is now in college at Oxford, pay a visit to the Bridgeses' flat. Ellen does not tell Alfred about the visit and lies to the Marryots that he can't attend due to a leg injury. Alfred shows up drunk, acts rudely and destroys a doll that Jane had given Fanny, causing Fanny to run away. Alfred chases Fanny into the street, where he is fatally run over by a horse-drawn fire engine. The following year, Ellen and Fanny Bridges encounter the Marryot family at the seaside, where Ellen and Fanny are living off the proceeds from the pub, now owned by Ellen. Fanny has become a talented dancer and singer. Edward Marryot has fallen in love with his childhood playmate Edith Harris. The family witnesses the historic flight by Louis Blériot over the English Channel. Edward and Edith marry and subsequently die in the Sinking of the RMS Titanic. Robert and Joe Marryot both serve as officers in World War I. While on leave, Joe reconnects with Fanny Bridges, now a performer in a nightclub. Fanny and Joe fall in love and Joe spends most of his leave time with her, unbeknownst to his parents. He proposes, but she hesitates to accept due to the difference in their social classes. Just after armistice is announced in 1918, Ellen reveals the affair to Jane and demands that Joe marry Fanny when he returns. While Jane and Ellen argue, Jane receives a telegram informing her that Joe has been killed in battle. The film ends on New Year's Day 1933, with Jane and Robert, now elderly, carrying on their tradition of celebrating the new year with a midnight toast to their memories, as well as to the future. Cast Diana Wynyard as Jane Marryot Clive Brook as Robert Marryot Una O'Connor as Ellen Bridges Herbert Mundin as Alfred Bridges Beryl Mercer as Cook Irene Browne as Margaret Harris Tempe Pigott as Mrs. Snapper Merle Tottenham as Annie Frank Lawton as Joe Marryot Ursula Jeans as Fanny Bridges Margaret Lindsay as Edith Harris John Warburton as Edward Marryot Billy Bevan as George Grainger Ronnie James as Desmond Roberts Dick Henderson, Jr. as Master Edward Douglas Scott as Master Joey Sheila MacGill as Young Edith Bonita Granville as Young Fanny Claude King as Speaker Brandon Hurst as Actor (uncredited) Will Stanton as Tommy Jolly (uncredited) Production Fox Movietone newsreel cameramen were sent to London