Where's Charley? (film)
Where's Charley? is a 1952 British musical comedy film directed by David Butler. It starred Ray Bolger, Allyn Ann McLerie and Robert Shackleton.[1] It is an adaptation of the musical Where's Charley?, which was in turn based on the 1892 play Charley's Aunt by Brandon Thomas.[2]
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| Directed by | David Butler |
| Produced by | Cy Feuer Ernest H. Martin |
| Written by | Brandon Thomas (play) John Mons Jr. |
| Starring | Ray Bolger Allyn Ann McLerie Robert Shackleton |
| Music by | Ray Heindorf Howard Jackson |
| Cinematography | Erwin Hillier |
| Edited by | Reginald Mills |
Production company | Warner Bros. |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
Release date | 26 June 1952 |
Running time | 97 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Bolger, McLerie and Horace Cooper reprised the performances they originated on Broadway. Produced by the British branch of Warner Brothers, it was shot at Teddington Studios in London. Some scenes were filmed on location in Oxford the setting for the comedy. The film's sets were designed by the art directors David Ffolkes and Albert Witherick.
It earned an estimated $1.5 million at the North American box office in 1952.[3]
Cast
- Ray Bolger as Charley Wykeham
- Allyn Ann McLerie as Amy Spettigue
- Robert Shackleton as Jack Chesney
- Horace Cooper as Stephen Spettigue
- Margaretta Scott as Dona Lucia
- Howard Marion-Crawford as Sir Francis Chesney
- Mary Germaine as Kitty Verdun
- Henry Hewitt as Brassett
- H. G. Stoker as Wilkinson
- Martin Miller as Photographer
References
- "Where's Charley? (1952)". Archived from the original on 14 January 2009.
- "Where's Charley IMDb article". IMDB.
- 'Top Box-Office Hits of 1952', Variety, 7 January 1953
Bibliography
- Thomas G. Aylesworth. The Best of Warner Bros. Brompton, 1994.
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