The History of Mr. Polly (1949)
1949 · Feature film · 91 min · dir. Anthony Pelissier
Based on the novel by H.G. Wells.
- Drama
Synopsis
Quiet and somewhat direction-less, Alfred Polly uses the money he inherits from his father to marry and to set up shop in a small town. His heart is in neither of these enterprises and he eventually resorts to desperate measures to break free. His random wanderings in the countryside lead him to a new opportunity that just might be what he's been looking for all along.
Synopsis from TMDb
Details
- Director
- Anthony Pelissier
- Writer
- H. G. Wells
- Cinematography
- Desmond Dickinson
- Studio
- Two Cities Films, J. Arthur Rank Organisation
- Released
- 1949-02-08
- Running time
- 91 minutes
Cast & crew
- Anthony Pelissier Director
John Mills
Betty Ann Davies
Megs Jenkins
Finlay Currie
Gladys Henson
Diana Churchill
Shelagh Fraser
Edward Chapman
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★★ · A Life of Beautiful Sunsets · venusmoon · 2023-06-15
This was a charming old movie. I've never seen it before and I wondered if would be too romantic, too sappy, to corny. It was none of those. It was funny, hopeful, curious, sad, melancholy - just a twing - adventurous and hopeful. A man - not an extraordinary man - perhaps less than ordinary - and yet a man with dreams. A man searching for....well - like many of us...not knowing what he's searching for. He tries this - then that - then the other. Somehow - even after years of "nothing" he remembers - his dreams. Afterall what's better in life than "A Life of Beautiful Sunsets" Enjoy the view!…
