While Parents Sleep is a 1935 British comedy film directed by Adrian Brunel and starring Jean Gillie, Enid Stamp Taylor and Romilly Lunge. The film is a screen adaptation of a 1932 play of the same name by Anthony Kimmins, which had been a popular success on the West End stage in the West End of London.
| While Parents Sleep | |
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| Directed by | Adrian Brunel |
| Written by | John Paddy Carstairs Jack Marks Anthony Kimmins (play) Edwin Greenwood |
| Produced by | Paul Soskin |
| Starring | Jean Gillie Enid Stamp Taylor Romilly Lunge |
| Cinematography | Ernest Palmer |
| Edited by | Michael Hankinson |
| Music by | Percival Mackey |
Production company | British & Dominions Film Corporation |
| Distributed by | United Artists Corporation |
Release date |
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Running time | 72 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Unlike many of Brunel's 1930s quota quickie films, While Parents Sleep has survived and is regarded as an example of his ability to produce a worthwhile film under the most straitened of financial conditions. The Time Out Film Guide notes: "With a couple of tatty sets and a bunch of unknown actors, he produces a witty, sharply-paced, economical essay on class and manners in inter-war Britain."[1] It was produced by Transatlantic Film Corporation and British & Dominions Film Corporation.
Premise
editThe film is a farce about the romantic adventures of two young men with women of differing social backgrounds and the revelation of their true worth.[2]
Cast
edit- Jean Gillie as Bubbles Thompson
- Enid Stamp Taylor as Lady Cattering
- Romilly Lunge as Neville Hammond
- Mackenzie Ward as Jerry Hammond
- Athole Stewart as Colonel Hammond
- Ellis Jeffreys as Mrs. Hammond
- Davy Burnaby as Lord Cattering
- William Hartnell as George
- Wally Patch as Taxi Driver
- Ronald Shiner as the Mechanic[3]
References
edit- ^ Time Out Film Guide, Penguin Books London, 1989, p.652 ISBN 0-14-012700-3
- ^ "While Parents Sleep (1935)". BFI. Archived from the original on 14 January 2009.
- ^ "While Parents Sleep (1935)". BFI. Archived from the original on 16 January 2009.
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