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My Wife's Family (play)
''My Wife's Family'' is a comedy play by the British-based American writer Fred Duprez based on an earlier story by Harry B. Linton and Hal Stephens. It premiered at the Princes Theatre, Bradford before transferring to the Garrick Theatre in London's West End theatre, West End where it ran for 118 performances between 3 March and 13 June 1931. The original West End cast included Ernie Lotinga, Arnold Bell, Hugh E. Wright and Joan Ingram (actress), Joan Ingram.Wearing p.96 It was revived on a number of occasions and made into several films. A farce, the play's comedy revolves around a newly-married wife who overhears her husband talking about a Baby grand piano and mistakenly believes he has an illegitimate child. Adaptations In 1931 it was made into the British film ''The Wife's Family'' which was followed by two further British adaptations ''My Wife's Family (1941 film), My Wife's Family'' (1941) and ''My Wife's Family (1956 film), My Wife's Family'' (1956). It was also adapted in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fred Duprez
Fred Duprez (September 6, 1884 – October 27, 1938) was an American actor, comedian and singer who performed in vaudeville, phonograph record and film. He made phonograph recordings in the US and the UK in the 1900s, 1910s, and 1920s. Most of the films he appeared in were British. He was also a writer, and wrote the popular stage farce ''My Wife's Family (play), My Wife's Family'', filmed three times in Britain, firstly in The Wife's Family, 1931; once in Sweden in 1932; and once in Finland, in Voi meitä! Anoppi tulee, 1933. Fred Duprez was born in Detroit, Michigan. He died from a heart attack on board a ship en route to England. He was the father of the actress, June Duprez. Partial filmography * ''Heads We Go'' (1933) - George Anderson * ''Meet My Sister'' (1933) - Hiram Sowerby * ''My Old Duchess'' (1934) - Jesse Martin * ''Without You (film), Without You'' (1934) - Baron Gustav von Steinmeyer * ''Love, Life and Laughter (1934 film), Love, Life and Laughter'' (1934) - Sa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baby Grand Piano
The piano is a stringed keyboard instrument in which the strings are struck by wooden hammers that are coated with a softer material (modern hammers are covered with dense wool felt; some early pianos used leather). It is played using a keyboard, which is a row of keys (small levers) that the performer presses down or strikes with the fingers and thumbs of both hands to cause the hammers to strike the strings. It was invented in Italy by Bartolomeo Cristofori around the year 1700. Description The word "piano" is a shortened form of ''pianoforte'', the Italian term for the early 1700s versions of the instrument, which in turn derives from ''clavicembalo col piano e forte'' (key cimbalom with quiet and loud)Pollens (1995, 238) and ''fortepiano''. The Italian musical terms ''piano'' and ''forte'' indicate "soft" and "loud" respectively, in this context referring to the variations in volume (i.e., loudness) produced in response to a pianist's touch or pressure on the keys: the grea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Plays
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1930 Plays
Year 193 ( CXCIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Sosius and Ericius (or, less frequently, year 946 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 193 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * January 1 – Year of the Five Emperors: The Roman Senate chooses Publius Helvius Pertinax, against his will, to succeed the late Commodus as Emperor. Pertinax is forced to reorganize the handling of finances, which were wrecked under Commodus, to reestablish discipline in the Roman army, and to suspend the food programs established by Trajan, provoking the ire of the Praetorian Guard. * March 28 – Pertinax is assassinated by members of the Praetorian Guard, who storm the imperial palace. The Empire is auctioned off ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Voi Meitä! Anoppi Tulee
''Voi meitä! Anoppi tulee'' (AKA''The Mother-in-Law Cometh'') is a 1933 Finnish comedy film directed by Erkki Karu and starring Mia Backman, Uuno Laakso and Georg Malmstén. It was based on a popular stage farce '' My Wife's Family'' by Fred Duprez. There were three British film versions of the play, in 1931, 1941, and 1956. It had also been filmed previously in Sweden in 1932 Events January * January 4 – The British authorities in India arrest and intern Mahatma Gandhi and Vallabhbhai Patel. * January 9 – Sakuradamon Incident (1932), Sakuradamon Incident: Korean nationalist Lee Bong-chang fails in his effort ..., and it was the popularity of this which led to the Finnish version being made. References 1933 films 1933 comedy films 1930s Finnish-language films Finnish comedy films Finnish black-and-white films Finnish films based on plays Remakes of British films {{1930s-comedy-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mother-in-Law's Coming
''Mother-in-Law's Coming'' (Swedish: ''Svärmor kommer'') is a 1932 Swedish comedy film directed by Paul Merzbach and starring Karin Swanström, Nils Wahlbom and Magda Holm.Larsson & Marklund p.130 It was shot at the Råsunda Studios in Stockholm. The film's sets were designed by the art director Arne Åkermark. It is based on the West End stage farce '' My Wife's Family'' by Fred Duprez. Cast * Karin Swanström as Mother-in-law * Nils Wahlbom as Abel * Magda Holm as Ulla Berggren * Adolf Jahr as John Berggren * Annalisa Ericson as Maggie * Sture Lagerwall as Olle * Erik Berglund as Adelfors * Maritta Marke as Dolly Deje * Birgitta Hede Birgitta is the Swedish and Icelandic form of the Irish Gaelic female name ''Brighid''. Brighid or Brigid was the name of an ancient Celtic goddess, and its English form is Bridget. Birgitta and its alternate forms Birgit and Britta became common n ... as Sally, maid References Bibliography * Larsson, Mariah & Marklund, Anders. ''S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Wife's Family (1956 Film)
''My Wife's Family'' is a 1956 British comedy film directed by Gilbert Gunn and starring Ronald Shiner as Doc Knott, Ted Ray, Greta Gynt, Diane Hart and Robertson Hare. It was a remake of the 1941 British film '' My Wife's Family'', and is the third British film of the stage farce of the same name by actor Fred Duprez. Plot Jack Gay, a newlywed with a dominating mother-in-law attempts to surprise his wife Stella with a baby grand piano, but when she overhears him discussing it, she mistakes it for an illegitimate child, particularly with the arrival of his ex-girlfriend, the blonde and glamorous Gloria Marsh. Cast * Ronald Shiner as Doc Knott * Ted Ray as Jack Gay * Diane Hart as Stella Gay * Fabia Drake as Arabella * Greta Gynt as Gloria Marsh * Robertson Hare as Noah * Zena Marshall as Hilda *Jessica Cairns as Irma *Benny Lee as Arnold *Jimmy Mageean as Dobson * Gilbert Harding as Himself Critical reception '' TV Guide'' wrote, "The third screen version of Fred D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Wife's Family (1941 Film)
''My Wife's Family'' is a 1941 UK, British domestic comedy film directed by Walter C. Mycroft and starring Charles Clapham, John Warwick, David Tomlinson and Patricia Roc. The film is notable as one of five film versions based on the popular My Wife's Family (play), stage farce of the same name by Fred Duprez. There was a ''The Wife's Family, previous British version'' in 1931; a Swedish version ''Mother-in-Law's Coming'', in 1932; a 1933 Finnish film ''Voi meitä! Anoppi tulee''; and a British My Wife's Family (1956 film), remake in 1956. Plot A farce concerning the attempts of a naval officer to avoid a visit from his wife's overbearing mother-in-law, and cope with a former girlfriend at the same time. Cast *Doc Knott - Charles Clapham *Jack Gay - John Warwick *Peggy, his Wife - Patricia Roc *Noah Bagshott - Wylie Watson *Sally the Maid - Peggy Bryan *Rosa Latour - Chili Bouchier *Mrs Bagshott - Margaret Scudamore *Policeman - Leslie Fuller *Second Maid - Davina Craig *Irm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Wife's Family
''The Wife's Family'' (also released as ''My Wife's Family'') is a 1931 British comedy film directed by Monty Banks and starring Gene Gerrard, Muriel Angelus, and Amy Veness. It was based on the popular stage farce by Fred Duprez. The play was subsequently filmed a further four times: in a Swedish version '' Mother-in-Law's Coming'', in 1932; a 1933 Finnish film ''Voi meitä! Anoppi tulee''; and British remakes in 1941 and 1956. It was produced by British International Pictures and shot at the company's Elstree Studios in Hertfordshire. The film's sets were designed by the art director John Mead. Poster taglines: "His Mother-in-law wasn't born--she was quarried out of solid granite and could lick her weight in wildcats!" "An inside comedy of the in-laws-the in-bads and all but ingratitude!" Premise Farcical confusions ensue when newlywed bride Peggy Gay overhears her husband Jack discussing the purchase of a piano, and somehow interprets what he has said to mean he is the f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Farce
Farce is a comedy that seeks to entertain an audience through situations that are highly exaggerated, extravagant, ridiculous, absurd, and improbable. Farce is also characterized by heavy use of physical humor; the use of deliberate absurdity or nonsense; satire, parody, and mockery of real-life situations, people, events, and interactions; unlikely and humorous instances of miscommunication; ludicrous, improbable, and exaggerated characters; and broadly stylized performances. Genre Despite involving absurd situations and characters, the genre generally maintains at least a slight degree of realism and narrative continuity within the context of the irrational or ludicrous situations, often distinguishing it from completely absurdist or fantastical genres. Farces are often episodic or short in duration, often being set in one specific location where all events occur. Farces have historically been performed for the stage and film. Historical context The term ''farce'' is deri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bradford
Bradford is a city and the administrative centre of the City of Bradford district in West Yorkshire, England. The city is in the Pennines' eastern foothills on the banks of the Bradford Beck. Bradford had a population of 349,561 at the 2011 census; the second-largest population centre in the county after Leeds, which is to the east of the city. It shares a continuous built-up area with the towns of Shipley, Silsden, Bingley and Keighley in the district as well as with the metropolitan county's other districts. Its name is also given to Bradford Beck. It became a West Riding of Yorkshire municipal borough in 1847 and received its city charter in 1897. Since local government reform in 1974, the city is the administrative centre of a wider metropolitan district, city hall is the meeting place of Bradford City Council. The district has civil parishes and unparished areas and had a population of , making it the most populous district in England. In the century leadin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joan Ingram (actress)
Joan Ingram may refer to: * Joan Ingram (broadcaster) Joan Ingram (born March 1959), is a Scottish broadcaster, journalist and media company director. Education Ingram attended Auchmuty High School in Glenrothes before studying at the University of Dundee, obtaining an MA Honours degree in pol ..., Scottish broadcaster * Joan Ingram (tennis) (1910–1981), English tennis and table tennis player * Joan Ingram (actress) (1903–1974), British actress {{hndis, Ingram, Joan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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