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Girls Will Be Boys
Girls Will Be Boys
Directed by	Marcel Varnel
Written by	Curt Siodmak ; Roger Burford ; Clifford Grey
Produced by	Walter C. Mycroft
Starring	Dolly Haas ; Cyril Maude ; Esmond Knight
Cinematography	Claude Friese-Greene ; Ronald Neame
Edited by	Bert Bates
Production; company	British International Pictures
Distributed by	Wardour Films
Release date	17 September 1934;
Running time	70 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

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Girls Will Be Boys is a 1934 British comedy film by French director Marcel Varnel and starring Dolly Haas, Cyril Maude and Esmond Knight.^[1] It is based on The Last Lord, a play by Kurt Siodmak.^[2] The film was shot at Elstree Studios with sets designed by the art director Cedric Dawe. Haas made this, her first English-language film, following a Nazi-led riot at the premiere of her previous film Das häßliche Mädchen. The riots protested the male lead, Max Hansen, who was supposedly "too Jewish." In 1936, Haas fled Germany altogether.^[3]

Plot

A young woman dresses up as a boy to fool a wealthy misogynist.

Cast

Dolly Haas as Pat Caverley
Cyril Maude as Duke of Bridgwater
Esmond Knight as Geoffrey Dawson
Irene Vanbrugh as Princess of Ehrenstein
Edward Chapman as Grey
Ronald Ward as Bernard
Charles Paton as Sanders
H. F. Maltby as General
Robert Rietty as Boy

References

^ "Girls Will Be Boys (1934) | BFI". Ftvdb.bfi.org.uk. Archived from the original on 14 January 2009. Retrieved 14 December 2016.
^ Nash & Ross p.1029.
^ Bock & Bergfelder p.178.

Bibliography

Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009.
Nash, Jay Robert & Ross, Stanley Ralph. The Motion Picture Guide. Cinebooks, 1986.

External links

Girls Will Be Boys at IMDb

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[1] "Girls Will Be Boys (1934) | BFI". Ftvdb.bfi.org.uk. Archived from the original on 14 January 2009. Retrieved 14 December 2016.

[2] Nash & Ross p.1029.

[3] Bock & Bergfelder p.178.

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+'''''Girls Will Be Boys''''' is a 1934 British [[comedy film]] by French director [[Marcel Varnel]] and starring [[Dolly Haas]], [[Cyril Maude]] and [[Esmond Knight]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/219914 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090114020726/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/219914 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2009-01-14 |title=Girls Will Be Boys (1934) &#124; BFI |website=Ftvdb.bfi.org.uk |access-date=2016-12-14}}</ref> It is based on ''The Last Lord'', a play by [[Kurt Siodmak]].<ref>Nash & Ross [https://books.google.com/books?id=yocjAQAAIAAJ&q=GIRLS+WILLS+BE+BOYS**Vi+%281934%2C+Brit.%29+70m+Associated+British%2F+Alliance+bw+Dolly+Haas+%28Pat+...+d%2C+Marcel+Varnel%3B+w%2C+Kurt+Siodmak%2C+Clifford+Grey%2C+Roger+Burford+%28based+on+the+play+%22The+Last+Lord%22+by+Siodmak%29%3B p.1029].</ref> The film was shot at [[Elstree Studios (Shenley Road)|Elstree Studios]] with sets designed by the [[art director]] [[Cedric Dawe]]. Haas made this, her first [[English-language]] film, following a [[Nazi]]-led riot at the premiere of her previous film ''[[Das häßliche Mädchen]]''. The riots protested the male lead, [[Max Hansen (tenor)|Max Hansen]], who was supposedly "too Jewish." In 1936, Haas fled Germany altogether.<ref>Bock & Bergfelder p.178.</ref>
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 * [[Irene Vanbrugh]] as Princess of Ehrenstein
 * [[Edward Chapman (actor)|Edward Chapman]] as Grey
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 * [[Charles Paton]] as Sanders
 * [[H. F. Maltby]] as General
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