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Genres:
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Comedy
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Director:
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Brian Percival
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Actors:
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Alistair Petrie,
Christian Contreras,
David Dawson,
Philip Desmeules,
Tom Hollander,
Jane Horrocks
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Duration:
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68 min.
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Rating:
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(6.7/10)116
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Plot Summary:
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In 1939 Gracie Fields, the 'Epitome of Hearts', is at the extreme fell of her good as a vocalist and actress and the sum total state seems to inclination her a rapid recovery from cervical cancer. When World War Two breaks out, Gracie sings because of the troops ignoring in need salubrity, to the dismay of her fussy husband, film director Monty Banks, an Italian, born Mario Bianchi. With Italy's registration into the war Monty is in danger of being interned so Gracie consents to his moving to America whilst she tours Canada, fund-raising for the clash elbow-grease. She is accused of deserting ... the boondocks which made her famous and booed offstage, though she later tours battlefields as a singer. With the strife over she regains vogue, performing 'Get Me To Your Heart Again' at the London Palladium. Banks dies in 1950 and, though still a successful caroller, Gracie never regains her pre-war iconic standing.
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Gracie!
A rare sports movie that doesnt use pea-brained, pedagogical
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