Stub icon, this article related to a german film of the 1930s is a stub. If youre going to drag an aunt into the business, we may as well wait till they all come back from scotland. The official website of charley s aunt chatham the official website of charley s aunt restaurant located in chatham, new jersey. This is a superb dvd of the feature film charley s aunt 1930 starring charles ruggles. Charley s aunt characters breakdowns including full descriptions with standard casting requirements and expert analysis. Charley s aunt is a 1930 american comedy film directed by al christie and starring charles ruggles, june collyer and hugh williams. Based in the uk and the usa, weve been serving the online theater community since the last century. Photo shows he is seen here boating with two of his partners renee caron and monique vita on the studio location. Charley s aunt was given in a german translation as charleys tante at weimar in august 1894. British actor hugh williams stars in the film charleys aunt in. This was the third of many screen adaptations of charley s aunt, the beloved 19thcentury stage farce.
This first talkie version of the evergreen brandon thomas stage farce charley s aunt stars charlie ruggles, obviously having the time of his life in the leading role. I love charley s aunt and hope you also love this hard to find gem. Roughcast theatre production of charleys aunt with actor playing stephen spettigue. The first starred sydney chaplin in 1925 and the second released in 1930 featured charlie.
Charleys aunt is a 1930 american comedy film directed by al christie and starring charles ruggles, june collyer and hugh williams. Fandom may earn an affiliate commission on sales made from links on this page. A wellreceived sound film version starring charles ruggles was released in 1930. Charley wyckham and jack chesney pressure fellow student. Charleys aunt 1930 film sony pictures entertaiment. Reviews, interviews and features from the international film magazine. Their purpose is to have a chaperone for their amorous visits with amy and kitty, niece and ward of crusty stephen spettigue.
Charleys tante is a 1934 german comedy film directed by robert a. Charleys aunt, charles ruggles on poster art, 1930. June 25 to october 31, 2015 a quiet luncheon turns into a corsetbusting masquerade when two college chums go to great lengths to woo a pair of charming young ladies, including persuading their. Fernand raunaud, the famous french screen comedian, will be starring in the new french screen version of charley s aunt. Queen of brilliants, adapted from the german with music by edward. Join stageagent today and unlock amazing theatre resources and opportunities. Charley wyckham and jack chesney pressure fellow student fancourt babberly to pose as charley s brazilian aunt donna lucia. With charles ruggles, june collyer, doris lloyd, halliwell hobbes. It was an adaptation of the play charley s aunt by brandon thomas. Complications begin when fancourt, in drag, becomes the love object of old spettigue and sir francis chesney. It marked the film debut of williams, who then returned to britain and became a major star.
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