Almost a Honeymoon (1938 film) explained

Almost a Honeymoon
Director:Norman Lee
Producer:Warwick Ward
Starring:Tommy Trinder
Linden Travers
Edmund Breon
Frederick Burtwell
Music:John Reynders
Cinematography:Bryan Langley
Editing:Ted Richards
Studio:Welwyn Studios
Distributor:Associated British
Runtime:80 minutes
Country:United Kingdom
Language:English

Almost a Honeymoon is a 1938 British comedy film directed by Norman Lee and starring Tommy Trinder, Linden Travers and Edmund Breon.[1] It was based on the 1930 play Almost a Honeymoon by Walter Ellis, previously filmed in 1930.[2] Its plot is about a young man who urgently needs to find a wife so that he can get a lucrative job in the colonial service, and sets out to persuade a woman to marry him.

It was shot at the Welwyn Studios of Associated British outside London. The film's sets were designed by the art director Duncan Sutherland.

Cast

Critical reception

Allmovie wrote, "nothing really happens (this is a 1938 film), but you can't censor the gleam in the supporting characters' eyes."[3]

References

  1. Web site: Almost a Honeymoon (1938). BFI. 11 March 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20121022173211/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/37115. 22 October 2012. dead.
  2. Web site: Almost A Honeymoon (1938) - Overview - TCM.com. Turner Classic Movies.
  3. Web site: Almost a Honeymoon (1938) - Norman Lee - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related - AllMovie. Hal Erickson. AllMovie.