Charley's Aunt (1941 film)

Charley's Aunt

Directed by	Archie Mayo
Produced by	William Perlberg
Written by	George Seaton Brandon Thomas (Original Play)
Starring	Jack Benny
Music by	Alfred Newman
Cinematography	J. Peverell Marley
Edited by	Robert Bischoff
Production company	Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
Distributed by	Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
Release dates	August 1, 1941 (USA)
Running time	80 mins.
Country	United States
Language	English

Charley's Aunt is a 1941 American historical comedy film directed by Archie Mayo. It stars Jack Benny and Kay Francis. It was the third filmed version of the stage farce of the same name by Brandon Thomas. It remained one of Benny's personal favourites among his own films. ^[1]^[2]^[3]

Cast

Jack Benny as Babbs Babberly
Kay Francis as Donna Lucia d'Alvadorez
James Ellison as Jack Chesney
Anne Baxter as Amy Spettigue
Edmund Gwenn as Stephen Spettigue
Laird Cregar as Sir Francis Chesney
Reginald Owen as Redcliff
Arleen Whelan as Kitty Verdun
Richard Haydn as Charley Wyckham
Ernest Cossart as Brasset
Morton Lowry as Harley Stafford
Will Stanton as Messenger
Lionel Pape as Hilary Babberly
C. Montague Shaw as Elderly Professor
Maurice Cass as Octogenarian Professor
Claud Allister as Cricket Match Spectator
William Austin as Cricket Match Spectator

Reception

The film was the 8th most popular movie at the US box office in 1941.^[4]

TV Guide wrote "Jack Benny was never better (with the possible exception of his classic To Be or Not to Be) and carries the film with a top-flight performance. This was his first role of any consequence other than his previous tailor-made parts with radio jokes flying thick and fast around his well-known persona." ^[2]
The New York Times wrote "when the Benny physiognomy peered impishly from behind a lacy fan, the audience held its sides, and when in the final scene his wig vanished to leave his masculine coiffure stark naked, there was a roar of laughter that must have shaken the Roxy's rococo ceiling." ^[5]

References

↑ http://www.allrovi.com/movies/movie/charleys-aunt-v86989
1 2 "Charley's Aunt Review". Movies.tvguide.com. Retrieved 2014-04-08.
↑ "Charley's Aunt (1941) - Trailers, Reviews, Synopsis, Showtimes and Cast". AllMovie. Retrieved 2014-04-08.
↑ FILM MONEY-MAKERS SELECTED BY VARIETY: ' Sergeant York' Top Picture, Gary Cooper Leading Star New York Times (1923-Current file) [New York, N.Y] 31 Dec 1941: 21.
↑ T.S. (1941-08-02). "Movie Review - Charley s Aunt - Jack Benny, in Shawl and Crinoline, Trips Through the Revival of 'Charley's Aunt' at the Roxy". NYTimes.com. Retrieved 2014-04-08.

External links

Charley's Aunt at the Internet Movie Database

Films directed by Archie Mayo

Money Talks (1926)
Christine of the Big Tops (1926)
Johnny Get Your Hair Cut (1927)
Dearie (1927)
The College Widow (1927)
State Street Sadie (1928)
Beware of Married Men (1928)
The Crimson City (1928)
On Trial (1928)
My Man (1928)
Sonny Boy (1929)
Is Everybody Happy? (1929)
The Sacred Flame (1929)
Wide Open (1930)
Courage (1930)
Oh Sailor Behave (1930)
The Doorway to Hell (1930)
Illicit (1931)
Svengali (1931)
Bought! (1931)
Under 18 (1931)
Night After Night (1932)
The Life of Jimmy Dolan (1933)
The Mayor of Hell (1933)
Ever in My Heart (1933)
Convention City (1933)
Gambling Lady (1934)
The Man with Two Faces (1934)
Desirable (1934)
Bordertown (1935)
Go Into Your Dance (1935)
The Case of the Lucky Legs (1935)
The Petrified Forest (1936)
I Married a Doctor (1936)
Black Legion (1937)
It's Love I'm After (1937)
The Adventures of Marco Polo (1938)
Youth Takes a Fling (1938)
They Shall Have Music (1939)
The House Across the Bay (1940)
Four Sons (1940)
The Great American Broadcast (1941)
Charley's Aunt (1941)
Confirm or Deny (1941)
Moontide (1942)
Orchestra Wives (1942)
Crash Dive (1943)
Sweet and Low-Down (1944)
A Night in Casablanca (1946)
Angel on My Shoulder (1946)

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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