Three Maxims

Three Maxims
Australian newspaper ad
Directed by	Herbert Wilcox
Written by	Nicolas Farkas Anthony Kimmins Herman J. Mankiewicz Austin Melford E.G. Valentine
Produced by	Herbert Wilcox
Starring	Anna Neagle Tullio Carminati Leslie Banks Arthur Finn
Cinematography	Jan Stallich Freddie Young
Music by	Geraldo
Production company	Herbert Wilcox Productions
Distributed by	General Film Distributors
Release date	June 1936
Running time	70 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Three Maxims is a 1936 British drama film directed by Herbert Wilcox and starring Anna Neagle, Tullio Carminati and Leslie Banks. It was released in the United States under the alternative title The Show Goes On. Separate French and German language versions were filmed 1935 in Paris. The film's sets were designed by Wilcox's regular art director Lawrence P. Williams.

Premise

A love triangle causes major disruption to the harmony of a trapeze act.

Cast

• Anna Neagle – Pat
• Tullio Carminati – Toni
• Leslie Banks – Mac
• Arthur Finn – Hiram K. Winston
• Olive Blakeney – Mrs Winston
• Miki Hood – Valentine
• Anthony Ireland – Val
• Nicolas Koline – Niki
• Gaston Palmer – Juggler
• Leonard Snelling – Prodigy
• Winifred Oughton – Prodigy's Mother
• Beatrix Fielden-Kaye – Madame Thomas
• Laurence Hanray – Thomas
• Tarva Penna – Doctor
• Vincent Holman – Cafe Proprietor
• Henry Caine – Stage Manager
• Horace Hodges – Mike

Other film versions

• Variétés (1935) with Jean Gabin and Annabella
• Variety (1935) with Hans Albers and Annabella

Bibliography

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

External links

• Three Maxims at IMDb