne Caffin
Dress Designer
Maurice Carter
Art Director
Margaret Child
Prod's sec
Nigel Curzon
Draughtsmen
J. W. N. Daniel
Boom Operator
Bert Davey
Chief draughtsman
Tommy Gleed
Prop
Gladys Goldsmith
Cont
Rhonda Grogan
Prod Secretary
Reg Hall
Grip
Harry Hannay
Props buyer
Frank Harvey
Screenwriter
John Hilling
Men's Wardrobe
Stanley Hosgood
Assistant Director
Ian Jeayes
Stills
Bert Jempson
Constr Manager
Simon Kaye
Sound Camera op
Herbert Kretzmer
Composer
David Lee
Composer
Gordon K. Mccallum
Sound Recording
Dudley Messenger
Sound Recording
John Morgan
Focus op
Charles Orme
Production Manager
Norrie Paramor
Music
William Partleton
Makeup
Alfred Roome
Film Editor
Don Sharpe
Sound
Betty Sherriff
Hairdresser
Earl St. John
Executive Producer
Ernest Steward
Director of Photography
Arthur Taksen
Set Dresser
Ralph Thomas
Company
Donald Toms
Assistant Director
Anthony Waye
1st, 2d, & 3d Assistant Director
Ken Wilkes
Prop
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Film Details
Genre
Comedy
Adaptation
Release Date
Feb
1961
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
Five Star Films
Distribution Company
Zenith International Film Corp.
Country
United Kingdom
Location
England, United Kingdom
Screenplay Information
Based on the play Handful of Tansy by Harold Brooke and Kay Bannerman (London, 1961).
Technical Specs
Duration
1h 36m
Sound
Mono
Color
Black and White
Articles
No, My Darling Daughter
The "perky girl" archetype of movies of the '60s -- fun, pert, coltish and usually blonde, as seen in Gidget (1959), Cactus Flower (1969) and Barefoot In The Park (1967), wasn't just confined to American film. High school student Tansy (Juliet Mills, older sister of Hayley) isn't quite as unrestrained as those examples -- she is upperclass British, after all --but her father (Michael Redgrave) is still pained to understand why she'd prefer playing sports to a proper Parisian finishing school education. She and fellow disenfranchised youth Cornelius (James Westmoreland, under his previous name "Rad Fulton" that starmaker agent Henry Willson bestowed upon him) have a grand old time sightseeing and camping (she in the tent, he gallantly sleeping on the ground outside) until a general's son Thomas (Michael Craig) is tasked with returning her home. Trouble is, which fella does Tansy fancy? Directed by prolific British director Ralph Thomas, who also is responsible for the Dirk Borgarde version of A Tale Of Two Cities (1958).
By Violet LeVoit
By Violet LeVoit
No, My Darling Daughter
The "perky girl" archetype of movies of the '60s -- fun, pert, coltish and usually blonde, as seen in Gidget (1959), Cactus Flower (1969) and Barefoot In The Park (1967), wasn't just confined to American film. High school student Tansy (Juliet Mills, older sister of Hayley) isn't quite as unrestrained as those examples -- she is upperclass British, after all --but her father (Michael Redgrave) is still pained to understand why she'd prefer playing sports to a proper Parisian finishing school education. She and fellow disenfranchised youth Cornelius (James Westmoreland, under his previous name "Rad Fulton" that starmaker agent Henry Willson bestowed upon him) have a grand old time sightseeing and camping (she in the tent, he gallantly sleeping on the ground outside) until a general's son Thomas (Michael Craig) is tasked with returning her home. Trouble is, which fella does Tansy fancy? Directed by prolific British director Ralph Thomas, who also is responsible for the Dirk Borgarde version of A Tale Of Two Cities (1958).
By Violet LeVoit
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Notes
Harold Brooke and Kay Bannerman's play, on which this film was based, was published under the title Don't Tell Father. The picture was released in Great Britain in 1961; running time: 97 min.
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in England August 1961
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