Almost a Honeymoon (1938 film)

Almost a Honeymoon is a 1938 British comedy film directed by Norman Lee and starring Tommy Trinder, Linden Travers and Edmund Breon.^[1] It was based on the 1930 play Almost a Honeymoon by Walter Ellis, previously filmed in 1930.^[2] Its plot is about a young man who urgently needs to find a wife so that he can get a lucrative job in the colonial service, and sets out to persuade a woman to marry him.

Almost a Honeymoon
Directed by	Norman Lee
Written by	Walter Ellis (play) Kenneth Horne Ralph Neale
Produced by	Warwick Ward
Starring	Tommy Trinder Linden Travers Edmund Breon Frederick Burtwell
Cinematography	Bryan Langley
Edited by	Ted Richards
Music by	John Reynders
Production company	Welwyn Studios
Distributed by	Associated British
Release date	21 April 1938 (1938-04-21)
Running time	80 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

It was shot at the Welwyn Studios of Associated British outside London. The film's sets were designed by the art director Duncan Sutherland.

Cast

• Tommy Trinder as Peter Dibley
• Linden Travers as Patricia Quilter
• Edmund Breon as Aubrey Lovitt
• Frederick Burtwell as Charles
• Vivienne Bennett as Rita Brent
• Arthur Hambling as Adolphus
• Aubrey Mallalieu as Clutterbuck
• Ian Fleming as Sir James Hooper
• Betty Jardine as Lavinia Pepper
• Wally Patch as Bailiff

Critical reception

Allmovie wrote, "nothing really happens (this is a 1938 film), but you can't censor the gleam in the supporting characters' eyes."^[3]

References

1. "Almost a Honeymoon (1938)". BFI. Archived from the original on 22 October 2012. Retrieved 11 March 2011.
2. "Almost A Honeymoon (1938) - Overview - TCM.com". Turner Classic Movies.
3. Hal Erickson. "Almost a Honeymoon (1938) - Norman Lee - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related - AllMovie". AllMovie.

External links

• Almost a Honeymoon at IMDb