Come Out of the Pantry
Come Out of the Pantry | |
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British song sheet tie in | |
Directed by | Jack Raymond |
Produced by | Herbert Wilcox |
Written by |
Austin Parker Douglas Furber |
Based on |
a novel by Alice Duer Miller a play by A.E. Thomas |
Starring |
Jack Buchanan Fay Wray |
Music by | Harry Perritt and his Orchestra |
Cinematography | Freddie Young |
Edited by | Frederick Wilson |
Production company |
Herbert Wilcox Productions (for) British and Dominions |
Distributed by | United Artists (UK) |
Release dates | 25 November 1935 (London) (UK) |
Running time | 71 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Come Out of the Pantry is a 1935 British musical film directed by Jack Raymond and starring Jack Buchanan, Fay Wray, James Carew and Fred Emney.[1]
Plot
A British aristocrat goes to New York City to sell some paintings, but when the bank collapses, he finds himself stranded with no money and lots of bills.
Cast
- Jack Buchanan - Lord Robert Brent
- Fay Wray - Hilda Beach-Howard
- James Carew - Mr Beach-Howard
- Fred Emney - Lord Axminster
- Olive Blakeney - Mrs Beach-Howard
- Kate Cutler - Lady Axminster
- Ronald Squire - Eccles
- Maire O'Neill - Mrs Gore
- Ethel Stewart - Rosie
- Ben Welden - Tramp
- W.T. Ellwanger - Porteous
Critical reception
Writing for The Spectator in 1935, Graham Greene criticized the film as a typical example of the "snobby" and classist English film whose subtle social humor "would be quite meaningless to any but an English audience".[2]
TV Guide called it an "entertaining musical." [3]
Songs
The film includes the following songs:[4]
Everything Stops for Tea, by Al Hoffman, Al Goodhart and Maurice Sigler; Sung by Jack Buchanan
From One Minute to Another, by Al Hoffman, Al Goodhart and Maurice Sigler
References
- ↑ "Come out of the Pantry (1935)". BFI.
- ↑ Greene, Graham (6 December 1935). "La Bandéra/Come Out of the Pantry". The Spectator. (reprinted in: John Russel, Taylor, ed. (1980). The Pleasure Dome. p. 39. ISBN 0192812866.)
- ↑ "Come Out Of The Pantry". TVGuide.com.
- ↑ Come Out of the Pantry at the Internet Movie Database