Aunt Clara is a 1952 comedy novel by the British writer Noel Streatfeild. It concerns a respectable elderly woman who inherits her relative's estate which proves to include a greyhound and a brothel. Although her more worldly relatives expect her to struggle, she proves equal to the task. In 1954, it was adapted into a British film of the same title directed by Anthony Kimmins and starring Ronald Shiner, Margaret Rutherford and A. E. Matthews. Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. Hettinga, Donald R. & Schmidt, Gary D. British Children's Writers, 1914–1960. Gale Research, 1996.
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Aunt Clara was adapted into a 1954 film.
Aunt Clara1954 · film · 84 min · dir. Anthony Kimmins · IMDb ↗IMDb6.5A wealthy old man dies and leaves his holdings--including a brothel and a gambling den, racing greyhounds and a sleazy bar--to his eccentric Aunt Clara. Clara vows to "clean up" her new establishments, but complications ensue when she visits the crooked gambling den--just as it's being raided by the police.
