Let's Love and Laugh
Appearance
Let's Love and Laugh | |
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Directed by | Richard Eichberg |
Written by | Frederick J. Jackson Walter C. Mycroft Edward A. Paulton (play) Fred Thompson (play) |
Produced by | Richard Eichberg |
Starring | Gene Gerrard Muriel Angelus Margaret Yarde |
Cinematography | Heinrich Gartner Bruno Mondi |
Edited by | Sam Simmonds |
Music by | Hans May John Reynders |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Wardour Films |
Release date | 12 May 1931 |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Let's Love and Laugh is a 1931 British-German comedy film directed by Richard Eichberg and starring Gene Gerrard, Muriel Angelus and Dennis Wyndham.[1] A German-language version, Die Bräutigamswitwe, was made at the same time. It was based on the play, Unwelcome Wife, written by Edward A. Paulton and Fred Thompson.
The film launched Gerrard as a popular star, and he went on to appear in a series of comedies for British International Pictures.
Plot
Two philanderers marry each other.
Cast
- Gene Gerrard as The Bridegroom
- Muriel Angelus as The Bride Who Was
- Margaret Yarde as Bride's mother
- Frank Stanmore as Bride's father
- Dennis Wyndham as Bride's fiancé
- Henry Wenman as The Butler
- Rita Page as The Bride Who Wasn't
- Ronald Frankau as Father
- George K. Gee as Detective
References
- ^ Let's Love and Laugh profile, ftvdb.bfi.org.uk; accessed 26 October 2015.
Bibliography
- Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
- Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.
External links
Categories:
- 1931 films
- British films
- 1930s musical comedy films
- Films shot at Elstree Studios
- English-language films
- Films directed by Richard Eichberg
- British musical comedy films
- British films based on plays
- British multilingual films
- British black-and-white films
- 1931 multilingual films
- 1931 comedy films
- 1930s British film stubs
- Musical comedy film stubs