Member of a village Purity League branch find things much livelier on a trip to London.Member of a village Purity League branch find things much livelier on a trip to London.Member of a village Purity League branch find things much livelier on a trip to London.
Robertson Hare
- Rupert Boddy
- (as J. Robertson Hare)
Cyril Smith
- Alfred the Butler
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaKen "Snakehips" Johnson, the dancer in the "Old Vaazoo" scene, makes his only known film appearance. A popular performer and leading member of the Black British Music of the 1930s and 1940s, Johnson was killed in London on March 8, 1941, by a bomb in one of the more devastating attacks during the London Blitz. Johnson was the leader of the house band at the popular Café de Paris. Unable to get a taxi to the club, thanks to the raid, he ran on foot to honor his contract with the owner and make his show on time. Arriving out of breath, he was about to start his set when the bomb hit. The explosion also killed the saxophone player, David Williams, and more than thirty patrons and staff.
- Quotes
Lord Wilfred Pye: How dare you not tell me you were not what you were when all the time you really were.
- Crazy creditsActor Robertson Hare is cited as such in the film's opening credits, but as J. Robertson Hare in the cast list that appears at the end of those credits.
- ConnectionsReferenced in The Sting (1973)
Featured review
A rare chance to see the almost forgotten Leslie Henson and why he was such a popular star of his day. He is funny throughout this typically frothy comedy of the time which also spotlights the kind of entertainment to be seen in contemporary West End nightclubs. Robertson Hare and the supremely bombastic Alfred Drayton are on good form too, though the latter has little to do, while Frances Day is effervescent and fun. In actuality England didn't go in much for the likes of Purity Leagues, which reflects the story's origins from a German play.
Details
- Runtime1 hour 17 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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