''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
* 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. ...
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
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