- Charley's (Big-Hearted) Aunt
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Charley's (Big-Hearted) Aunt Directed by Walter Forde Produced by Edward Black (producer) Written by Brandon Thomas (farce)
J.O.C. Orton (screenplay) &
Marriott Edgar (screenplay) &
Ralph Smart (screenplay)Starring See below Cinematography Arthur Crabtree Editing by R.E. Dearing Release date(s) 31 August 1940 Running time 75 minutes Country UK Language English Charley's (Big-Hearted) Aunt is a 1940 British comedy film directed by Walter Forde starring Arthur Askey and Richard Murdoch as Oxford 'scholars'.
The film is one of many to be made based on the farce Charley's Aunt.
Contents
Plot
Differences from play
Cast
- Arthur Askey as Arthur Linden-Jones
- Richard Murdoch as "Stinker" Burton
- Graham Moffatt as Albert Brown
- Moore Marriott as Jerry
- J.H. Roberts as Dean of Bowgate
- Felix Aylmer as The Proctor
- Wally Patch as The Buller
- Phyllis Calvert as Betty Forsythe
- Jeanne De Casalis as Aunt Lucy
- Elliott Mason as Dame Luckton
Soundtrack
External links
- Charley's (Big-Hearted) Aunt at the Internet Movie Database
- Charley's (Big-Hearted) Aunt is available for free download at the Internet Archive [more]
The films of Walter Forde 1920s The Handy Man (1920) • Never Say Die (1920) • Fishing for Trouble (1920) • What Next? (1928) • The Silent House (1929) • Wait and See (1929)1930s You'd Be Surprised! (1930) • Red Pearls (1930) • Would You Believe It! (1930) • The Last Hour (1930) • Lord Richard in the Pantry (1930) • Bed and Breakfast (1930) • Third Time Lucky (1931) • The Ringer (1931) • The Ghost Train (1931) • Splinters in the Navy (1931) • Condemned to Death (1932) • Lord Babs (1932) • Jack's the Boy (1932) • Rome Express (1932) • Jack Ahoy (1934) • Orders Is Orders (1934) • Chu Chin Chow (1934) • Bulldog Jack (1935) • Brown on Resolution (1935) • King of the Damned (1935) • Land Without Music (1936) • Kicking the Moon Around (1938) • The Gaunt Stranger (1938) • Let's Be Famous (1939) • The Four Just Men (1939) • Cheer Boys Cheer (1939) • Inspector Hornleigh on Holiday (1939)1940s Charley's (Big-Hearted) Aunt (1940) • Saloon Bar (1940) • Sailors Three (1940) • Gasbags (1941) • The Ghost Train (1941) • Inspector Hornleigh Goes To It (1941) • Atlantic Ferry (1941) • Flying Fortress (1942) • The Peterville Diamond (1943) • It's That Man Again (1943) • Time Flies (1944) • One Exciting Night (1944) • Master of Bankdam (1947) • Cardboard Cavalier (1949)Categories:- English-language films
- 1940 films
- British films
- 1940s comedy films
- Black-and-white films
- Films based on plays
- Films based on Charley's Aunt
- 1940s comedy film stubs
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