Charley's Aunt (1930 film)

Charley's Aunt (1930 film)
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Directed by	Al Christie
Produced by	Al Christie Charles Christie
Written by	Brandon Thomas (play: Charley's Aunt) F. McGrew Willis (screenplay, dialogue)
Cinematography	Gus Peterson Harry Zech Leslie Rowson
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release dates	December 25, 1930
Running time	88 minutes, 9 reels (7,890 feet)
Country	USA
Language	English

Charley's Aunt is a 1930 American comedy film directed by Al Christie and starring Charles Ruggles, June Collyer and Hugh Williams.^[1] It was an adaptation of the play Charlie's Aunt by Brandon Thomas. It marked the film debut of Williams, who then returned to Britain and became a major star.^[2]^[3]

Cast

Charles Ruggles - Lord Fancourt Babberley
June Collyer - Amy Spettigue
Hugh Williams - Charlie Wykeham
Doris Lloyd - Donna Lucia D' Alvadorez
Halliwell Hobbes - Stephen Spettigue
Flora le Breton - Ela Delahay
Rodney McLennan - Jack Chesney
Phillips Smalley - Sir Francis Chesney
Flora Sheffield - Kitty Verdun
Wilson Benge - Brassett

References

External links

Bibliography

Sweet, Matthew. Shepperton Babylon: The Lost Worlds of British Cinema. Faber and Faber, 2005.

Brandon Thomas' Charley's Aunt (1892)

Characters	Stephen Spettigue Colonel Sir Francis Chesney Jack Chesney Charles Wykeham Lord Fancourt Babberley Brassett Donna Lucia d'Alvadorez Amy Spettigue Kitty Verdun Ela Delahay

Films	Charley's Aunt (1915) Charley's Aunt (1930) Charley's (Big-Hearted) Aunt (1940) Charley's Aunt (1941) Where's Charley? (1952) Charley's Aunt (1956, German) Charles' Aunt (1959, Danish) Charley's Aunt (1963, German) Hello, I'm Your Aunt! (1975, Russian)

Other	Where's Charley? (1948 musical)

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