Those Were the Days (1934 film)

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Those were the Days
Directed by Thomas Bentley
Produced by Walter C. Mycroft
Written by Jack Jordan
Frank Launder
Frederick A. Thompson
Starring Will Hay
Iris Hoey
John Mills
Angela Baddeley
Cinematography Otto Kanturek
Editing by Edward B. Jarvis
Release date(s) Flag of the United Kingdom April 1934
Running time 80 minutes
Country Flag of the United Kingdom United Kingdom
Language English
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Those were the Days (1934) is a film primarily remembered as Will Hay's first major film role. It was based on the farce The Magistrate written by playwright Sir Arthur Wing Pinero in 1885, and was the first of two Hay movies that were based Pinero's plays, the other being Dandy Dick. The movie also featured music hall acts of the time[1] - acts of a type rarely committed to film.

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Strait-laced Magistrate Brutus Poskett (Will Hay) is concerned that his wife may be older than he believes her to be, especially as his young stepson (John Mills) seems very precocious for an apparently fifteen year old boy.

With a friend of Mrs Poskett's first husband (who knows her true age) coming to visit, Mrs Poskett (Iris Hoey) tries to stop the visit by confronting him at a local music hall. Unknown to her though, Poskett has also been convinced to go to the music hall and in the ensuing melee, Poskett's wife and her sister are arrested.

The following day, Poskett sentences both to seven days imprisonment, failing to recognise them as they are heavily veiled.

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  1. ^ The film features the music hall acts of Lily Morris, Harry Bedford, the gymnasts Gaston & Andre, G.H.Elliott, Sam Curtis and Frank Boston & Betty.

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