Girls Will Be Boys is a 1934 British comedy film by French director Marcel Varnel and starring Dolly Haas, Cyril Maude and Esmond Knight.[1] It is based on The Last Lord, a play by Kurt Siodmak.[2] The film was shot at Elstree Studios with sets designed by the art director Cedric Dawe. Haas made this, her first English-language film, following a Nazi-led riot at the premiere of her previous film Das häßliche Mädchen. The riots protested the male lead, Max Hansen, who was supposedly "too Jewish." In 1936, Haas fled Germany altogether.[3]
| Girls Will Be Boys | |
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| Directed by | Marcel Varnel |
| Written by | Curt Siodmak Roger Burford Clifford Grey |
| Produced by | Walter C. Mycroft |
| Starring | Dolly Haas Cyril Maude Esmond Knight |
| Cinematography | Claude Friese-Greene Ronald Neame |
| Edited by | Bert Bates |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Wardour Films |
Release date |
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Running time | 70 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Plot
A young woman dresses up as a boy to fool a wealthy misogynist.
Cast
- Dolly Haas as Pat Caverley
- Cyril Maude as Duke of Bridgwater
- Esmond Knight as Geoffrey Dawson
- Irene Vanbrugh as Princess of Ehrenstein
- Edward Chapman as Grey
- Ronald Ward as Bernard
- Charles Paton as Sanders
- H. F. Maltby as General
- Robert Rietty as Boy
References
Bibliography
- Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009.
- Nash, Jay Robert & Ross, Stanley Ralph. The Motion Picture Guide. Cinebooks, 1986.
