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Romeo and Juliet in 1930s England. The owner of the mill and the local lord are in conflict over water rights. The lord wins threatening the mill owner with financial ruin.
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Jun 20, 2022 · via TMDB
I have always been more of a fan of George Eliot's stories than of many of her more, shall we say, "sentimental" contemporaries. Her stories were grittier, with far more realistic characters - and this is one of her best. A childhood feud spills over into adulthood and some unique pig-headedness that maximises the misery for the Tulliver and Wakem families. James Mason takes on his first major cinema role here, and he does it well as the opinionated "Tom", elder brother of "Maggie" (Geraldine Fitzgerald) who is admired by "Philip" (Frank Lawton), but he is from the family that put old man "Tulliver" from his mill after losing a law suit - a fact that "Tom" will neither forgive nor forget... There is a smattering of strong supporting characters from Martita Hunt, Fay Compton and Felix Aylmer to give added richness to this rather sad story of bloody-mindedness (and of the dependence young women had on their men-folks in the 1830s). The production is a bit stagey at times, but really redeemed by the last - tragic - ten minutes, and though this adaptation really does simplify the characters a little too much, it still clings on to enough of the story to make it worth a watch.
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James Mason
Tom Tulliver
Geraldine Fitzgerald
Maggie Tulliver
Frank Lawton
Philip Wakem
Victoria Hopper
Lucy Deane
Fay Compton
Mrs. Tulliver
Griffith Jones
Stephen Guest
Mary Clare
Mrs. Moss
Athene Seyler
Mrs. Pullet
Amy Veness
Mrs. Deane
Felix Aylmer
Mr. Wakem
Eliot Makeham
Mr. Pullet
Ivor Barnard
Mr. Moss
David Horne
Mr. Deane (uncredited)
O.B. Clarence
Mr. Gore
Cecil Ramage
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Martita Hunt
Mrs. Glegg
Hilary Pritchard
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