Here is a film with a scene that happens today - July 5. I hope you enjoy the movie and watch it tonight.
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
Lynda Baron as Dashka
Jake Gomme as Younger Nat
Josh Wynter as Older Nat
Emily Hamilton as Jess (Dunbar) Travis
Simon Dutton as Ronny Cox
Lucy Robinson as Lucy Cox
Paul Curran as Simon Travis
Samantha Beckinsale as Nesta Carew
Robert Lang as Jerry Pinch
Christian Kohlund as Nikko Bernhoffer
Senta Berger as Alex Gower
Donald Sinden as Robin Jarvis
Colin Prockter as The Mayor
Nicola Breeze as Norma
Eric Carte as The Headmaster
Barnaby Wynter as Will Travis
Michael Cochrane as Sir George Rawlings
Patrick Macnee as Lord Peter Awliscombe
Lucy Fleming as The Specialist
Henry Moxon as Stockbridge
Rosanna Wollenberg as Susan
India Martin as Jenny
Derek Bentham as The Auctioneer
Kenneth Harkness as Funeral Bugler
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