Hobson's Choice (1931 film)

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Hobson's Choice
Directed byThomas Bentley
Written byFrank Launder
Based onHobson's Choice by Harold Brighouse
Produced byJohn Maxwell
Starring
CinematographyWalter J. Harvey
Production
company
Distributed byWardour Films
Release date
  • 2 October 1931 (1931-10-02)
Running time
65 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Hobson's Choice is a 1931 British comedy drama film directed by Thomas Bentley and starring James Harcourt, Viola Lyel, Frank Pettingell and Herbert Lomas.[1] Based on the 1916 play Hobson's Choice by Harold Brighouse, it follows the tale of a coarse bootshop owner who becomes outraged when his eldest daughter decides to marry a meek cobbler. It was produced by the leading British company of the time, British International Pictures, at their studios in Elstree.

The film is missing from the BFI National Archive, and is listed as one of the British Film Institute's "75 Most Wanted" lost films.[2] An earlier silent film version of the play had been released in 1920.

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References[edit]

  1. ^ "Hobson's Choice". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 14 January 2009.
  2. ^ "Hobson's Choice / BFI Most Wanted". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 3 August 2012. Retrieved 30 May 2014.

Bibliography[edit]

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

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