Housemaster (film)

Housemaster
Housemaster
Directed by	Herbert Brenon
Written by	Ian Hay (play) ; Dudley Leslie ; Elizabeth Meehan
Produced by	Walter C. Mycroft
Starring	Otto Kruger ; Diana Churchill ; Phillips Holmes ; Joyce Barbour
Cinematography	Otto Kanturek
Edited by	Flora Newton
Music by	Harry Acres
Production; company	Associated British Picture Corporation
Distributed by	Associated British Film Distributors
Release date	31 January 1938;
Running time	100 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Last updated July 06, 2025

Housemaster is a 1938 British comedy drama film directed by Herbert Brenon and starring Otto Kruger, Diana Churchill and Phillips Holmes.^[1] It was made by ABPC at its Elstree Studios.^[2] When three young women come to stay at an elite public school, they cause disruption amongst the male students and teachers. It was based on the 1936 play of the same name by Ian Hay.^[3]

Cast

Otto Kruger as Charles Donkin
Diana Churchill as Rosemary Faringdon
Phillips Holmes as Philip de Pourville
Joyce Barbour as Barbara Fane
Rene Ray as Chris Faringdon
Kynaston Reeves as The Rev. Edmund Ovington
Walter Hudd as Frank Hastings
Michael Shepley as Victor Beamish
John Wood as Flossie Nightingale
Cecil Parker as Sir Berkely Nightingale
Henry Hepworth as Bimbo Faringdon
Rosamund Barnes as Button Faringdon
Laurence Kitchin as Crump
Jimmy Hanley as Travers

Reception

Kinematograph Weekly reported the film did well at the British box office in August 1938.^[4]

References

↑ "Housemaster (1938)". BFI. Archived from the original on 6 August 2020.
↑ Low p.332
↑ "Production of Housemaster | Theatricalia". theatricalia.com.
↑ Billings, R.H. (12 January 1939). "Films which won the box office stakes last year". Kinematograph Weekly. p. 61.

Bibliography

Low, Rachael. History of the British Film: Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985 .
Warren, Patricia. Elstree: The British Hollywood. Columbus Books, 1998.

External links

Housemaster at IMDb

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[1] "Housemaster (1938)". BFI. Archived from the original on 6 August 2020.

[2] Low p.332

[3] "Production of Housemaster | Theatricalia". theatricalia.com.

[4] Billings, R.H. (12 January 1939). "Films which won the box office stakes last year". Kinematograph Weekly. p. 61.

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