Those Were the Days (1934)

  • NR
  • 04/02/1934 (GB)
  • Music, Comedy
  • 1h 20m

Overview

A farce based on Arthur Wing Pinero's play 'The Magistrate' in which the son (John Mills) of a stern magistrate (Will Hay) visits a music hall against the wishes of his father. In true farcical style, the magistrate too ends up at the music hall, and before long all the characters are trying not to avoid each other... Mainly notable (a) because of its depiction of the music hall as seen by a generation which knew it intimately (b) because of its use of music hall acts of the time and (c) because it gave Will Hay his first film role.

Thomas Bentley

Director

Cast

Will Hay's headshot

Will Hay

Magistrate Brutus Poskett
Iris Hoey's headshot

Iris Hoey

Agatha Poskett
Angela Baddeley's headshot

Angela Baddeley

Charlotte Verrinder
Claud Allister's headshot

Claud Allister

Capt. Horace Vale
George Graves's headshot

George Graves

Col. Alexander Lukyn
John Mills's headshot

John Mills

Bobby Poskett
Jane Carr's headshot

Jane Carr

Minnie Taylor
Marguerite Allan's headshot

Marguerite Allan

Eve Douglas

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