The Happy Family (1936 film)
Appearance
The Happy Family | |
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Directed by | Maclean Rogers |
Screenplay by | Maclean Rogers |
Story by | Max Catto |
Based on | French Salad by Max Catto |
Produced by | Herbert Smith |
Starring | Hugh Williams Leonora Corbett |
Cinematography | George Stretton |
Production company | |
Distributed by | British Lion Film Corporation |
Release date |
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Running time | 67 minutes |
Country | Great Britain |
Language | English |
The Happy Family is a 1936 British comedy film directed by Maclean Rogers and starring Hugh Williams, Leonora Corbett and Max Adrian.[1] It was shot at Beaconsfield Studios outside London. The film's sets were designed by the art director Norman G. Arnold. The film was based on the West End play French Salad by Max Catto.
Synopsis
[edit]The plot concerns a mother and father who, in order to shock their extended family out of their idle, spendthrift ways, pretend to have lost all their money.
Cast
[edit]- Hugh Williams as Victor Hutt
- Leonora Corbett as Barbara Hutt
- Max Adrian as Noel Hutt
- Maidie Hope as Mrs Hutt
- Eve Gray as Nia Harrison
- Ellen Pollock as Leo Hutt
- Glennis Lorimer as Robina Hutt
- D. A. Clarke-Smith as Mr Harrison
- Dick Francis as Mr Hutt
- Muriel George as Housekeeper
References
[edit]- ^ "The Happy Family". Film & TV Database. British Film Institute. Retrieved 19 May 2014.
Bibliography
[edit]- Shafer, Stephen C. British popular films, 1929-1939: The Cinema of Reassurance. Routledge, 1997.
- Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
- Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.
External links
[edit]Categories:
- 1936 films
- 1936 comedy films
- Films directed by Maclean Rogers
- British comedy films
- British black-and-white films
- 1930s English-language films
- 1930s British films
- English-language comedy films
- British films based on plays
- Films set in London
- Films shot at Beaconsfield Studios
- British Lion Films films
- 1930s British comedy film stubs