The Interrupted Honeymoon Explained

The Interrupted Honeymoon
Director:	Leslie S. Hiscott
Producer:	Herbert Smith
Cinematography:	George Stretton
Studio:	British Lion
Distributor:	British Lion (UK)
Runtime:	72 minutes
Country:	United Kingdom
Language:	English

The Interrupted Honeymoon is a 1936 British comedy film directed by Leslie S. Hiscott and starring Jane Carr, Helen Haye and Jack Hobbs.^[1] It was made at Beaconsfield Studios.^[2] In the film, a couple returning home from a honeymoon in Paris find that their flat has been taken over by their friends.

Cast

In alphabetical order

• Jane Carr as Greta
• Helen Haye as Aunt Harriet
• Jack Hobbs as George
• David Horne as Colonel Craddock
• Claude Hulbert as Victor
• Martita Hunt as Nora Briggs
• Glennis Lorimer as Edith Hobson
• Wally Patch as Police Constable
• Francis L. Sullivan as Alphonse
• Hugh Wakefield as Uncle John
• Hal Walters as Valet
• Robb Wilton as Henry Briggs

Critical reception

TV Guide gave the film three out of five stars, appreciating there were "Some good moments in an extremely lively comedy."^[3]

References

1. Web site: The Interrupted Honeymoon (1936). https://web.archive.org/web/20170427192538/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6ad2ea88. dead. 27 April 2017.
2. Wood p.90
3. Web site: The Interrupted Honeymoon.

Bibliography

• Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
• Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.