The Good Old Days (film) explained

The Good Old Days
Director:	Roy William Neill
Producer:	Jerome Jackson
Story:	Ralph Smart
Starring:	Max Miller Hal Walters Kathleen Gibson
Music:	Bretton Byrd
Cinematography:	Basil Emmott
Studio:	Warner Brothers
Distributor:	Warner Brothers-First National Productions
Runtime:	79 minutes
Country:	United Kingdom
Language:	English

The Good Old Days is a 1939 British historical comedy film directed by Roy William Neill. Written by Austin Melford and John Dighton based on a story by Ralph Smart, it stars Max Miller, Hal Walters and Kathleen Gibson.^[1] The film tells the story of a group of entertainers struggling to obtain permission to perform at a tavern in 1840.

It is on the British Film Institute's BFI 75 Most Wanted list of lost films.^[2]

Cast

• Max Miller as Alexander the Greatest
• Hal Walters as Titch
• Kathleen Gibson as Polly
• H.F. Maltby as Randolph Macaulay
• Martita Hunt as Sara Macaulay
• Anthony Shaw as Lovelace
• Allan Jeayes as Shadwell
• Sam Wilkinson as Croker
• Roy Emerton as Grimes
• Phyllis Monkman as Mrs. Bennett
• Ian Fleming as Lord Wakely

See also

• List of lost films

External links

• BFI 75 Most Wanted entry, with extensive notes

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Good Old Days . https://web.archive.org/web/20090114092526/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/222319 . dead . 2009-01-14 . British Film Institute.
2. Web site: The Good Old Times / BFI Most Wanted . https://web.archive.org/web/20120803092403/http://old.bfi.org.uk/nationalarchive/news/mostwanted/good-old-days.html . dead . 3 August 2012 . British Film Institute . 29 May 2014.