Who's Your Lady Friend?

1937 British film
  • 27 December 1937 (1937-12-27) (UK)
Running time
73 minutesCountryUnited KingdomLanguageEnglish

Who's Your Lady Friend? is a 1937 British comedy film directed by Carol Reed and starring Frances Day, Vic Oliver and Betty Stockfeld.[1] The secretary of a beauty specialist accidentally brings the wrong person back from the railway station, triggering a series of confusions. It was based on a comedy play by Bela Jenbach and Rudolf Österreicher, which had previously been made into an Austrian film The Gentleman Without a Residence three years earlier. It was an independent production made at Ealing Studios.[2] The film's sets were designed by the art director Erwin Scharf.

Cast

  • Frances Day as Lulu
  • Vic Oliver as Doctor Mangold
  • Betty Stockfeld as Mrs. Mangold
  • Romney Brent as Fred
  • Margaret Lockwood as Mimi
  • Sarah Churchill as Maid
  • Marcelle Rogez as Yvonne Fatigay
  • Muriel George as Mrs. Somers
  • Frederick Ranalow as Cabby

Production

It was an early role for Margaret Lockwood and the second of several collaborations with Carol Reed.

Critical reception

TV Guide called the film a "Cute farce and one of the many British programmers Reed directed before moving up to bigger features."[3]

References

  1. ^ BFI.org
  2. ^ Wood p.97
  3. ^ "Who's Your Lady Friend?". TVGuide.com.

Bibliography

  • Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927–1939. British Film Institute, 1986.
  • Who's Your Lady Friend? at IMDb
  • Who's Your Lady Friend at Britmovie
  • Who's Your Lady Friend? at TCMDB


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