Rent The Holly and the Ivy (1954)
3.7 of 5 from 69 ratings
1h 17min
- General info
- Available formats
- Synopsis:
- "The Holly and the Ivy" is a heart-warming tale set in post-war Britain. Ralph Richardson plays Reverend Martin Gregory, a recently widowed minister who is reunited with his family one Christmas. Martin is torn between his roles of clergyman and father. His zeal for attending to his parishioners leads him to neglect the needs of his own family, until emotions boil over one Christmas.
- Actors:
- Ralph Richardson, Celia Johnson, Margaret Leighton, Denholm Elliott, John Gregson, Hugh Williams, Margaret Halstan, Maureen Delaney, William Hartnell, Robert Flemyng, Roland Culver, John Barry, Dandy Nichols, Mary Chapman, Sally Owen
- Directors:
- George More O'Ferrall
- Producers:
- Anatole de Grunwald
- Writers:
- Wynyard Browne, Anatole de Grunwald
- Studio:
- Optimum
- Genres:
- Classics, Drama
- Collections:
- 12 Films of Christmas Past, All the Twos: 1902-62, Cinema Paradiso's 2022 Centenary Club, Holidays Film Collection, A Brief History of Film..., Top 10 British Actresses of the 1940s, Top Films
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 02/12/2019
- Run Time:
- 80 minutes
- Languages:
- English LPCM Mono
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Full Screen 1.37:1
- Colour:
- B & W
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Interview with Melanie Williams
- Audio Commentary with Jeremy Arnold, the author of Turner Classic Movies' CHRISTMAS IN THE MOVIES
- Interview with Professor Mark Connelly
- Stills Gallery
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Reviews (1) of The Holly and the Ivy
“You can’t be told the truth!” - The Holly and the Ivy review by LJ
This is a short drama in which the central issue is solved with no issue at all, so who knows why this family waited so long. Some of the cast are distractingly the wrong age for their roles. Ralph Richardson, at only 50 years old, plays an aging vicar while Celia Johnson, in her mid-forties, plays his daughter who is supposed to be fifteen years younger than she actually is. It's so noticeable that these actors are unconvincingly playing older and younger than they really are because their ages are important to the story. Who casts a father and daughter with only five or six years between the actors?
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