A Man of Mayfair
| A Man of Mayfair | |
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| Directed by | Louis Mercanton |
| Written by | Eliot Crawshay-Williams Hugh Perceval |
| Produced by | Walter Morosco |
| Starring | Jack Buchanan Joan Barry Warwick Ward Nora Swinburne |
| Music by | Percival Mackey |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Paramount British Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 83 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
A Man of Mayfair is a 1932 British musical comedy film directed by Louis Mercanton and starring Jack Buchanan, Joan Barry and Warwick Ward.[1]
Production
[edit]It was made at British and Dominions Elstree Studios by the British subsidiary of Paramount Pictures.[2] he film's sets were designed by the art director Holmes Paul. Buchanan had recently made the hit Monte Carlo for Paramount in Hollywood and came to Britain to appear in this film which Paramount put larger resources into rather than other American companies who produced quota quickies. Shortly afterwards he was signed up by Herbert Wilcox and appeared in several films for him during the decade beginning with Goodnight, Vienna (1932).
Cast
[edit]- Jack Buchanan as Lord William
- Joan Barry as Grace Irving
- Warwick Ward as Ferdinand Barclay
- Nora Swinburne as Elaine Barclay
- Ellaline Terriss as Old Grace
- Lilian Braithwaite as Lady Kingsland
- Cyril Raymond as Charles
- Charles Quatermaine as Dalton
- Sebastian Smith as Macpherson
- J. Fisher White as Wilson
References
[edit]- ^ "BFI | Film & TV Database | MAN OF MAYFAIR (1932)". British Film Institute. 16 April 2009. Archived from the original on 17 June 2017. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
- ^ Wood p.72.
Bibliography
[edit]- Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
- Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.
External links
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- 1932 films
- British musical comedy films
- 1932 musical comedy films
- Paramount Pictures films
- British black-and-white films
- Films directed by Louis Mercanton
- Films set in London
- Films shot at Imperial Studios, Elstree
- Films scored by Percival Mackey
- 1930s English-language films
- 1930s British films
- English-language musical comedy films
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