Boys Will Be Girls (film)

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Boys Will Be Girls
Boys Will Be Girls film Opening titles (1937).jpg
Directed by Gilbert Pratt
Written by
Produced by Joe Rock
Starring
Cinematography Cyril Bristow
Production
company
Distributed byBIED
Release date
  • July 1937 (1937-07)
Running time
70 minutes [1]
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Boys Will Be Girls is a 1937 British comedy film directed by Gilbert Pratt and starring Leslie Fuller, Nellie Wallace and Greta Gynt. [2] It was written by Evelyn Barrie, Jack Byrd, Syd Courtenay, Clifford Grey and H. F. Maltby. In order to gain his inheritance, a man has to give up drinking and smoking.

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Plot

Bill Jenkins inherits a legacy from his late aunt Emily, but only on condition he gives up smoking and drinking, and leads a moral life. When his wife has to go away, she arranges for three men to keep her husband company, but they turn out to be girls, and Bill's inheritance turns out to be a monkey.

Cast

Production

The film was made by Fuller's own independent production company in the Rock Studios at Elstree. [3]

Reception

Kine Weekly wrote: "Leslie Tuller plays Bill with familiar gusto, and though Nellie Wallace is sufficient herself to please her followers, she has something of a character role to handle as the prying Bertha. Sound contributions in support come from Toni Bruce and Judy Kelly. There is nothing subtle in the comedy, which consists mainly of our hero's efforts to conceal frolicsome females in cupboards. Highlights include hilarious alcoholic dance, which ends in big drum by Fuller in night club, and spectacle of Nellie Wallace in old-fashioned underwear." [4]

Picturegoer wrote: "Leslie Fuller is boisterously comic as the hero and Nellie Wallace is her familiar self as a woman who takes it upon her to see that he keeps to the letter of the will. Inebriated dance by Leslie Fuller and display of flannel underwear by Nellie Wallace provide biggest laughs." [5]

The Daily Film Renter wrote: "Decked out with bunch of attractive girls, and usual trappings of knockabout, good, reliable entertainment for masses and star fans. Two of Britain's most popular entertainment personalities join forces here in a story that affords ample scope for their particular styles of humour. They are Leslie Fuller and Nellie Wallace, both experienced troupers, and the result of their collaboration is a film the masses should enjoy. ... It is all good fun, in the music hall style, while the combination of Fuller and Wallace is something likely to go down well at the box office." [6]

References

  1. ↑ Chibnall, Steve. (2007). Quota Quickies: The Birth of the British 'B' Film. British Film Institute. p. 293. ISBN   978-1844571550.
  2. ↑ "Boys Will Be Girls". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 21 December 2025.
  3. ↑ Wood, Linda (1986). British Films, 1927–1939 (PDF). British Film Institute. p. 89. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 October 2022.
  4. ↑ "Boys Will Be Girls". Kine Weekly . 245 (1578): 23. 15 July 1937. ProQuest   2338207953.
  5. ↑ "Boys Will Be Girls". Picturegoer . 7: 24. 8 January 1938. ProQuest   1771140312.
  6. ↑ "Boys Will Be Girls". The Daily Film Renter. 7 (3207): 4. 10 July 1937. ProQuest   2826334858.
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