Honeymoon for Three (1935 film)

Honeymoon for Three
Stanley Lupino (third from right) amongst other revellers
Directed by	Leo Mittler
Produced by	Stanley Lupino
Written by	Stanley Lupino Frank Miller
Starring	Stanley Lupino Aileen Marson Jack Melford
Music by	Percival Mackey
Cinematography	George Stretton
Edited by	Daniel Birt
Production company	Stanley Lupino Productions
Distributed by	Associated British Film Distributors
Release date	13 September 1935
Running time	81 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Honeymoon for Three is a 1935 British musical comedy film directed by Leo Mittler and starring Stanley Lupino, Aileen Marson and Jack Melford. It was made at Ealing Studios.^[1] The film's sets were designed by J. Elder Wills. It was the first film Lupino made after leaving British International Pictures and trying his luck as an independent producer.

When returning home drunk from a night out a young man (Lupino) accidentally finds himself in a woman's (Marson) flat where he passes out. Before he make his escape in the morning they are discovered by their parents and a passing policeman and forced to marry. They go through the ceremony but plan to go to California to get a divorce, and set off on their "honeymoon" along with her real fiancée (Melford). However during the journey she gradually begins to change her loathing of him.

Cast

• Stanley Lupino as Jack Denver
• Aileen Marson as Yvonne Daumery
• Jack Melford as Raymond Dirk
• Robert English as Herbert Denver
• Dennis Hoey as M. Daumery
• Arty Ash as Herbert Jones
• Roddy Hughes as Toomes
• Syd Crossley as PC Smithers
• Doris Rogers as Mme. Daumery
• Barry Clifton as Crooner
• Deidre Gale as The Child
• Charles Penrose as Laughing passenger
• Heron Carvic as Minor role
• Percival Mackey as Bandleader

References

1. ↑ Wood p.86

Bibliography

• Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
• Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.

External links

• Honeymoon for Three on IMDb