The Happy Family (1936 film)

The Happy Family
Directed by	Maclean Rogers
Screenplay by	Maclean Rogers
Story by	Max Catto
Based on	French Salad by Max Catto
Produced by	Herbert Smith
Starring	Hugh Williams Leonora Corbett
Cinematography	George Stretton
Production company	British Lion Film Corporation
Distributed by	British Lion Film Corporation
Release date	10 August 1936 (1936-08-10)
Running time	67 minutes
Country	Great Britain
Language	English

The Happy Family is a 1936 British comedy film directed by Maclean Rogers and starring Hugh Williams, Leonora Corbett and Max Adrian. It was shot at Beaconsfield Studios outside London. The film's sets were designed by the art director Norman G. Arnold. The film was based on the West End play French Salad by Max Catto.

Synopsis

The plot concerns a mother and father who, in order to shock their extended family out of their idle, spendthrift ways, pretend to have lost all their money.

Cast

• Hugh Williams as Victor Hutt
• Leonora Corbett as Barbara Hutt
• Max Adrian as Noel Hutt
• Maidie Hope as Mrs Hutt
• Eve Gray as Nia Harrison
• Ellen Pollock as Leo Hutt
• Glennis Lorimer as Robina Hutt
• D. A. Clarke-Smith as Mr Harrison
• Dick Francis as Mr Hutt
• Muriel George as Housekeeper

Bibliography

• Shafer, Stephen C. British popular films, 1929-1939: The Cinema of Reassurance. Routledge, 1997.
• Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
• Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.

External links

• The Happy Family at IMDb