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Here Come the Huggetts is a 1948 film, the first of a trio about a working class English family. All three were directed by Ken Annakin and released by Gainsborough Pictures. See also: 1947 in film 1948 1949 in film 1940s in film years in film film // Events Top grossing films North America The Red Shoes, (55th in year of release, lifetime box office would place it in first) The Road to Rio Easter Parade Red River The Three Musketeers, Johnny... Motto:   (the Royal motto3) (French for God and my right) Anthem: God Save the Queen 4 Capital London Most populous conurbation Greater London Urban Area English (de facto5) Government Constitutional monarchy  - Queen Queen Elizabeth II  - Prime Minister Tony Blair Formation    - Union of the Crowns 24 March 1603   - Acts of Union... Ken Annakin (born August 10, 1914) is a British film director. ... Gainsborough Pictures was a film studio based in Islington, London, active between 1924 and 1951. ...

Kathleen Harrison and Petula Clark

Jack Warner and Kathleen Harrison headed the cast as factory worker Joe Huggett and his wife Ethel (the couple had been introduced a year earlier in the film Holiday Camp), with Petula Clark, Jane Hylton, and Susan Shaw as their young daughters (all named after the actresses portraying them) and Amy Veness as their opinionated grandmother. Although the plot lines of this and its sequels - Vote for Huggett and The Huggetts Abroad (both 1949) - were slight (they focused on such trivialities as a flighty cousin (Diana Dors) who wrecks the family car, the installation of a telephone, an incursion into municipal politics, and an excursion to South Africa with a diamond smuggler as a fellow passenger), they were the type of light comedies that found favor with British audiences still reeling from the impact of World War II. Jack Warner (October 24, 1896 – May 24, 1981) was a popular British film and television actor. ... Kathleen Harrison (February 23, 1892, Blackburn, Lancashire, England - December 7, 1995, was a prolific British character actress, best remembered for her roles as Mrs Huggett in a series of British post-war comedies (playing opposite Jack Warner). ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... See also: 1948 in film 1949 1950 in film 1940s in film 1950s in film years in film film Events Top grossing films North America Adams Rib Jolson Sings Again Pinky I Was a Male War Bride, The Snake Pit, Joan of Arc Academy Awards Best Picture: All the... Diana Dors (October 23, 1931 – May 4, 1984) was an English actress. ... Combatants Major Allied powers: United Kingdom Soviet Union United States Republic of China and others Major Axis powers: Nazi Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Harry Truman Chiang Kai-Shek Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tojo Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead...

Clark, who began her career as a child vocalist on BBC Radio, sang the tune "Walking Backwards" in the film. BBC Radio is a service of the British Broadcasting Corporation which has operated in the United Kingdom under the terms of a Royal Charter since 1927. ...

External link

• Internet Movie Database listing
• Official Petula Clark website