The Holly and the Ivy

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The Holly and the Ivy is a 1952 British drama film, adapted from a stage play, about a rural vicar and his family reuniting at Christmas and confronting long-suppressed tensions.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British film
drama film
film
adaptationOf The Holly and the Ivy (play) NERFINISHED
basedOn The Holly and the Ivy (play) NERFINISHED
stage play by Wynyard Browne
blackAndWhite true
cinematographyBy Ted Scaife NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
countryOfRelease United Kingdom NERFINISHED
director George More O’Ferrall NERFINISHED
distributedIn United Kingdom NERFINISHED
distributor British Lion Films NERFINISHED
editedBy Anne V. Coates NERFINISHED
filmFormat 35 mm
filmingLocation Pinewood Studios NERFINISHED
genre drama
hasChristmasTheme true
hasSubject Christian faith
post-war British society
mainCharacter Reverend Martin Gregory NERFINISHED
mainCharacterOccupation vicar
musicBy Malcolm Arnold NERFINISHED
narrativeConflict long-suppressed family tensions
narrativeFocus family reunion at Christmas
originalLanguage English
playwrightOfSource Wynyard Browne NERFINISHED
producer T. C. Fairbairn NERFINISHED
productionCompany London Film Productions NERFINISHED
releaseDateUK 1952-04-21
releaseYear 1952
runtimeMinutes 83
screenwriter Anatole de Grunwald NERFINISHED
settingPlace rural England
settingTime Christmas NERFINISHED
starredActor Celia Johnson NERFINISHED
Denholm Elliott NERFINISHED
Hugh Williams NERFINISHED
John Gregson NERFINISHED
Margaret Halstan NERFINISHED
Margaret Leighton NERFINISHED
Ralph Richardson NERFINISHED
theme family relationships
generational conflict
religion
repressed emotions

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