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The Courtneys of Curzon Street
The Courtneys of Curzon Street (also titled The Courtney Affair or Kathy's Love Affair, in the U.S.) is a 1947 British drama film starring Anna Neagle and Michael Wilding. It is a postwar, reconstruction-era movie following a family through four generations and their sacrifices in wars and accompanying social changes. It is a study of class division and snobbery in Britain in the late 19th and early 20th centuries with a message that the sacrifices of war have been worthwhile and have been accompanied by social change and that people are now freer to make their own choices about their lives.
Plot
Edward Courtney, the son of a baronet shocks class-conscious 1900 British society by marrying Kate, his Irish servant. The film chronicles 45 years in their lives together and apart, through the Boer War and World War I and World War II.
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author | Nicholas Phipps |
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contentLocation | London |
director | Herbert Wilcox |
editor | Flora Newton |
genre | drama historical social |
keywords | baronet battle of spion kop boarding school boer war british society class prejudice curzon street engage high class horse guards household cavalry killed in action mayfair queen victoria read rupert brooke soldier wall street world war ii |
musicBy | Anthony Collins |
producer | George Maynard |
productionCompany | Herbert Wilcox Productions |
publisher | British Lion Films |
theme | romantic drama |