Young Wives' Tale (1951)

Compelled to live together due to the post war shortage, a young couple (Joan Greenwood, Nigel Patrick) with a 2 year old boy have moved in with another couple (Derek Farr, Helen Cherry) with a 2 year old daughter. Based on the play by Ronald Jeans and directed by Henry Cass (LAST HOLIDAY). The film's first forty minutes are pretty inane but things pick up considerably when a nanny (Athene Seyler) enters the picture and the mix ups and misunderstandings bring a farce like quality to the movie. Still, all in all, it's a pretty thin comedy. Greenwood and Farr are repeating their stage roles but I found Greenwood miscast. It's the kind of role that June Allyson or Debbie Reynolds would play if this were an American movie and who wants to see the deliciously purring Greenwood as a perky housewife? The film is notable for Audrey Hepburn (already immensely appealing) in one of her early roles as a man fearing boarder in the household. With Guy Middleton and Fabia Drake.