B&W film - social class

[Mandy S]

In the film a girl marries ‘up’ out of her social class to the disapproval of her husbands higher class family. In time, the situation is turned around when her son marries a girl from a working class background and it is the girls father who is not happy with her marrying ‘up’.

[Mandy S]

Just been reading a list of every film that ever won the Best Picture Oscar and they mention Cavalcade and I think this might be the film I am thinking of. Have ordered the DVD.