Hobson's Choice (1931)

Directors

Thomas Bentley

Cast

Belle Chrystall, Frank Pettingell, James Harcourt, Viola Lyel

The story

In Salford, tyrannical widower Hobson runs a thriving boot shop with the help of his three daughters. Trouble starts when the eldest, Maggie, defies her father’s authority by selecting Will Mossop, his most talented craftsman, as her husband. When Will and Maggie leave to start their own shop, Maggie’s independent spirit soon spreads to her two younger sisters, who launch their own rebellions, driving a defeated Hobson to drink.

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