Hobson's Choice (1931 film)

For other film adaptations of the play, see Hobson's choice (disambiguation).

Hobson's Choice is a 1931 British comedy drama film directed by Thomas Bentley and starring James Harcourt, Viola Lyel, Frank Pettingell and Herbert Lomas.[1] A coarse bootshop owner is outraged when his eldest daughter decides to marry a meek cobbler.[2] It is based on the play Hobson's Choice by Harold Brighouse.

The film is currently missing from the BFI National Archive, and is listed as one of the British Film Institute's "75 Most Wanted" lost films.[3]

Cast

References

  1. ^ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0021965/
  2. ^ http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/36605
  3. ^ Hobson's Choice - 75 Most Wanted BFI National Archives
The films of Thomas Bentley
1910s
  • David Copperfield (1913)
  • Oliver Twist (1913)
  • The Old Curiosity Shop (1914)
  • The Chimes (1914)
  • Hard Times (1915)
  • Barnaby Rudge (1915)
  • Milestones (1916)
  • Beau Brocade (1916)
  • The Labour Leader (1917)
  • Daddy (1917)
  • Les cloches de Corneville (1917)
  • The Divine Gift (1918)
  • Once Upon a Time (1918)
  • The Lackey and the Lady (1919)
1920s
1930s
1940s