Honeymoon for Three (1935 film)

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Honeymoon for Three
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Stanley Lupino (third from right) amongst other revellers
Directed by Leo Mittler
Written by
Produced byStanley Lupino
Starring
Cinematography George Stretton
Edited by Daniel Birt
Music by Percival Mackey
Production
company
Stanley Lupino Productions
Distributed by Associated British Film Distributors
Release date
13 September 1935
Running time
81 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
Language English

Honeymoon for Three is a 1935 British musical comedy film directed by Leo Mittler and starring Stanley Lupino, Aileen Marson and Jack Melford. It was made at Ealing Studios. [1] The film's sets were designed by J. Elder Wills. It was the first film Lupino made after leaving British International Pictures and trying his luck as an independent producer.

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When returning home drunk from a night out a young man (Lupino) accidentally finds himself in a woman's (Marson) flat where he passes out. Before he make his escape in the morning they are discovered by their parents and a passing policeman and forced to marry. They go through the ceremony but plan to go to California to get a divorce, and set off on their "honeymoon" along with her real fiancée (Melford). However during the journey she gradually begins to change her loathing of him.

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  1. Wood p.86

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