Huggetts Trilogy
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The Huggetts Trilogy was a series of three British films released in the late 1940s, released by Gainsborough Pictures
, centering around the character of Joe Huggett played by veteran actor Jack Warner
, the head of a London
family. Along with the Gainsborough melodramas
the Huggetts were popular, lucrative films for the studio.
The films document the various dramas of the family, including Joe Huggett standing for election, and a holiday to South Africa
involving smuggled diamonds. The films were popular with post-war British audiences. The family had first appeared in the film Holiday Camp
(1947), which was then spun off for a series of films.
Another film Christmas with the Huggetts was planned but never made. A radio series ran from 1953 to 1962. Harrison and Warner were later reunited in the film Home and Away
, about a family in similar circumstances to the Huggetts, who win the football pools
. The 1952 film The Happy Family
, starring Harrison, was also influenced by the Huggetts.
Gainsborough Pictures
Gainsborough Pictures was a British film studio based on the south bank of the Regent's Canal, in Poole Street, Hoxton in the former Metropolitan Borough of Shoreditch, London. Gainsborough Studios were active between 1924 and 1951. Built as a power station for the Great Northern & City Railway it...
, centering around the character of Joe Huggett played by veteran actor Jack Warner
Jack Warner (actor)
Jack Warner OBE was an English film and television actor. He is closely associated with the role of PC George Dixon, which he played until the age of eighty....
, the head of a London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
family. Along with the Gainsborough melodramas
Gainsborough melodramas
The Gainsborough melodramas were a sequence of films produced by the British film studio Gainsborough Pictures during the 1940s which conformed to a melodramatic style. The melodramas were not a film series but an unrelated sequence of films which had similar themes and frequently recurring actors...
the Huggetts were popular, lucrative films for the studio.
The films document the various dramas of the family, including Joe Huggett standing for election, and a holiday to South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
involving smuggled diamonds. The films were popular with post-war British audiences. The family had first appeared in the film Holiday Camp
Holiday Camp
Holiday Camp is a 1947 British comedy drama film directed by Ken Annakin, starring Jack Warner, Jimmy Hanley, Kathleen Harrison and Dennis Price.-Synopsis:...
(1947), which was then spun off for a series of films.
- Here Come the HuggettsHere Come the HuggettsHere Come the Huggetts is a 1948 British film, the first of the Huggetts Trilogy about a working class English family. All three films were directed by Ken Annakin and released by Gainsborough Pictures....
(1948) - Vote for HuggettVote for HuggettVote for Huggett is a 1949 British comedy film directed by Ken Annakin and starring Jack Warner, Kathleen Harrison and Diana Dors. Warner reprises his role 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. In it,...
(1949) - The Huggetts AbroadThe Huggetts AbroadThe Huggetts Abroad is a 1949 British film starring Jack Warner, Kathleen Harrison, Petula Clark and Susan Shaw. It was the final film of the Huggetts Trilogy. After Joe Huggett loses his job, the family decide to emigrate to South Africa travelling via a land route which takes them across Africa....
(1949)
Another film Christmas with the Huggetts was planned but never made. A radio series ran from 1953 to 1962. Harrison and Warner were later reunited in the film Home and Away
Home and Away (1956 film)
Home and Away is a 1956 British drama film directed by Vernon Sewell and starring Jack Warner and Kathleen Harrison. It depitcts the life of an ordinary working-class man after he wins the football pools. The film reunited Warner and Harrison who had previously appeared together in the Huggetts...
, about a family in similar circumstances to the Huggetts, who win the football pools
Football pools
A football pool, often collectively referred to as "the pools", is a betting pool based on predicting the outcome of top-level association football matches set to take place in the coming week. The pools are typically cheap to enter, with the potential to win huge money. Entries were traditionally...
. The 1952 film The Happy Family
The Happy Family (1952 film)
The Happy Family is a 1952 British comedy film directed by Muriel Box and starring Stanley Holloway, Kathleen Harrison and Naunton Wayne. The plot of the film centres on resistance by a family to the disruption caused by the construction of the Festival of Britain. It is also known by the...
, starring Harrison, was also influenced by the Huggetts.