Michael Wilding, Anna Neagle, Gladys Young, Daphne Slater, Jack Watling, Michael Medwin, Edgar Norfolk, G.H. Mulcaster, Coral Browne, Alice Gachet, Helen Cherry, Ethel O'Shea, Terry Randall, Thora Hird, Nicholas Phipps
On New Years Eve, 1899, baronet's son Edward Courtney becomes engaged to Kate, his mother's maid, much to the scandal of London society. The film then follows their family through four generations, with separations, joys, tragedies, and service in the Boer War, WWI, and WWII.