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On Approval is an extremely amusing comedy of upper class British manners. It is wickedly malicious without being mean-spirited. The four leads play off each other flawlessly.
On Approval Reviews. All Critics. Top Critics. All Audience. Verified Audience. Dwight MacDonald Esquire Magazine. A soufflé that never sogs, a fortunate coincidence of director,...
On Approval. Two wealthy Victorian widows are courted tentatively by two impoverished British aristocrats. When one of the dowagers suggests that her beau go away with her for a month to see if they are compatible, the fireworks begin.
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- Comedy
- Clive Brook
- 1946-07
Review by Luke Thorne ★★★★ Clive Brook directs and stars in this British comedy. Two rich Victorian widows are dated hesitantly by two poor British aristocrats.
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- Clive Brook
83% Tomatometer 6 Reviews 43% Audience Score 250+ Ratings A man of little means, Richard Halton (Roland Culver) has every desire to marry the widow Maria Wislack (Beatrice Lillie), but lacks the...
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- Clive Brook
- Clive Brook
- Comedy
On Approval is a 1944 British romantic comedy film, produced, directed and cowritten by Clive Brook. The film stars Brook, Beatrice Lillie, Googie Withers and Roland Culver. It is the second film adaptation of the play On Approval by Frederick Lonsdale; the first was a 1930 film of the same name.
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Sep 10, 2012 · Brook plays a penurious duke wooing an American pickle heiress (Withers), but - after a twin 'trial marriage' on a remote Scottish island - being rejected in favour of his dog-eared companion ...
