Laughter in Paradise
| Laughter in Paradise | |
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| Directed by | Mario Zampi |
| Written by | Jack Davies Michael Pertwee |
| Starring | Alastair Sim George Cole Fay Compton Hugh Griffith Joyce Grenfell Eleanor Summerfield John Laurie Michael Pertwee |
| Music by | Stanley Black |
| Distributed by | Associated British Pathe |
| Release date(s) | 13 June 1951 |
| Running time | 93 min. |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Laughter in Paradise is a British comedy film released in 1951. The film stars Alastair Sim, Fay Compton, George Cole, and Guy Middleton. The film was remade in 1970 as Some Will, Some Won't.
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[edit] Plot
When wealthy, well-known practical joker Henry Russell (Hugh Griffith) dies, four relatives find out that they stand to inherit considerable sums ... provided they commit acts that are completely contrary to their natures. Law-abiding Deniston Russell (Alastair Sim) has to get himself arrested and jailed for 28 days. Difficult, snobbish Agnes Russell (Fay Compton) has to find work as a maid and keep her job long enough to qualify. She ends up with irascible Gordon Webb (John Laurie), who deduces that his new servant has to keep her job for some reason and proceeds to make her life difficult. Simon Russell (Guy Middleton) is a womanizing cad; his task is to marry the first single woman he meets. Timid Herbert Russell (George Cole) is assigned to hold up the bank where he works, with a toy pistol.
[edit] Cast
- Alastair Sim as Deniston Russell
- Fay Compton as Agnes Russell
- Guy Middleton as Simon Russell
- George Cole as Herbert Russell
- Hugh Griffith as Henry Russell
- Ernest Thesiger as Endicott
- Beatrice Campbell as Lucille Grayson, the woman Simon marries
- Mackenzie Ward as Benson, Simon's butler
- Joyce Grenfell as Elizabeth Robson, Deniston's fiancée
- A. E. Matthews as Sir Charles Robson, Elizabeth's father
- John Laurie as Gordon Webb
- Veronica Hurst as Joan Webb, Gordon's daughter
- Eleanor Summerfield as Sheila Wilcott, Deniston's secretary
- Anthony Steel as Roger Godfrey, the Private Detective
- Charlotte Mitchell as Ethel, Agnes' maid
- Leslie Dwyer as Police station sergeant
- Colin Gordon - Police station constable
- Ronald Adam as Wagstaffe, the bank manager
- Michael Pertwee as Stewart
- Mary Germaine as Susan Heath
- Audrey Hepburn as Frieda - Cigarette girl
- Noel Howlett as Clerk of the Court
- Martin Boddey as Store detective
[edit] Portrayal
A very young Audrey Hepburn makes a brief appearance, playing a cigarette girl. This was Hepburn's first professional appearance on film (save for a brief role in a 1948 Dutch film entitled Dutch in Seven Lessons). The filming of the scene in which Hepburn appears (somewhat against her later "type") was later recreated in the 2000 biopic The Audrey Hepburn Story starring Jennifer Love Hewitt.
[edit] External links
- Laughter in Paradise at the Internet Movie Database
- screenonline review (including more complete plot synopsis)
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