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'''''Girls Will Be Boys''''' is a 1934 British [[comedy film]] directed by [[Marcel Varnel]] and starring [[Dolly Haas]], [[Cyril Maude]] and [[Esmond Knight]].<ref>http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/219914</ref> It is based on ''The Last Lord'', a play by [[ |
'''''Girls Will Be Boys''''' is a 1934 British [[comedy film]] directed by [[Marcel Varnel]] and starring [[Dolly Haas]], [[Cyril Maude]] and [[Esmond Knight]].<ref>http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/219914</ref> It is based on ''The Last Lord'', a play by [[Kurt Siodmak]].<ref>Nash & Ross [http://books.google.com/books?ei=Ek_yTf7wF4HAsAOGgbHUCw&ct=result&id=yocjAQAAIAAJ&dq=Girls+will+Be+Boys+The+Last+Lord+Haas+Siodmak&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#search_anchor p.1029].</ref> Haas made this, her first [[English-language]] film, following a [[Nazi]]-led riot at the premiere of her previous film ''[[Das häßliche Mädchen]]'', and in 1936 fled Germany altogether.<ref>Bock & Bergfelder p.178.</ref> |
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Revision as of 15:18, 26 June 2015
Girls Will Be Boys is a 1934 British comedy film directed by 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] Haas made this, her first English-language film, following a Nazi-led riot at the premiere of her previous film Das häßliche Mädchen, and in 1936 fled Germany altogether.[3]
Plot
A young woman dresses up as a boy to fool a wealthy misogynist.
Cast
- Dolly Haas - Pat Caverley
- Cyril Maude - Duke of Bridgwater
- Esmond Knight - Geoffrey Dawson
- Irene Vanbrugh - Princess of Ehrenstein
- Edward Chapman - Grey
- Ronald Ward - Bernard
- Charles Paton - Sanders
References
- ^ http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/219914
- ^ 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
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