''Charley's Aunt'' is a 1930 American pre-Code comedy film directed by

Al Christie Charles Herbert Christie (April 13, 1882 – October 1, 1955) and Alfred Ernest Christie (November 23, 1886 – April 14, 1951) were Canadian motion picture entrepreneurs. Early life Charles Herbert Christie was born between April 13, ...

and starring Charles Ruggles,

June Collyer June Collyer (born Dorothea Heermance; August 19, 1906 – March 16, 1968) was an American film actress of the 1920s and 1930s. Early life Born in New York City, Collyer chose to use her mother's maiden name when she decided to pursue acting. ...

, and Hugh Williams. It was an adaptation of the 1892 play '' Charley's Aunt'' by Brandon Thomas. It marked the film debut of Williams, who then returned to Britain and became a major star. The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: ''Charley's Aunt''
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Plot

Cast

* Charles Ruggles as Lord Fancourt Babberley *

as Amy Spettigue * Hugh Williams as Charlie Wykeham * Doris Lloyd as Donna Lucia D' Alvadorez * Halliwell Hobbes as Stephen Spettigue * Flora le Breton as Ela Delahay * Rodney McLennan as Jack Chesney * Phillips Smalley as Sir Francis Chesney * Flora Sheffield as Kitty Verdun * Wilson Benge as Brassett * Robert Bolder as Scotty * Edgar Norton as Spettigue's Lawyer

References

External links

*
allmovie/synopsis; ''Charley's Aunt''

Bibliography

* Sweet, Matthew. ''Shepperton Babylon: The Lost Worlds of British Cinema''. Faber and Faber, 2005. 1930 films 1930 comedy films 1930s English-language films Films directed by Al Christie Films based on Charley's Aunt Columbia Pictures films American comedy films American black-and-white films Cross-dressing in American films Films set in England 1930s American films {{1930s-comedy-film-stub