This Week of Grace
1933 film by Maurice Elvey
This Week of Grace is a 1933 British comedy film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Gracie Fields, Henry Kendall and John Stuart. It was written by H. Fowler Mear and Jack Marks from a story by Nell Emerald and Maurice Braddell. The screenplay concerns a poor, unemployed woman who is made housekeeper at the estate of a wealthy duchess. It was promoted with the tagline "Cinderella in modern dress" and includes songs written by Harry Parr-Davies, such as "My Lucky Day" and "Happy Ending".
Plot
Grace Milroy loses her job working at a factory. However, through a strange set of circumstances, she is taken on as housekeeper at the nearby Swinford Castle, the home of the eccentric Duchess of Swinford. She is initially coldly received by the other staff, but she soon wins them over with her personality and hard work. While working there, she falls in love with the Duchess's nephew, Viscount Swinford, and eventually marries him. Later, when she wrongly believes him to have married her under the mistaken impression that she is rich, she leaves him and takes a job on the stage, working in the chorus line. Eventually, the misunderstanding is cleared up, and the couple reconciles.
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