The Improper Duchess
1936 British film
- James B. Fagan (play)
- Vernon Harris
- Harry Hughes
- Yvonne Arnaud
- Hugh Wakefield
- Wilfrid Caithness
Production
company
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City Film Corporation
Release date
- 17 January 1936 (1936-01-17)
Running time
The Improper Duchess is a 1936 British comedy film directed by Harry Hughes and starring Yvonne Arnaud, Hugh Wakefield and Wilfrid Caithness.[1] The film is based on the 1931 play of the same name by J. B. Fagan in which Arnaud had starred.
It was shot at Elstree Studios.[2] The film's sets were designed by the art director David Rawnsley. It was made by the independent City Film Corporation, and released by the newly established General Film Distributors.
Cast
- Yvonne Arnaud as Duchess of Tann
- Hugh Wakefield as King of Poldavia
- Wilfrid Caithness as Reverend Adam McAdam
- Arthur Finn as Senator Corcoran
- Gerald Barry as Baron Kamp
- Finlay Currie as Milton Lee
- James Carew as Montgomery Curtis
- Annie Esmond as Baroness Kamp
- Felix Aylmer as Count Seidel
- Honorine Catto as Miss Cutting
- Andreas Malandrinos as Garcia
- Davis Smith-Dorrien as Captain Olven
- Cynthia Stock as Gunning
- Ben Welden as Macabe
References
Bibliography
- Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
- Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.
External links
- The Improper Duchess at IMDb
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Films directed by Harry Hughes
- Virginia's Husband (1928)
- The Hellcat (1928)
- Troublesome Wives (1928)
- A Daughter in Revolt (1928)
- Little Miss London (1929)
- Glamour (1931)
- The Man at Six (1931)
- His Wife's Mother (1932)
- Bachelor's Baby (1932)
- Their Night Out (1933)
- Facing the Music (1933)
- A Southern Maid (1933)
- Womanhood (1934)
- The Broken Rosary (1934)
- Song at Eventide (1934)
- Barnacle Bill (1935)
- Joy Ride (1935)
- Play Up the Band (1935)
- The Improper Duchess (1936)
- Tropical Trouble (1936)
- The Gables Mystery (1938)
- Mountains O'Mourne (1938)
- The Voyage of Peter Joe (1946)
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