To Have and to Hold – 1951

A Hammer production released by Exclusive Films
From the play by Lionel Browne

Black & White 63 minutes

Storyline

Brian Harding has a life of idyllic bliss deep in the cosy bosom of the beautiful English countryside. But his tranquil existence is shattered when he suffers a fall while out horse riding. The accident cripples him, but there is worse news to come when his doctor tells him that he has only a short time to live. Although madly in love with his wife, June, Brian knows that she really loves their friend, Max, and decides to act horribly towards her so that she will turn against him and plan for her future without him. Then, matters are complicated by the arrival on the scene of Max’s long-lost daughter, Peggy.

Crew


Function	Credited	Age at Release	Birth		Death	Age	Hammer Productions
	Click a link for more info						Credited	Uncredited	Total
Ast. Director	Jimmy Sangster	23	2 Dec 1927		19 Aug 2011	83	65	2	67
Camera Operator	Peter Bryan	31	28 Sep 1919		Sep 1972	52	22		22
Casting	Prudence Sykes						11	2	13
Continuity	Renee Glynne	24	3 Aug 1926		6 Apr 2022	95	38	3	41
Director	Godfrey Grayson	37	2 Aug 1913		1 Jun 1998	84	11		11
Director of Music	Frank Spencer	39	19 Jun 1911		Feb 1975	63	21	1	22
Director of Photog.	Walter Harvey BSc	48	9 Feb 1903		1979	75	34		34
Editor	James Needs	31	17 Oct 1919		4 Feb 2003	83	110	1	111
Hair Stylist	Monica Hustler	25	1 Jan 1926	01.01.1926		97	18		18
Make-up	Phil Leakey	42	4 May 1908		26 Nov 1992	84	48		48
Producer	Anthony Hinds	28	18 Sep 1922		30 Sep 2013	91	84	1	85
Production Manager	Arthur Barnes	65	1886		1956	69	20		20
Recordist	Edgar Vetter	38	27 Jan 1913		15 Dec 1988	75	15		15
Screenplay	Reginald Long	52	10 Mar 1899		1980	80	3		3
Second Unit Director	Derek Greene						1		1
Shooting Script	Godfrey Grayson	37	2 Aug 1913		1 Jun 1998	84	11		11
Song "A Midsummer Day"	Frank Spencer	39	19 Jun 1911		Feb 1975	63	21	1	22
Song "A Midsummer Day"	Reginald Long	52	10 Mar 1899		1 Jan 1980	80	3		3

Cast


Character	Actor	Age at Release	Birth	Death	Age	Hammer Productions
						Credited	Uncredited	Total
Brian Harding	Patrick Barr	43	13 Feb 1908	29 Aug 1985	77	3		3
Cyril	Richard Warner	39	24 May 1911	14 Jan 1989	77	3		3
Dr Prichard	Peter Neil	38	14 Mar 1913	7 Mar 1994	80	1		1
June	Avis Scott	33	22 Feb 1918	31 May 2010	92	1	1	2
Max	Robert Ayres	36	11 Dec 1914	5 Nov 1968	53	2		2
Peggy	Eunice Gayson	23	17 Mar 1928	8 Jun 2018	90	2		2
Robert	Harry Fine	39	20 Feb 1912	May 1997	85	6		6
Roberta	Ellen Pollock	48	29 Jun 1902	29 Mar 1997	94	1		1

Production


FILMING BEGAN	1 June 1950
UK RELEASE	2 April 1951
STUDIO	Gilston Park, Hertfordshire, England

Footnotes

This film marks the end of Director Godfrey Grayson’s short but productive career with Hammer.

Patrick Barr worked for Hammer again in “Death of an Angel” (1952) and as Lord Carradine in “The Satanic Rites of Dracula” (1973).

Eunice Gayson went on to appear as Margaret in Hammer’s “The Revenge of Frankenstein” (1958). She also played Sean Connery’s girlfriend Sylvia in the James Bond film “From Russia with Love” (1963).

Details were complied viewing the actual film.
Source of viewing copy – The Hammer Graveyard Collection