| While Parents Sleep | |
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| Directed by | Adrian Brunel |
| Produced by | Paul Soskin |
| Written by | John Paddy Carstairs Jack Marks Anthony Kimmins |
| Starring | Jean Gillie Enid Stamp Taylor |
| Music by | Percival Mackey |
| Cinematography | Ernest Palmer |
| Editing by | Michael Hankinson |
| Studio | British & Dominions Film Productions |
| Release date(s) | September 1935 |
| Running time | 72 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
While Parents Sleep is a 1935 British, black-and-white, comedy or farce, directed by Adrian Brunel. The film is a screen adaptation of a 1933 play 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 and Dominions Film Corporation.
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This 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]