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Girls Will Be Boys

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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.[1] It is based on The Last Lord, a play by Robert 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

References

  1. ^ http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/219914
  2. ^ Nash & Ross p.1029.
  3. ^ 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.