"A charming adaptation of J. B. Priestley's still very popular tale (it was remade once, recently turned into a successful London stage musical, and made into a British television series) about a traveling show troupe--and their never-ending battle with the British weather! Its unique (and to American audiences, unfamiliar) background makes it far more than just another show-biz story. Rich, warm, human, often touching and sometimes very funny, and beautifully directed by Saville. It made immediate stars of Jessie Matthews (whose screen career had been aborted by poor films until that point) and Max Miller, both of whom, together with already established Edmund Gwenn, were immediately re-united for Saville's next, Friday the 13th. John Gielgud is the romantic lead, and even gets to sing." William K. Everson