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The Happy Family (1936 film)

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The Happy Family
Directed byMaclean Rogers
Screenplay byMaclean Rogers
Story byMax Catto
Based onFrench Salad
by Max Catto
Produced byHerbert Smith
StarringHugh Williams
Leonora Corbett
CinematographyGeorge Stretton
Production
company
Distributed byBritish Lion Film Corporation
Release date
  • 10 August 1936 (1936-08-10)
Running time
67 minutes
CountryGreat Britain
LanguageEnglish

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

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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

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References

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  1. ^ "The Happy Family". Film & TV Database. British Film Institute. Retrieved 19 May 2014.

Bibliography

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  • 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.
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