Girls Will Be Boys
Girls Will Be Boys is a 1934 British comedy film directed by Marcel Varnel and starring Dolly Haas, Cyril Maude and Esmond Knight.[1] It is based on The Last Lord, a play by Robert Siodmak.[2] Haas made this, her first English-language film, following a Nazi-led riot at the premiere of her previous film Das häßliche Mädchen, and in 1936 fled Germany altogether.[3]
Plot
A young woman dresses up as a boy to fool a wealthy misogynist.
Cast
- Dolly Haas - Pat Caverley
- Cyril Maude - Duke of Bridgwater
- Esmond Knight - Geoffrey Dawson
- Irene Vanbrugh - Princess of Ehrenstein
- Edward Chapman - Grey
- Ronald Ward - Bernard
- Charles Paton - Sanders
References
- ↑ http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/219914
- ↑ Nash & Ross p.1029.
- ↑ Bock & Bergfelder p.178.
Bibliography
- Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009.
- Nash, Jay Robert & Ross, Stanley Ralph. The Motion Picture Guide. Cinebooks, 1986.
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