Those Were the Days (1934 film)

Those Were the Days
Directed by	Thomas Bentley
Produced by	Walter C. Mycroft
Written by	Jack Jordan; Frank Launder; Frederick A. Thompson; Based on: The Magistrate by Sir Arthur Wing Pinero
Starring	Will Hay; Iris Hoey; Angela Baddeley; Claud Allister; George Graves; John Mills
Cinematography	Otto Kanturek
Edited by	Edward B. Jarvis
Release date	April 1934
Running time	80 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Those Were the Days is a 1934 British film directed by Thomas Bentley. It was based on Arthur Wing Pinero's 1885 farce The Magistrate and was the first of two Hay movies based on Pinero's plays, the other being Dandy Dick. The film also features music hall acts of the time[1] – acts of a type rarely committed to film. It is primarily remembered as Will Hay's first major screen role.

Plot summary

The strait-laced magistrate Brutus Poskett (Will Hay) is concerned that his wife (Iris Hoey) may be older than he believes her to be, especially as his young stepson (John Mills) seems very precocious for an apparently fifteen-year-old boy.

Mrs Poskett tries to stop an impending visit from her first husband's friend (Claud Allister), who knows her true age, by confronting him at a local music hall. However, unbeknown to her, Poskett has also been persuaded to go to the music hall with his "adolescent" stepson and, in an ensuing melée Poskett's wife and her sister are arrested.

The following day, Poskett sentences both to seven days imprisonment, failing to recognise them as they are heavily veiled.

Cast

Will Hay as Magistrate Brutus Poskett
Iris Hoey as Agatha Poskett
Angela Baddeley as Charlotte
Claud Allister as Capt. Horace Vale
George Graves as Col. Alexander Lukyn
John Mills as Bobby
Jane Carr as Minnie Taylor
Marguerite Allan as Eve Douglas
H. F. Maltby as Mr. Bullamy
Laurence Hanray as Wormington
Syd Crossley as Wyke
Wally Patch as Insp. Briggs
Jimmy Godden as Pat Maloney

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References

The film features the music hall acts of Lily Morris, Harry Bedford, the gymnasts Gaston & Andre, G. H. Elliott, Sam Curtis and Frank Boston & Betty.

External links

Those Were the Days on IMDb
Those Were the Days at BritMovie (archived)

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[1] The film features the music hall acts of Lily Morris, Harry Bedford, the gymnasts Gaston & Andre, G. H. Elliott, Sam Curtis and Frank Boston & Betty.