
A cavalcade of English life from New Year's Eve 1899 until 1933 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.... (Full plot summary below)
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A cavalcade of English life from New Year's Eve 1899 until 1933 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.
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| Orlando SentinelCrosby DayCavalcade's anti-war message is presented with more subtlety than that in Wings and All Quiet on the Western Front. The story is more concerned with the potential of death than it is with actual tragedy - how those left behind live in a constant state of anxiety, never knowing if their loved one is going to appear on a casualty list. |
| Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)Ken HankeVery much a part of our cinema heritage, Cavalcade deserves to be remembered more than it has been. |
| Time OutTom MilneNary a tear-jerking trick is missed (our family loses one son to the Titanic, the other to World War I), and the strangulation is compounded by the staginess since the film. |
| Zap2it.comMichael SzymanskiFor solid acting, inventive cinematography, superb costuming and historic value, this is a great study. |
| VarietyVariety StaffThis is the first big film out of the Fox studio since Sheehan's return there and this is a big picture from and on every angle. |
| Ozus' World Movie ReviewsDennis SchwartzA creaky tearjerker filled with shrill messages about patriotism and anti-war feelings... |
| New York PostLou LumenickMoving at a leisurely pace, Cavalacade is primarily of historical interest for everyone except Coward completists and hard-core Anglophiles. |
| Three Movie BuffsScott NashDespite the old fashioned, mawkish tone, I found the story to have a cumulative effect on me. |
| The New YorkerPauline KaelIn picture form, Cavalcade is a superlative newsreel, forcibly strengthened by factual scenes, good music, and wonderful photography. It is marred by pat and obvious dramatic climaxes, and by a conclusion which is anti-climactical and meaningless. |
| New York TimesMordaunt HallIt is unfurled with such marked good taste and restraint that many an eye will be misty after witnessing this production. |