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July 23, 2026… #movieoftheday is The Happy Family (full movie) (1952).
“The Happy Family (U.S. title: Mr. Lord Says No ) is a 1952 British comedy film directed by Muriel Box and starring Stanley Holloway , Kathleen Harrison and Naunton Wayne . [1] It was written by Box and Sydney Box adapted from the 1951 play The Happy Family by Michael Clayton Hutton . The plot of the film centers on resistance by a family to the disruption caused by the construction of the 1951 Festival of Britain .” - more at Wikipedia
The film was released in 1952, a year after the real Festival of Britain Exhibition took place on the South Bank of the Thames. When the Government decides to build a Festival of Britain exhibition site, everything goes to plan, except the main road and the pedestrian subway into the site are blocked by a little corner shop which is owned and run by a Mr. Lord and his family. When the Lords refuse to be bought off and decline the compensation offered by the authorities, the police and the bailiffs try to evict them, only to come under fire from the family members who have barricaded themselves inside the shop.
The Festival of Britain was a national showcase for British achievements in the arts, architecture, science and technology held in 1951.
FULL MOVIE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMiKZyIhMKU&t=16s
#TheHappyFamily #tangled #Wikipedia #2026
“The Happy Family (U.S. title: Mr. Lord Says No ) is a 1952 British comedy film directed by Muriel Box and starring Stanley Holloway , Kathleen Harrison and Naunton Wayne . [1] It was written by Box and Sydney Box adapted from the 1951 play The Happy Family by Michael Clayton Hutton . The plot of the film centers on resistance by a family to the disruption caused by the construction of the 1951 Festival of Britain .” - more at Wikipedia
The film was released in 1952, a year after the real Festival of Britain Exhibition took place on the South Bank of the Thames. When the Government decides to build a Festival of Britain exhibition site, everything goes to plan, except the main road and the pedestrian subway into the site are blocked by a little corner shop which is owned and run by a Mr. Lord and his family. When the Lords refuse to be bought off and decline the compensation offered by the authorities, the police and the bailiffs try to evict them, only to come under fire from the family members who have barricaded themselves inside the shop.
The Festival of Britain was a national showcase for British achievements in the arts, architecture, science and technology held in 1951.
FULL MOVIE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMiKZyIhMKU&t=16s
#TheHappyFamily #tangled #Wikipedia #2026
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