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Charley's Aunt [DVD] [1941]
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Language:English
: Program Type:Movie
: Screen Format:Black & White
: Studio:20th Century Fox
: Region Code:1
: Sound Features:stereo
: Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
: Format:DVD
: Product Name:Charley's Aunt [DVD] [1941]
: Product Tags:DVD
: Subtitles:English
Jack Benny brings his own distinctive touch to Brandon Thomas' venerable (and oft-filmed) stage farce Charley's Aunt. Utilizing a gloriously unconvincing broad-A English accent, Benny is cast as Lord Fancourt Babberly, a somewhat overaged undergraduate at Oxford University. Babbs' roommates Jack Chesney (James Ellison) and Charley Wyckeham (Richard Haydn, in his film debut) are desirous of inviting their lady friends Kitty Verdun (Arleen Whelan) and Amy Spettigue (Anne Baxter) to their quarters, but first they must secure the services of a proper escort. When Charley's aunt Donna Lucia D'Alvadorez (Kay Francis) is detained, Jack and Charley coerce Babbs, who has dressed up as an old lady for a school play, to pose as the absent Donna Lucia. The fun really begins when, for reasons far too complicated to detail here, both Jack's father Sir Francis Chesney (Laird Cregar) and Amy's uncle Stephen Spettigue (Edmund Gwenn) romantically pursue the bogus aunt. The third-act arrival of the real Donna Lucia only adds to the comic confusion-but at least poor Babbs has finally found a lady friend closer to his own age. The female-impersonation angle in Charley's Aunt has been known to descend into vulgarity, but Jack Benny remains both hilarious and tasteful throughout. Understandably, the film was one of Benny's favorites.~Hal Erickson
Name : Jack Benny: Role : Babbs Babberley, Lord Fancourt
Name : Kay Francis: Role : Donna Lucia
Name : Anne Baxter: Role : Amy Spettigue
Name : Edmund Gwenn: Role : Stephen Spettigue
Name : Richard Haydn: Role : Charles Wyckham
Name : James Ellison: Role : Jack Chesney
Name : Reginald Owen: Role : Redcliff
Name : Laird Cregar: Role : Sir Francis Chesney
Name : Arleen Whelan: Role : Kitty Verdun
Name : Ernest Cossart: Role : Brassett
Name : Archie Mayo: Role : Director
Name : William Perlberg: Role : Producer
Name : George Seaton: Role : Screenwriter
Name : J. Peverell Marley: Role : Cinematographer
Name : Alfred Newman: Role : Composer (Music Score)
Name : Robert Bischoff: Role : Editor
Name : Nathan Juran: Role : Art Director
Name : Richard Day: Role : Art Director
Name : Travis Banton: Role : Costume Designer
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: Program Type:Movie
: Screen Format:Black & White
: Studio:20th Century Fox
: Region Code:1
: Sound Features:stereo
: Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
: Format:DVD
: Product Name:Charley's Aunt [DVD] [1941]
: Product Tags:DVD
: Subtitles:English
Jack Benny brings his own distinctive touch to Brandon Thomas' venerable (and oft-filmed) stage farce Charley's Aunt. Utilizing a gloriously unconvincing broad-A English accent, Benny is cast as Lord Fancourt Babberly, a somewhat overaged undergraduate at Oxford University. Babbs' roommates Jack Chesney (James Ellison) and Charley Wyckeham (Richard Haydn, in his film debut) are desirous of inviting their lady friends Kitty Verdun (Arleen Whelan) and Amy Spettigue (Anne Baxter) to their quarters, but first they must secure the services of a proper escort. When Charley's aunt Donna Lucia D'Alvadorez (Kay Francis) is detained, Jack and Charley coerce Babbs, who has dressed up as an old lady for a school play, to pose as the absent Donna Lucia. The fun really begins when, for reasons far too complicated to detail here, both Jack's father Sir Francis Chesney (Laird Cregar) and Amy's uncle Stephen Spettigue (Edmund Gwenn) romantically pursue the bogus aunt. The third-act arrival of the real Donna Lucia only adds to the comic confusion-but at least poor Babbs has finally found a lady friend closer to his own age. The female-impersonation angle in Charley's Aunt has been known to descend into vulgarity, but Jack Benny remains both hilarious and tasteful throughout. Understandably, the film was one of Benny's favorites.~Hal Erickson
Name : Jack Benny: Role : Babbs Babberley, Lord Fancourt
Name : Kay Francis: Role : Donna Lucia
Name : Anne Baxter: Role : Amy Spettigue
Name : Edmund Gwenn: Role : Stephen Spettigue
Name : Richard Haydn: Role : Charles Wyckham
Name : James Ellison: Role : Jack Chesney
Name : Reginald Owen: Role : Redcliff
Name : Laird Cregar: Role : Sir Francis Chesney
Name : Arleen Whelan: Role : Kitty Verdun
Name : Ernest Cossart: Role : Brassett
Name : Archie Mayo: Role : Director
Name : William Perlberg: Role : Producer
Name : George Seaton: Role : Screenwriter
Name : J. Peverell Marley: Role : Cinematographer
Name : Alfred Newman: Role : Composer (Music Score)
Name : Robert Bischoff: Role : Editor
Name : Nathan Juran: Role : Art Director
Name : Richard Day: Role : Art Director
Name : Travis Banton: Role : Costume Designer
[!Language:English!] [!Program Type:Movie!] [!Screen Format:Black & White!] [!Studio:20th Century Fox!] [!Region Code:1!] [!Sound Features:stereo!] [!Aspect Ratio:1.33:1!] [!Product Name:Charley's Aunt [DVD] [1941!]] [!Product Tags:DVD!] [!Subtitles:English!] [!Jack Benny:Babbs Babberley, Lord Fancourt!] [!Kay Francis:Donna Lucia!] [!Anne Baxter:Amy Spettigue!] [!Edmund Gwenn:Stephen Spettigue!] [!Richard Haydn:Charles Wyckham!] [!James Ellison:Jack Chesney!] [!Reginald Owen:Redcliff!] [!Laird Cregar:Sir Francis Chesney!] [!Arleen Whelan:Kitty Verdun!] [!Ernest Cossart:Brassett!] [!Archie Mayo:Director!] [!William Perlberg:Producer!] [!George Seaton:Screenwriter!] [!J. Peverell Marley:Cinematographer!] [!Alfred Newman:Composer (Music Score)!] [!Robert Bischoff:Editor!] [!Nathan Juran:Art Director!] [!Richard Day:Art Director!] [!Travis Banton:Costume Designer!]
