Those Were the Days (1934)
A farce based on Arthur Wing Pinero's play 'The Magistrate' in which the son (John Mills) of a stern magistrate (Will Hay) visits a music hall against the wishes of his father. In true farcical style, the magistrate too ends up at the music hall, and before long all the characters are trying not to avoid each other... Mainly notable (a) because of its depiction of the music hall as seen by a generation which knew it intimately (b) because of its use of music hall acts of the time and (c) because it gave Will Hay his first film role.
Director: Thomas Bentley
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Will Hay as Magistrate Brutus Poskett |
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Iris Hoey as Agatha Poskett |
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Angela Baddeley as Charlotte Verrinder |
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Claud Allister as Capt. Horace Vale |
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George Graves as Col. Alexander Lukyn |
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John Mills as Bobby Poskett |
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Jane Carr as Minnie Taylor |
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Marguerite Allan as Eve Douglas |
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H.F. Maltby as Mr. Bullamy |
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Laurence Hanray as Wormington |
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Syd Crossley as Wyke |
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Wally Patch as Inspector Briggs |
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Jimmy Godden as Pat Maloney |
| Directing | Thomas Bentley | Director |
