

A cavalcade of English life from New Year's Eve 1899 until 1933 is seen through the eyes of well-to-do Londoners Jane and Robert Marryot. Amongst events touching their family are the Boer War, the death of Queen Victoria, the sinking of the Titanic, and the Great War.

Diana Wynyard
Jane Marryot

Clive Brook
Robert Marryot

Una O'Connor
Ellen Bridges

Herbert Mundin
Alfred Bridges

Beryl Mercer
Cook

Irene Browne
Margaret Harris

Tempe Pigott
Mrs. Snapper

Merle Tottenham
Annie

Frank Lawton
Joe Marryot

Ursula Jeans
Fanny Bridges

Margaret Lindsay
Edith Harris

John Warburton
Edward Marryot

Billy Bevan
George Grainger
Dickie Henderson
Master Edwards

Douglas Scott
Master Joey

Bonita Granville
Young Fanny

Betty Grable
Girl on Couch

Desmond Roberts
Ronnie James
Harry Allen
Busker (uncredited)

Frank Atkinson
Uncle Dick (uncredited)
Frank Lloyd
Noël Coward, Reginald Berkeley, Noël Coward, Reginald Berkeley
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