Life with The Lyons (film)
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Life with The Lyons is a 1954 British
comedy film
directed by Val Guest
and starring Bebe Daniels
, Ben Lyon
and Richard Lyon
. It was a spin-off from the radio series Life with The Lyons
. The Lyon family attempt to acquire a new house in Marble Arch
. It was followed in 1955 by The Lyons in Paris
. The film was made at Southall Studios
.
Cinema of the United Kingdom
The United Kingdom has had a major influence on modern cinema. The first moving pictures developed on celluloid film were made in Hyde Park, London in 1889 by William Friese Greene, a British inventor, who patented the process in 1890. It is generally regarded that the British film industry...
comedy film
Comedy film
Comedy film is a genre of film in which the main emphasis is on humour. They are designed to elicit laughter from the audience. Comedies are mostly light-hearted dramas and are made to amuse and entertain the audiences...
directed by Val Guest
Val Guest
Val Guest was a British film director, best known for his science-fiction films for Hammer Film Productions in the 1950s, but who also enjoyed a long, varied and active career in the film industry from the early 1930s up until the early 1980s.-Early life and career:He was born Valmond Maurice...
and starring Bebe Daniels
Bebe Daniels
Bebe Daniels was an American actress, singer, dancer, writer and producer. She began her career in Hollywood during the silent movie era as a child actress, became a star in musicals like 42nd Street, and later gained further fame on radio and television in Britain...
, Ben Lyon
Ben Lyon
Ben Lyon was an American film actor and a 20th Century Fox studio executive.-Life:Born in Atlanta, Georgia, Lyon entered films in 1918 after a successful appearance on Broadway opposite Jeanne Eagels. He attracted attention in the highly successful film Flaming Youth , and steadily developed into...
and Richard Lyon
Richard Lyon
Richard Lyon may refer to:*Richard F. Lyon , Confederate Georgia jurist*Richard Francis Lyon , co-founder of Foveon Inc., inventor of Xerox optical mouse...
. It was a spin-off from the radio series Life with The Lyons
Life With The Lyons
Life with The Lyons was a British radio and television domestic sitcom dating from the 1950s .-Overview:Life with The Lyons was unusual in that it featured a real-life American family...
. The Lyon family attempt to acquire a new house in Marble Arch
Marble Arch
Marble Arch is a white Carrara marble monument that now stands on a large traffic island at the junction of Oxford Street, Park Lane, and Edgware Road, almost directly opposite Speakers' Corner in Hyde Park in London, England...
. It was followed in 1955 by The Lyons in Paris
The Lyons in Paris
The Lyons in Paris is a 1955 British comedy film directed by Val Guest and starring Ben Lyon, Bebe Daniels and Reginald Beckwith. It was a sequel to the 1954 film Life with The Lyons. It was shot at Southall Studios....
. The film was made at Southall Studios
Southall Studios
Southall Studios was a film studio located in Southall, Middlesex in West London which operated between 1924 and 1958.The studio was constructed on the site of a former air hanger by the silent film director and producer G.B. Samuelson. The original buildings were destroyed in a fire in 1936, but...
.
Cast
- Bebe DanielsBebe DanielsBebe Daniels was an American actress, singer, dancer, writer and producer. She began her career in Hollywood during the silent movie era as a child actress, became a star in musicals like 42nd Street, and later gained further fame on radio and television in Britain...
... Bebe Lyon - Ben LyonBen LyonBen Lyon was an American film actor and a 20th Century Fox studio executive.-Life:Born in Atlanta, Georgia, Lyon entered films in 1918 after a successful appearance on Broadway opposite Jeanne Eagels. He attracted attention in the highly successful film Flaming Youth , and steadily developed into...
... Ben Lyon - Richard LyonRichard LyonRichard Lyon may refer to:*Richard F. Lyon , Confederate Georgia jurist*Richard Francis Lyon , co-founder of Foveon Inc., inventor of Xerox optical mouse...
... Richard Lyon - Barbara LyonBarbara LyonBarbara Bebe Lyon was a singer of popular songs and actress, born in the United States but primarily active in the United Kingdom....
... Barbara Lyon - Hugh Morton ... Mr. Hemingway
- Horace Percival ... Mr. Wimple
- Molly WeirMolly WeirMary Weir, better known as Molly Weir, was a Scottish stage actress, most notable for her role as the long-running character Hazel the McWitch in the BBC TV series Rentaghost. She was the sister of naturalist and broadcaster Tom Weir.Born in Glasgow and brought up in the Springburn area of the...
... Aggie - Doris Rogers ... Florrie Wainwright
- Gwen Lewis ... Mrs. Wimple
- Arthur HillArthur Hill (actor)Arthur Edward Spence Hill was a Canadian actor best known for appearances in British and American theater, movies and television...
... Slim Cassidy - Belinda LeeBelinda LeeBelinda Lee was an English actress.Born in Budleigh Salterton, England, Lee was signed to a film contract in 1954 by the Rank Studios after being seen performing as a student of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art...
... Violet Hemingway