The Interrupted Honeymoon

The Interrupted Honeymoon
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Directed by	Leslie S. Hiscott
Written by	Michael Barringer (play) Wyndham Brown Neil Tyfield
Based on	play Die Vertagte Hochzeitsnacht by Ernst Bach Franz Arnold [1]
Produced by	Herbert Smith
Starring	Jane Carr Helen Haye Jack Hobbs Claude Hulbert
Cinematography	George Stretton
Production company	British Lion
Distributed by	British Lion (UK)
Release date	June 1936 (1936-06)(UK)
Running time	72 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

The Interrupted Honeymoon is a 1936 British comedy film directed by Leslie S. Hiscott and starring Jane Carr, Helen Haye and Jack Hobbs. ^[2] It was made at Beaconsfield Studios. ^[3] In the film, a couple returning home from a honeymoon in Paris find that their flat has been taken over by their friends.

Cast

In alphabetical order

• Jane Carr as Greta
• Helen Haye as Aunt Harriet
• Jack Hobbs as George
• David Horne as Colonel Craddock
• Claude Hulbert as Victor
• Martita Hunt as Nora Briggs
• Glennis Lorimer as Edith Hobson
• Wally Patch as Police Constable
• Francis L. Sullivan as Alphonse
• Hugh Wakefield as Uncle John
• Hal Walters as Valet
• Robb Wilton as Henry Briggs

Critical reception

TV Guide gave the film three out of five stars, appreciating there were "Some good moments in an extremely lively comedy." ^[4]

References

1. Goble, Alan (1 January 1999). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN   9783110951943 – via Google Books.
2. "The Interrupted Honeymoon (1936)". Archived from the original on 27 April 2017.
3. Wood p.90
4. "The Interrupted Honeymoon".

Bibliography

• Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
• Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.

External links

• The Interrupted Honeymoon at IMDb