Fresh
A gloriously, heart-rendingly beautiful, stirring picture of a generation in British family life.
Irene Thirer, New York Daily News
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Cavalcade
Overview
A cavalcade of English life from New Year's Eve 1899 until 1933 is seen through the eyes of well-to-do Londoners Jane and Robert Marryot. Amongst events touching their family are the Boer War, the death of Queen Victoria, the sinking of the Titanic, and the Great War.
Director and cast
- Frank Lloyd Director
- Diana Wynyard as Jane Marryot
- Clive Brook as Robert Marryot
- Una O'Connor as Ellen Bridges
- Herbert Mundin as Alfred Bridges
- Beryl Mercer as Cook
- Irene Browne as Margaret Harris
- Tempe Pigott as Mrs. Snapper
- Merle Tottenham as Annie
- Frank Lawton as Joe Marryot
- Ursula Jeans as Fanny Bridges
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
59%
Tomatometer
Rotten
It's rife with fey, unintentional camp like the scene in which a newlywed couple pledge eternal love on the deck of an ocean liner -- only to move away and reveal a life preserver labeled Titanic.
Ty Burr, Entertainment Weekly
Fresh
This is the first big film out of the Fox studio since Sheehan's return there and this is a big picture from and on every angle.
Variety Staff, Variety
Rotten
Nary a tear-jerking trick is missed (our family loses one son to the Titanic, the other to World War I), and the strangulation is compounded by the staginess since the film.
Tom Milne, Time Out
Fresh
It is a most affecting and impressive picture.
Mordaunt Hall, New York Times
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