The History of Mr. Polly is a 1949 British film directed by Anthony Pelissier and starring John Mills, Betty Ann Davies, Megs Jenkins, Moore Marriott and Finlay Currie.

Whilst dawdling in the country on a newlybought bicycle, Polly has a brief dalliance with a schoolgirl, Christabel; but later marries one of his cousins, Miriam Larkins.

Fifteen years later, Polly and his wife are running a draper's shop in Fishbourne, and the marriage has descended to incessant arguments and bickering.

At the time of its release, Variety wrote "Faithful adherence to the original H. G. Wells story is one of the main virtues of The History of Mr Polly," with the reviewer concluding that "Director Anthony Pelissier has put all the emphasis on the principal characters, and has extracted every ounce of human interest from the classic.

Finlay Currie gives a fine and humorous portrayal of Uncle Jim, and Betty Ann Davis is very good as Mr. Polly's shrewish wife.

"[5] Kine Weekly wrote: "The broad approach adopted by producer-star John Mills is not exactly flattering to the author or, for that matter, to the more intelligent picturegoer, but, although much of the original wit, satire, romanticism and humanity is sacrificed, the film is on the whole a reasonably entertaining example of ye olde English light fare.