Rent Those Were the Days (1934)
3.3 of 5 from 46 ratings
1h 17min
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- Synopsis:
- Adapted from Arthur Pinero's relentlessly popular stage farce 'The Magistrate', 'Those Were the Days' was a perfect early vehicle for the comedic brilliance of Will Hay. Hay's feature-length debut is a typically entertaining study of the upstanding but ineffectual magistrate, Mr. Poskett (Will Hay), while a youthful John Mills is the 20-year-old stepson who must pretend to be 15 to preserve the secret of his mother's falsified age; Angela Baddeley and veteran character-comedians Claude Allister, H.F. Maltby and George Graves are among an impressive supporting cast.
- Actors:
- Will Hay, Iris Hoey, Angela Baddeley, Claud Allister, George Graves, John Mills, Jane Carr, Marguerite Allan, H.F. Maltby, Lawrence Hanray, Syd Crossley, Wally Patch, Jimmy Godden, Harry Bedford, Lily Morris, Gaston and Andree, Betty Boston, Frank Boston, Sam Curtis, G.H. Elliott
- Directors:
- Thomas Bentley
- Producers:
- Walter C. Mycroft
- Writers:
- Jack Jordan, Frank Launder, Frank Miller, Arthur Wing Pinero, Fred Thompson
- Studio:
- Network
- Genres:
- Classics, Comedy
- Collections:
- Getting to Know..., Getting to Know: John Mills, A Brief History of Film..., Topping the Music Hall Bill
