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Comedy

Molly and Me

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A vivacious actress needing work becomes a housekeeper for a crusty retired politician, and gives his life the shaking-up that it needs.

Release Date : 1945-05-25

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : 20th Century Fox

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Gracie Fields

Character Name : Molly Barry

Original Name : Gracie Fields

Gender : Female

Monty Woolley

Character Name : John Graham

Original Name : Monty Woolley

Gender : Male

Roddy McDowall

Character Name : Jimmy Graham

Original Name : Roddy McDowall

Gender : Male

Reginald Gardiner

Character Name : Harry Phillips / Peabody, the Butler

Original Name : Reginald Gardiner

Gender : Male

Natalie Schafer

Character Name : Kitty Goode-Burroughs

Original Name : Natalie Schafer

Gender : Female

Doris Lloyd

Character Name : Mrs. Graham

Original Name : Doris Lloyd

Gender : Female

Edith Barrett

Character Name : Julia

Original Name : Edith Barrett

Gender : Female

Clifford Brooke

Character Name : Pops

Original Name : Clifford Brooke

Gender : Male

Aminta Dyne

Character Name : Musette

Original Name : Aminta Dyne

Gender : Female

Queenie Leonard

Character Name : Lily

Original Name : Queenie Leonard

Gender : Female

Lillian Bronson

Character Name : Perkins

Original Name : Lillian Bronson

Gender : Female

Ethel Griffies

Character Name : Mrs. Lamb

Original Name : Ethel Griffies

Gender : Female

Jean Del Val

Character Name : Pierre

Original Name : Jean Del Val

Gender : Male

Walter Tetley

Character Name : Grocery Delivery Boy

Original Name : Walter Tetley

Gender : Male

Patrick O'Moore

Character Name : Ronnie

Original Name : Patrick O'Moore

Gender : Male

Lewis L. Russell

Character Name : Sir Arthur Burroughs

Original Name : Lewis L. Russell

Gender : Male

Reviews

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CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2022-07-01

"Molly" (Gracie Fields) is fed up eking out a living doing repertory theatre, so decides to settle down with a proper job as an housekeeper. With the aid of her fellow thespians, she finds herself working for the cantankerous "John Graham" (Monty Woolley) a retired politician who lives in a grand home. Her matter of fact methods don't go down well with his existing staff, so off they go leaving her having to dragoon her erstwhile colleagues in to pick up the slack. Urgently, as it happens, as their boss is hosting a VIP to a dinner that could get him back into Parliament. His young son "Jimmy" (Roddy McDowall) is also down from school with a gammy leg - and soon he is in on the secret, and - well now you have to watch and see. Woolley only features sparingly - and that allows the other assembled cast to make the humour work as the story gently unfolds with a few amiable sub-plots that frequently raise a smile. Not such much at the wit of the script, but at the way the gang mobilise their respective skills to achieve the desired result - and with quite some comedy timing, too! It is short, well paced and well worth a watch.