The Happy Family (1952 film)

The Happy Family
U.S. lobby card
Directed byMuriel Box
Written byMuriel Box
Sydney Box
Based onThe Happy Family by Michael Clayton Hutton
Produced bySydney Box
William MacQuitty
StarringStanley Holloway
Kathleen Harrison
Naunton Wayne
Eileen Moore
CinematographyReginald H. Wyer
Edited byJean Barker
Music byFrancis Chagrin
Production
company
Distributed byApex Film Distributors
Souvaine Selective Pictures
Release date
  • 31 March 1952 (1952-03-31)
Running time
86 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

The Happy Family (U.S. title: Mr. Lord Says No) is a 1952 British comedy film directed by Muriel Box and starring Stanley Holloway, Kathleen Harrison and Naunton Wayne. It was written by Box and Sydney Box adapted from the 1951 play The Happy Family by Michael Clayton Hutton. The plot of the film centres on resistance by a family to the disruption caused by the construction of the 1951 Festival of Britain.