ComedyDramaRomance

I Live in Grosvenor Square

The WW II romance set in Grosvenor square aka Eisenhower's home where the GIs stayed in London. Neagle loves Harrison. There arrives patriot GI Dean Jagger to rouse things up in the square. Snotty British Neagle and Jagger clash and fall for each other. What will Harrison have to say or do about these? What will the consequences be? Will the three finally become two and which two in this extremely patriotic love and war story.

Release Date : 1945-07-20

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Associated British Picture CorporationHerbert Wilcox Productions

Production Country : United Kingdom

Alternative Titles : A Yank in London

Cast

Character Name : Lady Patricia Fairfax

Original Name : Anna Neagle

Gender : Female

Character Name : Major David Bruce

Original Name : Rex Harrison

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sgt. John Patterson

Original Name : Dean Jagger

Gender : Male

Character Name : Duke of Exmoor

Original Name : Robert Morley

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mrs. Wilson

Original Name : Nancy Price

Gender : Female

Character Name : Mrs. Catchpole

Original Name : Irene Vanbrugh

Gender : Female

Character Name : Mrs. Patterson

Original Name : Jane Darwell

Gender : Female

Character Name : Sgt. Benjie Greenburg

Original Name : Eliott Arluck

Gender : Male

Character Name : Vicar

Original Name : Walter Hudd

Gender : Male

Character Name : Innkeeper

Original Name : Edward Rigby

Gender : Male

Character Name : Trewhewy

Original Name : Cecil Ramage

Gender : Male

Character Name : Herself - U.S.O. Singer

Original Name : Irene Manning

Gender : Female

Character Name : Postman

Original Name : Francis Pierlot

Gender : Male

Character Name : Bates

Original Name : Aubrey Mallalieu

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lt. Lutyens

Original Name : Michael Shepley

Gender : Male

Character Name : Taxi Driver

Original Name : Charles Victor

Gender : Male

Character Name : Paratrooper

Original Name : Ronald Shiner

Gender : Male

Character Name : Merridew

Original Name : Percy Walsh

Gender : Male

Character Name : Girl in Guard's Van

Original Name : Brenda Bruce

Gender : Female

Character Name : 2nd Girl in Guard's Van

Original Name : Shelagh Fraser

Gender : Female

Character Name : Paratrooper

Original Name : John Slater

Gender : Male

Character Name : Parker

Original Name : H.R. Hignett

Gender : Male

Character Name : Paratrooper

Original Name : Neville Mapp

Gender : Male

Character Name : Miss Barrow

Original Name : Helen Lowry

Gender : Male

Character Name : Radio Announcer

Original Name : Alvar Liddell

Gender : Male

Character Name : Paratroop Colonel

Original Name : Peter Hobbes

Gender : Male

Character Name : War Office Major

Original Name : David Horne

Gender : Male

Character Name : American Pianist

Original Name : Cyril Baker

Gender : Male

Character Name : Devon Farmer

Original Name : Frank Webster

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dakota Pilot

Original Name : Lionel Murton

Gender : Male

Character Name : Minor Role

Original Name : Norman Williams

Gender : Male

Character Name : Minor Role

Original Name : Arvid Dahl

Gender : Male

Character Name : U.S.O. Singer/Narrator

Original Name : Gerry Wilmot

Gender : Male

Character Name : Himself - Band Leader

Original Name : Robert Farnon

Gender : Male

Character Name : Himself - Band Leader

Original Name : Carroll Gibbons

Gender : Male

Character Name : Minor role (uncredited)

Original Name : Joan Hickson

Gender : Female

Character Name : Minor role (uncredited)

Original Name : Duncan McIntyre

Gender : Male

Character Name : Heckler at Hustings (uncredited)

Original Name : George Spence

Gender : Male

Character Name : Minor role (uncredited)

Original Name : John Stone

Gender : Male

Reviews

CyrusPK

@CyrusPK

2021-06-23

This seems to be something of a forgotten film despite being a major moneymaker of its year and starring Anna Neagle, a massively famous British star who never managed to conquer the American market. Evidently written as a means of encouraging co-operation and mutual understanding between British citizens and the American troops stationed in their homes during the massive build up to D-Day, the first half of the film as a result suffers badly from some forced comedy around linguistic and geographical differences. The actors all look a little uncomfortable in these sequences. The first half of the film is largely devoted to this strained humour and the building of a romance between an English woman (Neagle) and an American flyer (Dean Jagger.) Much time is also given over to Rex Harrison’s character who is engaged to Neagle and campaigning for election as the local MP for a rural constituency, the latter overseen by his father (Robert Morley) – a kindly but very tradition-bound individual. I was finding all of this to be a little labored until the final third of the film which suddenly changes gears to become a minor masterpiece of sentiment and emotion. At that point I realised the writers have deliberately spent a lot of time setting up the characters and their interactions so that when the key moments occur they are underpinned by real knowledge of who these people are. Several scenes in this final act are played to emotional perfection; • Nancy Price as a harridan of a housekeeper revealed to have a deeply caring relationship with the American pilots in her care, so much so that she wants to leave her savings to one who she regards as a son. • Robert Morley almost casually placing a watch on a man’s wrist and mentioning that it belonged to his son who died in the First World War. • Rex Harrison giving up his chance at marriage to stage a simple meeting between the two people he knows to be in love. • Anna Neagle writing down a list of names of deceased air crew she is receiving over the phone as part of her military duties, pausing only slightly at the identity of one of them who is known to her. As a very talky piece the need for good performances is essential. Neagle carries with her a great weight of emotion constantly visible in her eyes, Morley (four years younger than Neagle) plays her father with great sincerity and emotion and Rex Harrison shows both class and dignity in his role. Production values are adequate but there is a reliance in one important scene on very scratched stock footage. Overall, this is a sentimental piece that will grab at your heart in ways least expected.