Three Maxims Explained

Three Maxims
Director:	Herbert Wilcox
Producer:	Herbert Wilcox
Starring:	Anna Neagle Tullio Carminati Leslie Banks Arthur Finn
Cinematography:	Jan Stallich Freddie Young
Studio:	Herbert Wilcox Productions
Distributor:	General Film Distributors
Runtime:	70 minutes
Country:	United Kingdom
Language:	English

Three Maxims is a 1936 British drama film directed by Herbert Wilcox and starring Anna Neagle, Tullio Carminati and Leslie Banks. It was released in the United States under the alternative title The Show Goes On.^[1] Separate French and German language versions were filmed 1935 in Paris.^[2] The film's sets were designed by Wilcox's regular art director Lawrence P. Williams.

Premise

A love triangle causes major disruption to the harmony of a trapeze act.

Cast

• Anna Neagle as Pat
• Tullio Carminati as Toni
• Leslie Banks as Mac
• Arthur Finn as Hiram K. Winston
• Olive Blakeney as Mrs Winston
• Miki Hood as Valentine
• Anthony Ireland as Val
• Nicolas Koline as Niki
• Gaston Palmer as Juggler
• Leonard Snelling as Prodigy
• Winifred Oughton as Prodigy's Mother
• Beatrix Fielden-Kaye as Madame Thomas
• Laurence Hanray as Thomas
• Tarva Penna as Doctor
• Vincent Holman as Cafe Proprietor
• Henry Caine as Stage Manager
• Horace Hodges as Mike

Other film versions

• (1935) with Jean Gabin and Annabella
• Variety (1935) with Hans Albers and Annabella

References

1. Web site: The Three Maxims (1937) - Herbert Wilcox | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie.
2. Web site: The Three Maxims (1936). https://web.archive.org/web/20090114015338/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/54235. dead. 14 January 2009. BFI. 11 September 2015.

Bibliography

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