Hobson's Choice
Henry Hobson runs a successful boot-maker's shop in nineteenth-century Salford. A widower with a weakness for the pub opposite, he tries forcefully to run the lives of his three headstrong daughters. When he decrees 'no marriages' to avoid the expensive matter of his daughters' dowries; money, land, property that goes with the bride to protect her financially as she enters her new married life. Eldest daughter, Maggie, rebels and sets her sights on Will Mossop, Hobson's star boot-maker. Maggie and Will leave to start up in competition, and she then turns her mind to helping her sisters marry their chosen partners.
- Runtime
- 30m
- Released
- 1967
Details
Release year: 1967
Storyline
Henry Hobson runs a successful boot-maker's shop in nineteenth-century Salford. A widower with a weakness for the pub opposite, he tries forcefully to run the lives of his three headstrong daughters. When he decrees 'no marriages' to avoid the expensive matter of his daughters' dowries; money, land, property that goes with the bride to protect her financially as she enters her new married life. Eldest daughter, Maggie, rebels and sets her sights on Will Mossop, Hobson's star boot-maker. Maggie and Will leave to start up in competition, and she then turns her mind to helping her sisters marry their chosen partners.
Top credits
- Peter Woodthorpe — Henry Hobson
- Mary Miller — Maggie Hobson
- Shirley Stelfox — Alice Hobson
- Sian Davies — Vickey Hobson