Isn't Life Wonderful! ( Uncle Willie's Bicycle Shop )

Isn't Life Wonderful! (DVD) (*)

$25.99

Alternate Title: Uncle Willie's Bicycle Shop
Language Selections:
English ( Mono )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
80 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Photo Gallery
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 1954 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Harold French

Written By:
Brock Williams

Actors:
Cecil Parker ..... Father
Eileen Herlie ..... Mother
Donald Wolfit ..... Uncle Willie
Peter Asher ..... Charles
Eleanor Summerfield ..... Aunt Kate
Dianne Foster ..... Virginia van Stuyden
Robert Urquhart ..... Frank
Russell Waters ..... Green
Cecil Trouncer ..... Dr. Barsmith
Philip Stainton ..... Dr. Mason
Edwin Styles ..... Bamboula
Arthur Young ..... Sir George Probus
Fabia Drake ..... Lady Probus
Alec Finter ..... Uncle Richard
Cicely Paget-Bowman ..... Aunt Theo

Synopsis:

Donald Wolfit heads a strong cast as an endearing Edwardian idler whose family's attempt to keep him respectably occupied unwittingly sets loose a passion for pedal power! Based on Brock Williams' novel Uncle Willie's Bicycle Shop, Isn't Life Wonderful is featured here in a brand-new transfer from original film elements, in its as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio. Uncle Willie, who is on more than nodding terms with the Demon Drink, has for years been the black sheep of his wife Kate's stuffy family. So when his brother-in-law becomes engaged to the daughter of a rich American banker, it is decided that Something Must Be Done about Uncle Willie. The family reluctantly agrees to buy him a bicycle shop in the hope that it may exert a steadying influence; in fact, it simply leads to more trouble...

Around the turn of the century, in England, alcoholic Uncle Willie is the bane of his family, of which his brother-in-law (Cecil Parker) is the family spokesman. It is decided to let Uncle Willie buy a bicycle shop in order to impress Virginia van Stuyden, an American heiress in love with Frank. This pleases Uncle Willie's young nephew, Charles, (who also serves as a commentator throughout the film.) Complications arise when stuffy lord, Sir George Probus, at whose home Virginia is staying, becomes stuffy-Brit shocked when she attends a carnival. Virginia is also irked because Frank isn't more manly. They nearly all turn up at a convalescent home, where Uncle Willie brings the young lovers together, and announces that milk will be his only beverage-of-choice in the future.

This product was added to our catalog on Wednesday 13 April, 2016.