Isn't Life Wonderful!

Isn't Life Wonderful! is a 1953 British technicolor period comedy film directed by Harold French and starring Cecil Parker, Eileen Herlie and Donald Wolfit. The film was shot at the Elstree Studios of Associated British with sets designed by the art director Terence Verity. It was released in the United States as Uncle Willie's Bicycle Shop, the title of Brock Williams original 1948 novel based on his boyhood experiences. Plot In Edwardian England, alcoholic Uncle Willie (Donald Wolfit) is an embarrassment to his family. Head of the household father (Cecil Parker), decides to set Willie up as the manager of a bicycle shop, hoping to impress visiting American heiress Virginia van Stuyden (Dianne Foster). The surprise for everyone comes when Uncle Willie's little shop begins to prosper. Cast Cecil Parker as Father Eileen Herlie as Mother Donald Wolfit as Uncle Willie Peter Asher as Charles Eleanor Summerfield as Aunt Kate Dianne Foster as Virginia van Stuyden Robert Urquhart as Frank Russell Waters as Green Cecil Trouncer as Dr. Barsmith Philip Stainton as Dr. Mason Edwin Styles as Bamboula Arthur Young as Sir George Probus Fabia Drake as Lady Probus Alec Finter as Uncle Richard Cicely Paget-Bowman as Aunt Theo Basil Cunard as Uncle Henry Viola Lyel as Aunt Jane John Welsh as Uncle James Margot Lister as Aunt Betsy Henry Hewitt as Cousin Arthur George Woodbridge as Cockie Wensley Pithey as Sam