While Parents Sleep
| While Parents Sleep | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Adrian Brunel |
| Written by | John Paddy Carstairs Jack Marks Anthony Kimmins (play) Edwin Greenwood |
| Produced by | Paul Soskin |
| Starring | Jean Gillie Enid Stamp Taylor Romilly Lunge |
| Cinematography | Ernest Palmer |
| Edited by | Michael Hankinson |
| Music by | Percival Mackey |
Production company | British & Dominions Film Corporation |
| Distributed by | United Artists Corporation |
Release date |
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Running time | 72 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
While Parents Sleep is a 1935 British comedy film directed by Adrian Brunel and starring Jean Gillie, Enid Stamp Taylor and Romilly Lunge. The film is a screen adaptation of a 1932 play of the same name by Anthony Kimmins, which had been a popular success on the West End stage in the West End of London.
Unlike many of Brunel's 1930s quota quickie films, While Parents Sleep has survived and is regarded as an example of his ability to produce a worthwhile film under the most straitened of financial conditions. The Time Out Film Guide notes: "With a couple of tatty sets and a bunch of unknown actors, he produces a witty, sharply-paced, economical essay on class and manners in inter-war Britain."[1] It was produced by Transatlantic Film Corporation and British & Dominions Film Corporation.
Premise
[edit]The film is a farce about the romantic adventures of two young men with women of differing social backgrounds and the revelation of their true worth.[2]
Cast
[edit]- Jean Gillie as Bubbles Thompson
- Enid Stamp Taylor as Lady Cattering
- Romilly Lunge as Neville Hammond
- Mackenzie Ward as Jerry Hammond
- Athole Stewart as Colonel Hammond
- Ellis Jeffreys as Mrs. Hammond
- Davy Burnaby as Lord Cattering
- William Hartnell as George
- Wally Patch as Taxi Driver
- Ronald Shiner as the Mechanic[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Time Out Film Guide, Penguin Books London, 1989, p.652 ISBN 0-14-012700-3
- ^ "While Parents Sleep (1935)". BFI. Archived from the original on 14 January 2009.
- ^ "While Parents Sleep (1935)". BFI. Archived from the original on 16 January 2009.
External links
[edit]- While Parents Sleep at AllMovie
- While Parents Sleep at the British Film Institute[better source needed]
- While Parents Sleep at IMDb
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- 1935 films
- 1935 comedy films
- British black-and-white films
- Films directed by Adrian Brunel
- British films based on plays
- British comedy films
- British and Dominions Studios films
- Films shot at Imperial Studios, Elstree
- Films produced by Paul Soskin
- Films with screenplays by John Paddy Carstairs
- Films scored by Percival Mackey
- 1930s English-language films
- 1930s British films
- English-language comedy films
- 1930s British comedy film stubs