Charley's Aunt | |
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Directed by | Pierre Colombier |
Written by | Arnold Lipp René Pujol |
Based on | Charley's Aunt by Brandon Thomas |
Produced by | Jack Forrester Adolphe Osso André Parant |
Starring | Lucien Baroux Olly von Flint Monique Rolland |
Cinematography | Charles Bauer Robert Lefebvre |
Music by | Pierre Chagnon Fred Pearly Vincent Scotto |
Production company | Les Films E.F. |
Distributed by | Les Films Fernand Rivers |
Release date |
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Running time | 85 minutes |
Country | France |
Language | French |
Charley's Aunt (French: La marraine de Charley) is a 1936 French comedy film directed by Pierre Colombier and starring Lucien Baroux, Olly von Flint and Monique Rolland. [1] It is based on the 1892 play Charley's Aunt by Brandon Thomas. [2] The film's sets were designed by the art director Jacques Colombier.
A young man invites his fiancee and her father to visit him at his lodgings at Oxford University. He expects them to be chaperoned by his aunt arriving from Brazil but when she is delayed he gers his servant to impersonate her.
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