Rookery Nook (film)
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| Directed by | Tom Walls |
| Written by | W. P. Lipscomb Ben Travers |
| Produced by | Herbert Wilcox |
| Starring | Tom Walls Ralph Lynn Winifred Shotter Mary Brough |
| Cinematography | Bernard Knowles William Shenton |
| Edited by | Maclean Rogers (uncredited) |
Production companies | |
| Distributed by | Woolf & Freedman Film Service (UK) MGM (US) |
Release dates | 11 February 1930 (London) (UK) 21 June 1930 (US) |
Running time | 90 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Budget | £14,000[1] |
| Box office | £150,000 (England)[1] |
Rookery Nook is a 1930 film farce, directed by Tom Walls, with a script by Ben Travers. It is a screen adaptation of the original 1926 Aldwych farce of the same title. The film was known in the U.S. as One Embarrassing Night.[2]
The film was very successful at the box office and led to a series of filmed farces.[1][3]
Synopsis
Rhoda Marley seeks refuge overnight from a tyrannical stepfather in the house of Gerald Popkiss. He is alone there, as his wife is away; fearing a scandal he attempts to conceal Rhoda's presence from nosy domestic staff and his in-laws, with the help of his cousin Clive. Eventually all is explained, Gerald and his wife are reconciled, and Clive pairs off with Rhoda.
Cast
- Gerald Popkiss – Ralph Lynn*
- Clive Popkiss – Tom Walls*
- Rhoda Marley – Winifred Shotter*
- Mrs Leverett – Mary Brough*
- Harold Twine – Robertson Hare*
- Gertrude Twine – Ethel Coleridge*
- Putz – Griffith Humphreys*
- Poppy Dickey – Doreen Bendix
- Clara Popkiss – Margot Grahame
- Source: British Film Institute[4]
Cast members marked * were the creators of the roles in the original stage production.[5]
Production
The film was one of a slate of movies produced by British and Dominions Film Corporation in association with His Majesty's Voice Gramophone Company.[6] The film used the cast of the original stage production.[7]
Reception
Rookery Nook was voted the best British movie of 1930.[8]
According to one report, it was the most popular British film in Britain over the previous five years.[9]
Notes
- ^ a b c Wilcox, Herbert (1967). Twenty Five Thousand Sunsets. South Brunswick. p. 88.
- ^ Ben Travers. "One Embarrassing Night (1930) - Trailers, Reviews, Synopsis, Showtimes and Cast". AllMovie. Retrieved 4 August 2014.
- ^ "DIRECTOR-PLAYERS". The West Australian. Vol. L, , no. 9, 834. Western Australia. 5 January 1934. p. 3. Retrieved 27 August 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) - ^ "Rookery Nook", British Film Institute, accessed 14 February 2013.
- ^ "Aldwych Theatre – Rookery Nook", The Times, 1 July 1926, p. 14.
- ^ "SCREEN GOSSIP". Western Mail. Vol. XLIV, , no. 2, 273. Western Australia. 5 September 1929. p. 7. Retrieved 27 August 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) - ^ "MOVING PICTURES". The Australasian. Vol. CXXVIII, , no. 4, 246. Victoria, Australia. 24 May 1930. p. 15 (METROPOLITAN EDITION). Retrieved 27 August 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) - ^ "Sunshine Susie", The Daily News, 19 August 1933, p. 19
- ^ "THE MOVIE WORLD". Bowen Independent. Vol. 26, , no. 2195. Queensland, Australia. 6 December 1930. p. 7. Retrieved 27 August 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
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External links
- Rookery Nook at IMDb