
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.
Cast

Diana Wynyard
Jane Marryot

Clive Brook
Robert Marryot

Una O'Connor
Ellen Bridges

Herbert Mundin
Alfred Bridges

Beryl Mercer
Cook

Irene Browne
Margaret Harris

Tempe Pigott
Mrs. Snapper

Merle Tottenham
Annie

Frank Lawton
Joe Marryot

Ursula Jeans
Fanny Bridges

Margaret Lindsay
Edith Harris

John Warburton
Edward Marryot

Billy Bevan
George Grainger
Dickie Henderson
Master Edwards

Douglas Scott
Master Joey

Bonita Granville
Young Fanny

Betty Grable
Girl on Couch, Blonde Girl on Couch (uncredited)

Desmond Roberts
Ronnie James
Harry Allen
Busker (uncredited)

Frank Atkinson
Uncle Dick (uncredited)

Lionel Belmore
Uncle George (uncredited)

Ted Billings
Newspaper Peddler (uncredited)
Adele Crane
Ada (uncredited)
Nancy Crowley
Little Girl (uncredited)

Howard Davies
Agitator (uncredited)

Kay Deslys
Barmaid (uncredited)

Mary Forbes
Duchess of Churt (uncredited)

Dannie Mac Grant
Boy (uncredited)

Lawrence Grant
Man at Microphone (uncredited)
Stuart Hall
Lieutenant Edgar (uncredited)

Winter Hall
Minister on the Pulpit (uncredited)

Brandon Hurst
Gilbert & Sullivan Actor (uncredited)

Claude King
Speaker (uncredited)
Bruce Line
Boy Scout (uncredited)

Eric Mayne
Doctor on Street (uncredited)

Wilfrid North
Man Talking to Colonel (uncredited)

Helen Parrish
Screaming Girl (uncredited)
Robert Parrish
Boy Scout (uncredited)

Richard Quine
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)

Tom Ricketts
Waiter (uncredited)
John Rogers
Busker (uncredited)
Ann Shaw
Mirabelle (uncredited)

C. Montague Shaw
Major Domo (uncredited)

Yorke Sherwood
Cabby (uncredited)

Pat Somerset
Ringsider (uncredited)

Will Stanton
Tommy Jolly (uncredited)

Mary Stewart
Dancer/Singer (uncredited)
Gelal Talata
Recruiting Girl Singer (uncredited)

David Torrence
Man at Disarmament Conference (uncredited)

Douglas Walton
Soldier Friend of Joe (uncredited)
Marguerite Warner
Recruiting Girl Singer (uncredited)
Eric Wilton
Robert the Butler (uncredited)
Stuart Hall
Lieutenant Edgar (uncredited)
Patrick MacGill
Unknown
Crew

Frank Lloyd
Director, Producer

Noël Coward
Writer, Screenplay, Novel
Reginald Berkeley
Writer, Screenplay
Margaret Clancey
Editor
Ernest Palmer
Director of Photography, Camera Operator
William Tummel
Assistant Director
Winfield R. Sheehan
Producer
Arthur E. Arling
Camera Operator
Glen MacWilliams
Camera Operator
Jack Gains
Casting
Earl Luick
Costume Design

Charles Dudley
Makeup Artist
Joseph E. Aiken
Sound Engineer

William Cameron Menzies
Special Effects
Arthur Lange
Original Music Composer
J.S. Zamecnik
Original Music Composer
Louis De Francesco
Original Music Composer, Music Director
Peter Brunelli
Original Music Composer
Al Orenbach
Set Dresser

Sonya Levien
Continuity

Sammy Lee
Stage Director
Charles Woolstenhulme
Unit Manager
William S. Darling
Art Direction
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