# It Happened One Sunday > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/It_Happened_One_Sunday > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/It_Happened_One_Sunday.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It_Happened_One_Sunday > Source revision: 1339361677 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) 1944 British film by Karel Lamač It Happened One Sunday Directed by Karel Lamač Written by Paul Vincent Carroll Frederic Gotfurt Frank Harvey Based on She Met Him One Sunday by Victor Skutezky Produced by Frederic Gotfurt Victor Skutezky Starring Robert Beatty Barbara White Marjorie Rhodes Cinematography Basil Emmott Edited by Flora Newton Music by Philip Green Charles Williams Production company Associated British Picture Corporation Distributed by Associated British Picture Corporation Release date 28 August 1944 (1944-08-28) Running time 97 minutes Country United Kingdom Language English ***It Happened One Sunday*** is a 1944 British [romantic comedy film](/source/Romantic_comedy) directed by [Karel Lamač](/source/Karel_Lama%C4%8D) and starring [Robert Beatty](/source/Robert_Beatty), [Barbara White](/source/Barbara_White_(actress)) and [Marjorie Rhodes](/source/Marjorie_Rhodes).[1][2] It was written by [Paul Vincent Carroll](/source/Paul_Vincent_Carroll), [Frederic Gotfurt](/source/Frederic_Gotfurt) and [Frank Harvey](/source/Frank_Harvey_(English_screenwriter)) based on the play *She Met Him One Sunday* by [Victor Skutezky](/source/Victor_Skutezky).[3] Produced and distributed by [Associated British](/source/Associated_British_Picture_Corporation) it was shot at [Welwyn Studios](/source/Welwyn_Studios) with sets designed by the [art director](/source/Art_director) [William C. Andrews](/source/William_C._Andrews_(art_director)). ## Synopsis In the film, an Irish servant girl working in [Liverpool](/source/Liverpool) mistakenly believes that she has a secret admirer working at a hospital, and while seeking him out accidentally meets and falls in love with a serviceman there. She spends the rest of the day around Liverpool with him and they eventually decide to marry.[4] ## Cast - [Robert Beatty](/source/Robert_Beatty) as Tom Stevens - [Barbara White](/source/Barbara_White_(actress)) as Moya Malone - [Marjorie Rhodes](/source/Marjorie_Rhodes) as Mrs. Buckland - [Ernest Butcher](/source/Ernest_Butcher) as Mr. Buckland - [Kathryn Beaumont](/source/Kathryn_Beaumont) as Jill Buckland - [Judy Kelly](/source/Judy_Kelly) as Violet - [Irene Vanbrugh](/source/Irene_Vanbrugh) as Mrs. Bellamy - [Kathleen Harrison](/source/Kathleen_Harrison) as Mrs. Purkiss - [Moore Marriott](/source/Moore_Marriott) as porter - [C. V. France](/source/C._V._France) as magistrate - [Marie Ault](/source/Marie_Ault) as madame - [Brefni O'Rorke](/source/Brefni_O'Rorke) as engineer - [Frederick Piper](/source/Frederick_Piper) as Jake - [Philip Green](/source/Philip_Green_(composer)) as bandleader ## Reception *[The Monthly Film Bulletin](/source/The_Monthly_Film_Bulletin)* wrote: "Tortuous in construction and slow-moving in the telling, this piece tries to eke out some interest by digressions into fantasy in which the little servant girl queens it over fine ladies and princes in eighteenth-century costumes. Itis not a successful attempt. Despite poor material, however, Barbara White makes a success of her first screen appearance as the girl. Robert Beatty, as the rough Mr. Brown, gives the film its only contact with reality."[5] *[Kine Weekly](/source/Kine_Weekly)* called the film an "intriguing, down-to-earth yet refreshingly sentimental romantic melodrama."[6] According to *Kinematograph Weekly* the film was "an impressive British film".[7] ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-BFIsearch_1-0)** ["It Happened One Sunday"](https://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web/Details/ChoiceFilmWorks/150204358). *British Film Institute Collections Search*. Retrieved 26 December 2024. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Goble, Alan (1999). *The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film*. [Walter de Gruyter](/source/Walter_de_Gruyter). p. 432. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9783598114922](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9783598114922). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["It Happened One Sunday Plot Summary and Details | Moviefone"](https://web.archive.org/web/20111004085651/http://www.moviefone.com/movie/it-happened-one-sunday/1063320/synopsis). Archived from [the original](http://www.moviefone.com/movie/it-happened-one-sunday/1063320/synopsis) on 4 October 2011. Retrieved 16 August 2009. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["It Happened One Sunday (1944) | BFI"](https://web.archive.org/web/20090114023349/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/247787). Ftvdb.bfi.org.uk. Archived from [the original](http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/247787) on 14 January 2009. Retrieved 21 April 2017. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["It Happened One Sunday"](https://www.proquest.com/docview/1305805038). *[The Monthly Film Bulletin](/source/The_Monthly_Film_Bulletin)*. **11** (121): 87. 1 January 1944. [ProQuest](/source/ProQuest) [1305805038](https://www.proquest.com/docview/1305805038). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["It Happened One Sunday"](https://www.proquest.com/docview/2687783217). *[Kine Weekly](/source/Kine_Weekly)*. **327** (1935): 26. 18 May 1944. [ProQuest](/source/ProQuest) [2687783217](https://www.proquest.com/docview/2687783217). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** Billings, Josh (11 January 1945). ["That is the result (very close) of the 1944 box office stakes"](https://archive.org/details/kinematograph-weekly/1945/Kinematograph%20Weekly%20%231969%20%281945-01-11%29%20%28BNA%29/page/n47/mode/1up). *Kinematograph Weekly*. p. 46. Retrieved 3 July 2025. ## External links - [*It Happened One Sunday*](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0140292/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier)) v t e Films directed by Karel Lamač Gilly in Prague for the First Time (1920) White Paradise (1924) Karel Havlíček Borovský (1925) The Lantern (1925) The Countess from Podskalí (1926) Never the Twain (1926) Eve's Daughters (1928) Suzy Saxophone (1928) The First Kiss (1928) The Girl with the Whip (1929) Sin of a Beautiful Woman (1929) Sinful and Sweet (1929) The Caviar Princess (1930) Fairground People (1930) Imperial and Royal Field Marshal (1930) Him and His Sister (1931) The Squeaker (1931) Business Under Distress (1931) Die Fledermaus (1931) The Cruel Mistress (1932) The Undertaker (1932) A Night in Paradise (1932) Lelíček in the Services of Sherlock Holmes (1932) Kiki (1932) Should We Wed Them? (1932) Wehe, wenn er losgelassen (1932) Mamsell Nitouche (1932) The Ringer (1932) The Love Hotel (1933) Daughter of the Regiment (1933) Little Dorrit (1934) Nezlobte dědečka (1934) The Switched Bride (1934) The Brenken Case (1934) Polish Blood (1934) Frasquita (1934) I Love All the Women (1935) Knockout (1935) The Young Count (1935) The White Horse Inn (1935) The Bashful Casanova (1936) The Postman from Longjumeau (1936) Where the Lark Sings (1936) Florentine (1937) A Girl from the Chorus (1937) The Hound of the Baskervilles (1937) Cause for Divorce (1937) The Vagabonds (1937) The Lantern (1938) Ducháček Will Fix It (1938) Place de la Concorde (1939) Schweik's New Adventures (1943) They Met in the Dark (1943) It Happened One Sunday (1944) One Night at the Tabarin (1947) The Thief of Bagdad (1952) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [It Happened One Sunday](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It_Happened_One_Sunday) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It_Happened_One_Sunday?action=history)). 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