When We Are Married (1938)
The Helliwells, the Soppitts, and the Parkers, old friends gathered to celebrate their common silver anniversaries. To their dismay they learn that their marriages may not be valid. On hand are an outrageous housekeeper and a photographer. The first play in history to ever be televised complete and unedited direct from the theatre. It is now believed to be lost. The BBC would make another television film version of this play in 1949 with several of the same actors from this film including Raymond Huntley, Ernest Butcher, Patricia Hayes, George Carney and Lloyd Pearson.
Director: Philip Dorté
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Mae Bacon as Lottie Grady |
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Ernest Butcher as Herbert Soppitt |
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George Carney as Henry Ormonroyd |
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Ethel Coleridge as Clara Soppitt |
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B. Marsh Dunn as Mayor of Clecklewyke |
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Betty Fleetwood as Nancy Holmes |
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Muriel George as Maria Helliwell |
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Alexander Grandison as Fred Dyson |
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Raymond Huntley as Councillor Albert Parker |
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Lloyd Pearson as Alderman Joseph Halliwell |
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Helena Pickard as Annie Parker |
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Beatrice Varley as Mrs. Northrop |
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Richard Warner as Gerald Forbes |
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Norman Wooland as Rev. Clement Mercer |
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Patricia Hayes as Ruby Birtle |
| Production | Basil Dean | Producer |
| Directing | Philip Dorté | Director |
| Writing | J. B. Priestley | Writer |