Road House (1934 film)

Road House
Directed by	Maurice Elvey
Written by	Walter C. Hackett (play) Leslie Arliss Austin Melford
Produced by	Michael Balcon Jerome Jackson
Starring	Violet Loraine Gordon Harker Aileen Marson Emlyn Williams
Cinematography	Leslie Rowson
Edited by	Paul Capon
Music by	Bretton Byrd
Production company	Gaumont British
Distributed by	Gaumont British Distributors
Release date	29 November 1934
Running time	76 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Road House is a 1934 British comedy crime film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Violet Loraine, Gordon Harker and Aileen Marson.

Production

The film is based on the 1932 play Road House by Walter C. Hackett. It was made by British Gaumont at the Lime Grove Studios in Shepherd's Bush, with shooting beginning in July 1934. The film's art direction is by Alfred Junge. British Gaumont's contract director Alfred Hitchcock was originally reported to be making the film, but instead directed The Man Who Knew Too Much.

Main cast

• Violet Loraine as Belle Larrimore
• Gordon Harker as Sam Pritchard
• Aileen Marson as Kitty Hamble
• Emlyn Williams as Chester
• Hartley Power as Dick D'Arcy
• Anne Grey as Lady Chettwinde
• Stanley Holloway as Donovan
• Marie Lohr as Lady Hamble
• Edwin Styles as Archie Hamble
• Romilly Lunge as Hugh Romilly

Bibliography

• Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
• Ryall, Tom. Alfred Hitchcock and the British Cinema. Athlone Press, 1996.
• Wood, Linda. British Films 1927-1939. BFI, 1986.

External links

• Road House at IMDb