Mischief (1931 film)

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Mischief
Mischief film Theatrical release poster (1931).jpg
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Directed by Jack Raymond
Written by W. P. Lipscomb
Maclean Rogers
Based onMischief by Ben Travers
Produced by Herbert Wilcox
Starring Ralph Lynn
Winifred Shotter
Jeanne Stuart
Cinematography Freddie Young
Production
company
Distributed by Woolf and Freedman
Release date
  • 15 December 1931 (1931-12-15)
Running time
67 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Mischief is a 1931 British comedy film directed by Jack Raymond and starring Ralph Lynn, Winifred Shotter and Jeanne Stuart. [1] [2] It was written by W. P. Lipscomb and Maclean Rogers based on the 1928 farce Mischief by Ben Travers, and shot at the Elstree Studios near London. [3]

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Plot

When financier Reginald Bingham leaves on a business trip to Paris, normally devoted wife Eleanor leaves for a cottage with a secret boy friend. The couple are followed by friends of her husband, who attempt to hinder the affair. However, Reginald is also tempted by a fling with an old friend in Paris.

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Critical reception

Picturegoer wrote: "A real riot of fun, excellently put over, and acted with a wealth of bright 'gags,' plenty of movement, and excellent settings of cabarets and English countryside. ... The whole picture is leavened with a spice of daring, which is as amusing as it is innocuous." [4]

Film Weekly wrote: "Many of the [...] gags are familiar, and the lines are smart rather than clever, but they are put over so slickly, snd with such a keen sense of humour, that they can hardly fail to amuse." [5]

TV Guide wrote, "This British farce is a nice combination of slapstick and verbal comedy ...An above-average production for British features of this period." [6]

References

  1. ↑ "Mischief". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 1 February 2026.
  2. ↑ "Mischief (1931)". BFI. Archived from the original on 18 August 2016.
  3. ↑ Wood, Linda (1986). British Films, 1927–1939 (PDF). British Film Institute. p. 72. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 October 2022.
  4. ↑ "Mischief". Picturegoer . 1: 18. 3 March 1932. ProQuest   1771148772.
  5. ↑ "Mischief". Film Weekly . 7 (179): 27-28. 19 March 1932. ProQuest   1705177864.
  6. ↑ "Mischief". TV Guide . Archived from the original on 9 December 2015.
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