Wonderful Things!

Wonderful Things!
Directed byHerbert Wilcox
Written byJack Trevor Story
Produced byAnna Neagle
Starring
CinematographyGordon Dines
Edited byBasil Warren
Music byStanley Black
Production
company
Herbert Wilcox Productions (as Everest)
Distributed byAssociated British-Pathé (UK)
Release date
  • 10 June 1958 (1958-06-10)
(London) (UK)
Running time
84 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Wonderful Things! is a 1958 British comedy romance film directed by Herbert Wilcox and starring Frankie Vaughan, Jocelyn Lane and Wilfrid Hyde-White. It was written by Jack Trevor Story.[1] Two fishermen brothers clash over the love of a woman.

It was the second of two films Wilcox made with Vaughan.[2]

The film marked the film debut of comedian Ronnie Barker, in an uncredited role as a waiter.

Cast

Critical reception

The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "Unsophisticated and ingenuous, this quaint production lacks the polish which Herbert Wilcox usually brings to his work; if it were not all so unassuming, there would be little left to like beyond Wilfred Hyde White's one good dialogue exchange near the end, the amusingly ironic finale, and the sleek voice and poise of Jean Dawnay. Frankie Vaughan holds the centre of the stage not so much as a singer (though he has a few songs in the unaffected style of the rest of the film) but as an actor. He is noticeably less professional in this respect than the rest of the cast."[3]

Sky Movies wrote, "If you can believe in Frankie Vaughan and Jeremy Spenser as Gibraltar fishermen, you'll enjoy this Anna Neagle-produced trifle about love and life, Latin-style. Fiery Jackie Lane eclipses model Jean Dawnay's screen debut."[4]

TV Guide called the film an "engaging romance."[5]

AllMovie wrote: "Wilfred Hyde-White offers the film's best performance as the debutante's dry-witted papa."[6]

References

  1. ^ "Wonderful Things!". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 25 December 2023.
  2. ^ Harper, Sue; Porter, Vincent (2003). British cinema of the 1950s : the decline of deference. Oxford University Press. p. 158.
  3. ^ "Wonderful Things!". The Monthly Film Bulletin. 25 (288): 92. 1 January 1958 – via ProQuest.
  4. ^ "Wonderful Things". Find and Watch.
  5. ^ "Wonderful Things!". TVGuide.com.
  6. ^ Hal Erickson. "Wonderful Things? (1958) - Herbert Wilcox - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related". AllMovie.


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