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The Weaker Sex: Directed by Roy Ward Baker. With Ursula Jeans, Cecil Parker, Joan Hopkins, Derek Bond. A mother struggles to maintain normalcy at home as D-Day nears. With lodgers, absent children in the Navy, and no war job, she questions her choice to remain a housewife when her son's ship is damaged.
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- Roy Ward Baker
- 1949-07-15
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Set near Portsmouth, one of the main bases for the D-Day invasion fleet, the film portrays life on the British home front during World War II. During the run up to D-Day (1944), widowed Martha Dacre (Ursula Jeans) tries to keep house and home together for her two daughters and two servicemen billeted on her. Although her two daughters serve as Wren...
The film was shot at Denham Studios with location shooting taking place in Margate, Portchester Castle and the village of Denham in Buckinghamshire. The film's sets were designed by the art director Alex Vetchinsky. It was adapted by Esther McCracken from her own 1944 play No Medals, with additional material added to continue the story until the pr...
The film was popular at the British box office. According to Kinematograph Weekly the 'biggest winner' at the box office in 1948 Britain was The Best Years of Our Lives with Spring in Park Lane being the best British film and runners-up being It Always Rains on Sunday, My Brother Jonathan, Road to Rio, Miranda, An Ideal Husband, Naked City, The Red...
Critical reception was lukewarm, but the film had some defenders. A critic for The News of the World wrote, "I see that according to my fellow critics The Weaker Sex ...is riddled with faults. Therefore I ask your indulgence for being incapable of detailing these grave weaknesses. I must have missed them because I was enjoying myself so much". The ...
The Weaker Sex es una película dirigida por Roy Ward Baker con Ursula Jeans, Cecil Parker, Joan Hopkins, Derek Bond .... Año: 1948. Título original: The Weaker Sex. Sinopsis: Martha Dacre intenta llevar una vida normal en los días precedentes al desembarco en Normandía. Con varios inquilinos a los que atender, y sus dos hijos sirviendo en ...
- Erwin Hillier
- Roy Ward Baker
- Reino Unido
- Drama. Bélico | II Guerra Mundial
27 de feb. de 2019 · February 27, 2019 / Drama. The Weaker Sex (1948) 4.6. ( 5) Life on the home front during World War 2. Martha Dacre tries to keep her home running as normal, during the run up to the D Day landings. With several lodgers to contend with, and her son and daughter away serving in the Navy, she has chosen to stay as a housewife.
The Weaker Sex is a 1948 British drama film directed by Roy Ward Baker. It was one of the most popular movies at the British box office in 1948. The film's title is ironic, its subject being what The New York Times described as the "heroics of that valiant legion of women who stood, but did not wait, through the long war years and the now dreary post war years."
Hace 2 días · The Weaker Sex. Following one family from 1944 onwards, this film tells the story of the women who worked to keep the home fires burning. An affecting tribute to the vital role women played ensuring that husbands, sons and daughters had something to come home to. War 1948 85 mins. Watch for free.
The Weaker Sex is a film directed by Roy Ward Baker with Ursula Jeans, Cecil Parker, Joan Hopkins, Derek Bond .... Year: 1948. Original title: The Weaker Sex. Synopsis: Life on the home front during World War 2. Martha Dacre tries to keep her home running as normal, during the run up to the D Day landings.
