Children Galore ** (1955, Eddie Byrne, Marjorie Rhodes, June Thorburn, Richard Leech, Betty Ann Davies) – Classic Movie Review 11,140

Director Terence Fisher’s cheery 1955 British black and white comedy Children Galore is a spirited comic effort that tells this tale of a titled couple, Lord and Lady Redscarf (Evan Thomas, Marjorie Hume), who offer a new cottage home to the village married couple with the greatest number of grandchildren. A competition ensues between the three most prolific families: The Joneses, The Arks and The Bunnions.

Children Galore is short, amiable fluff with merry mugging from the agreeable players.

It stars Eddie Byrne, Marjorie Rhodes, June Thorburn and Richard Leech. Also in the cast are Betty Ann Davies, Jack McNaughton, Evan Thomas [Peter Evan Thomas], Violet Gould, Henry Caine, Lucy Griffiths and Marjorie Hume.

Children Galore is directed by Terence Fisher, runs 60 minutes, is made by Grendon Films, is released by General Film Distributors (GFD) (1955) (UK), is written by Peter Plaskett, John Bonnet and Emery Bonnet, is shot in black and white by Jonah Jones, is produced by Henry Passmore, and is designed by John Elphick.

The cast are Eddie Byrne as Zacky Jones, June Thorburn as Milly Ark, Betty Ann Davies as Mrs. Ark, Richard Leech as Harry Bunnion, Marjorie Rhodes as Ada Jones, Jack McNaughton as Pat Ark, Violet Gould as Mrs. Bunnion, Henry Caine as Bert Bunnion, Evan Thomas as Lord Redscarfe, Marjorie Hume as Lady Redscarfe, Lucy Griffiths as Miss Prescott, Olive Milbourne as Miss Finch, Grace Arnold as Mrs. Gedge, Anna Turner as Louise, John Peters as Plumber, Jack Hartman as Mate, John Lothar as Postman, and David Ludlow as Boy.

It was shot in the studio at Brighton Film Studios, St Nicholas Road, Brighton, East Sussex, England.

Popular English actress June Thorburn (8 June 1931 – 4 November 1967), pregnant with her third child, was returning to London from Spain on Iberia Airlines Flight 062 when it crashed at Blackdown, Sussex, killing all 37 people on board. She was aged 36.

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