''Almost a Honeymoon'' is a 1930 British

comedy film A comedy film is a category of film which emphasizes humor. These films are designed to make the audience laugh through amusement. Films in this style traditionally have a happy ending (black comedy being an exception). Comedy is one of the ol ...

directed by

Monty Banks Montague (Monty) Banks (18 July 1897 – 7 January 1950), born Mario Bianchi, was a 20th century Italian-born American comedian, film actor, director and producer who achieved success in the UK and the United States. Career Banks was born Mario ...

and starring

Clifford Mollison Clifford Lely Mollison (30 March 1897 – 4 June 1986) was a British stage, film and television actor. He made his stage debut in 1913. He was married to the actress Avril Wheatley. His younger brother was the actor Henry Mollison. Mollison ac ...

Dodo Watts Dorothy Margaret Watts (1910–1990), known professionally as Dodo Watts, was a British stage and film actress. She played Fay Eaton in the 1929 Broadway version of Ian Hay's play ''The Middle Watch'', and reprised her role in the 1930 British ...

and

Donald Calthrop Donald Esme Clayton Calthrop (11 April 1888 – 15 July 1940) was an English stage and film actor. Born in London, Calthrop was educated at St Paul's School and made his first stage appearance at eighteen years of age at the Comedy Theatr ...

. It was based on the play '' Almost a Honeymoon'' by Walter Ellis. A second adaptation was made in 1938. It was made by

British International Pictures Associated British Picture Corporation (ABPC), originally British International Pictures (BIP), was a British film production, distribution and exhibition company active from 1927 until 1970 when it was absorbed into EMI. ABPC also owned appr ...

at their

Elstree Studios Elstree Studios is a generic term which can refer to several current and demolished British film studios and television studios based in or around the town of Borehamwood and village of Elstree in Hertfordshire, England. Production studios ha ...

Premise

An ambitious young man secures a job in the colonial service, the only stipulation being that he needs to be married which he isn't. He has just twenty four hours to find a woman to persuade to marry him.

Cast

as Basil Dibley *

as Rosalie Quilter * Lamont Dickson as Cuthbert de Gray *

as Charles, the butler *

C. M. Hallard Charles Maitland Hallard (26 October 1865 – 21 April 1942) was a Scottish actor. In 1895 he appeared in the popular drama ''Trilby (play), Trilby'' with Herbert Beerbohm Tree at the Haymarket Theatre. Selected filmography * ''Convict 99 (191 ...

as Sir James Jephson * Winifred Hall as Lavinia Pepper * Pamela Carme as Margaret Brett * Edward Thane as Clutterbuck

Critical reception

Allmovie noted that "Donald Calthrop, as the butler, has all the best lines."

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* 1930 films 1930 comedy films Films shot at British International Pictures Studios 1930s English-language films Films directed by Monty Banks British comedy films British multilingual films British black-and-white films 1930 multilingual films 1930s British films {{1930s-UK-comedy-film-stub

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