Today’s movie is a period drama with a scene that happens on July 5. I
hope you will watch this motion picture tonight and enjoy it.
NANCHERROW
In February, 1947 Col. Carey-Lewis dies. He leaves his house,
Nancherrow to his daughter Loveday Trevelyan, who wants to immediately move
into the house, whether her farmer husband Walter wants to or not. Loveday’s
friend Judith Wells who’s married to Dr. Jeremy, suffers her third miscarriage.
In London Loveday sees a former love, Gus
Cullendar, an avant garde artist and they have a one night stand. The summer
ball is held at Nancherrow. Loveday learns her father’s lawyer embezzled all her
money, but the death taxes still have to be paid. Loveday divorces her husband
and Gus moves in with her at Nancherrow. On July 5, 1948 [1:07:43 to 1:08:46]
Dr. Wells makes a speech on the first day of the English National Health
Service. Expensive repairs have to be made to Nancherrow, as it has dry rot.
Then Jess, the younger sister of Judith Wells turns up pregnant by Simon Travis
the young protégé of Miss Catto, the headmistress at Jess’s school. However she
and Simon get married. Loveday has to open Nancherrow for public tours to help
pay the bills. Judith stars teaching English at Miss Catto’s school, while her
husband gets more involved in community affairs. Loveday and Walter have a big fight over their son Nat’s desire
to board at school and go on to Eaton. Will, Jess and Simon’s son gets polio
and dies. His parents move to Australia for a fresh start. Diana, Lovday’s
mother persuades her cousin, Viscount Berryann to invest in her friend, Nikko
Bernhoffer’s motorcar company, but Viscount Berryann advises her that she must
stop helping Loveday with the cost of running Nancherrow or she will be broke
in two years. Gus, upset by Loveday’s
refusal to even consider selling Nancherrow leaves. Judith, who had apparently been indifferent to the death of her
nephew, reveals that she deeply loved him, when she has a breakdown in front of
her class. When her husband’s medical partner makes a pass at her, but is
stopped by her husband, the couple reconcile. Loveday finally decides to sell
Nancherrow and she persuades Gus to return to her. The last house versus
village cricket match is held. Nancherrow is auctioned off, but everyone is
surprised when Gus, who unknown to anyone had recently made a lot of money on
sales of his paintings buys the house.
To compound the good news Judith and Jeremy have a child and Gus and
Loveday get married.
A passable British melodrama. A
good character driven story. It keeps you interested. The house Nancherrow
almost seems to be a character in the story.
Never Again by Peter Hennessy (Pantheon Books, New
York, 1993) at page 143 gives the date of the start of the National Health
Service
Producer - David Cunliffe
Director - Simon Langton
Screenplay - John Goldsmith
Runtime – 3 hours
Released - April 4, 1999
Starring –
Joanna Lumley as Diana Carey-Lewis
Katie Ryder Richardson as Loveday Carey-Lewis
Lara-Joy Körner as Judith (Dunbar) Wells
George Asprey as Jeremy Wells
Susan Hampshire as Miss Catto
Patrick Ryecart as Tommy Mortimer
Philipp Moog as Gus Cullendar
Tristan Gemmill as Walter
Robert Hardy as Viscount Berryann
Copyright by Ivan Walters in 2014.
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