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Here Come the Huggetts (1948
1948 in film

The year 1948 in film involved some significant events....
) is a British
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
 film, the first of a trio about a working class
Working class

Working class is a term used in academic sociology and in ordinary conversation to describe, depending on context and speaker, those employed in specific fields or types of work....
 English
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
 family. All three films were directed by Ken Annakin
Ken Annakin

Ken Annakin, Order of the British Empire is an England film director. His career in films followed his work experience in documentaries. He made his directing debut in 1947 at the Rank Organisation, although the following year he moved to Gainsborough Pictures to helm three films about Here Come the Huggetts, a working class family living in...
 and released by Gainsborough Pictures
Gainsborough Pictures

Gainsborough Pictures was a United Kingdom film studio based on the south bank of the Regent's Canal, in Poole Street, Hoxton in the London Borough of Hackney....
.

Jack Warner
Jack Warner (actor)

Jack Warner Order of the British Empire was a popular England film and television actor.He was born in London, his real name being Horace John Waters....
 and Kathleen Harrison
Kathleen Harrison

Kathleen Harrison was a prolific England character actress best remembered for her role as Here Come the Huggetts in a trio of British post-war comedies about a working class family's misadventures....
 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
Holiday camp

Holiday camp, in United Kingdom, generally refers to a resort with a boundary that includes lodging, entertainment and other facilities.As distinct from camping, accommodation typically consisted of chalets - rather like small flats/apartments arranged in blocks of three or four storeys, and terraces of ten to twenty long....
), with Petula Clark
Petula Clark

Petula Clark, Order of the British Empire , is an English singer, actress, and composer whose career has spanned seven decades.Clark's professional career began as an entertainer on BBC Radio during World War II....
, Jane Hylton, and Susan Shaw
Susan Shaw

Susan Shaw born Patsy Sloots, was prepared by the J. Arthur Rank to be one of their starlets in the so-called "Charm School". After a good start to her career, it slowly disintegrated due to excessive alcoholism, which became worse after her second husband's death in 1958....
 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
Vote for Huggett

Vote for Huggett is a British film starring Jack Warner as the head of a London family, in the post-war years. It was the second in the Huggetts Trilogy, after 1948's Here Come the Huggetts....
 and The Huggetts Abroad
The Huggetts Abroad

The Huggetts Abroad is a British film starring Jack Warner , Kathleen Harrison, Petula Clark and Susan Shaw. It was the final film of the Huggetts Trilogy....
 (both 1949
1949 in film

The year 1949 in film involved some significant events....
) were slight -- revolving around such trivialities as a flighty cousin (Diana Dors
Diana Dors

Diana Dors was an English actress and sex symbol.She was born Diana Mary Fluck in Swindon, England and was educated at Colville House in Swindon....
) who wrecks the family car, the installation of a telephone, an incursion into municipal politics, and an excursion to South Africa
South Africa

The Republic of South Africa, also known by Official names of South Africa, is a country located at the southern tip of the continent of 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
World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global military conflict which involved a Participants in World War II, including all of the great powers, organised into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War II and the Axis powers....
.

Clark, who began her career as a child vocalist on BBC Radio
BBC Radio

BBC Radio is a service of the BBC which has operated in the United Kingdom under the terms of a Royal Charter since 1927. For a history of BBC radio prior to 1927 see British Broadcasting Company, Ltd....
, sang the tune "Walking Backwards" in the film.








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Here Come the Huggetts (1948
1948 in film

The year 1948 in film involved some significant events....
) is a British
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
 film, the first of a trio about a working class
Working class

Working class is a term used in academic sociology and in ordinary conversation to describe, depending on context and speaker, those employed in specific fields or types of work....
 English
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
 family. All three films were directed by Ken Annakin
Ken Annakin

Ken Annakin, Order of the British Empire is an England film director. His career in films followed his work experience in documentaries. He made his directing debut in 1947 at the Rank Organisation, although the following year he moved to Gainsborough Pictures to helm three films about Here Come the Huggetts, a working class family living in...
 and released by Gainsborough Pictures
Gainsborough Pictures

Gainsborough Pictures was a United Kingdom film studio based on the south bank of the Regent's Canal, in Poole Street, Hoxton in the London Borough of Hackney....
.

Jack Warner
Jack Warner (actor)

Jack Warner Order of the British Empire was a popular England film and television actor.He was born in London, his real name being Horace John Waters....
 and Kathleen Harrison
Kathleen Harrison

Kathleen Harrison was a prolific England character actress best remembered for her role as Here Come the Huggetts in a trio of British post-war comedies about a working class family's misadventures....
 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
Holiday camp

Holiday camp, in United Kingdom, generally refers to a resort with a boundary that includes lodging, entertainment and other facilities.As distinct from camping, accommodation typically consisted of chalets - rather like small flats/apartments arranged in blocks of three or four storeys, and terraces of ten to twenty long....
), with Petula Clark
Petula Clark

Petula Clark, Order of the British Empire , is an English singer, actress, and composer whose career has spanned seven decades.Clark's professional career began as an entertainer on BBC Radio during World War II....
, Jane Hylton, and Susan Shaw
Susan Shaw

Susan Shaw born Patsy Sloots, was prepared by the J. Arthur Rank to be one of their starlets in the so-called "Charm School". After a good start to her career, it slowly disintegrated due to excessive alcoholism, which became worse after her second husband's death in 1958....
 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
Vote for Huggett

Vote for Huggett is a British film starring Jack Warner as the head of a London family, in the post-war years. It was the second in the Huggetts Trilogy, after 1948's Here Come the Huggetts....
 and The Huggetts Abroad
The Huggetts Abroad

The Huggetts Abroad is a British film starring Jack Warner , Kathleen Harrison, Petula Clark and Susan Shaw. It was the final film of the Huggetts Trilogy....
 (both 1949
1949 in film

The year 1949 in film involved some significant events....
) were slight -- revolving around such trivialities as a flighty cousin (Diana Dors
Diana Dors

Diana Dors was an English actress and sex symbol.She was born Diana Mary Fluck in Swindon, England and was educated at Colville House in Swindon....
) who wrecks the family car, the installation of a telephone, an incursion into municipal politics, and an excursion to South Africa
South Africa

The Republic of South Africa, also known by Official names of South Africa, is a country located at the southern tip of the continent of 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
World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global military conflict which involved a Participants in World War II, including all of the great powers, organised into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War II and the Axis powers....
.

Clark, who began her career as a child vocalist on BBC Radio
BBC Radio

BBC Radio is a service of the BBC which has operated in the United Kingdom under the terms of a Royal Charter since 1927. For a history of BBC radio prior to 1927 see British Broadcasting Company, Ltd....
, sang the tune "Walking Backwards" in the film.

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