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The History of Mr. Polly: Directed by Anthony Pelissier. With John Mills, Betty Ann Davies, Megs Jenkins, Finlay Currie. With an inheritance after his father's death, Alfred Polly finds love in the arms of a schoolgirl but marries an unattractive cousin and opens a shop, which leading him to unhappiness, arson, suicide attempts, and escape.
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- Drama
- Anthony Pelissier
- 1950-09-15
As clocks around town strike 3, Mr. Garvace asks employees if they have seen Mr. Polly who has been missing from his position in the drapery shop for some time. The Town Hall on Queen Victoria Road in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. After being fired, Alfred Polly (John Mills) takes stock of his life when he fails to find another job.
The History of Mr. Polly is a 1949 British film based on the 1910 comic novel The History of Mr. Polly by H. G. Wells. [2] It was directed by Anthony Pelissier (who is also credited with the script) and stars John Mills, Betty Ann Davies, Megs Jenkins, Moore Marriott and Finlay Currie. [3] It was the first adaptation of one of Wells's works to ...
The protagonist of The History of Mr. Polly is an antihero inspired by H. G. Wells's early experiences in the drapery trade: Alfred Polly, born circa 1870, a timid and directionless young man living in Edwardian England, who despite his own bumbling achieves contented serenity with little help from those around him. Mr. Polly's most striking characteristic is his "innate sense of epithet", [1 ...
- H. G. Wells
- 1910
The History of Mr. Polly. Bookworm Alfred Polly (John Mills) is a hopeless daydreamer who cannot keep his mind on the task at hand, hence his inevitable dismissal from his dreary job as a draper's ...
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- John Mills
- Anthony Pelissier
- Adventure
He soon settles into a blissful existence with innkeeper Megs Jenkins (left), working as handyman and ferryman at the pub, with only the landlady and her niece, also called Polly (played by Mills' daughter Juliet) about the place. Although there is one problem, as Polly explains; Uncle Jim. Uncle Jim, it turns out, is the landlady's sister's ...
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John Mills, Sally Ann Howes, Finlay Currie Running time 94 minutes. Articles related to The History of Mr. Polly. Lists. H.G. Wells 150th anniversary: 10 essential ...
