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Those Were the Days

Apr 2, 1934 · 1h 20m
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Comedy

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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.

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CAST

Will Hay
Magistrate Brutus Poskett
Iris Hoey
Agatha Poskett
Angela Baddeley
Charlotte Verrinder
Claud Allister
Capt. Horace Vale
George Graves
Col. Alexander Lukyn
John Mills
Bobby Poskett
Jane Carr
Minnie Taylor
Marguerite Allan
Eve Douglas
Directed by Thomas Bentley

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Status
Released
Original language
EN
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Production
British International Pictures
Country
GB
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