Olympic Honeymoon
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Olympic Honeymoon is a 1940 British
comedy film
directed by Alfred J. Goulding
and starring Claude Hulbert
, Monty Banks
and Princess Pearl. A British honeymooner visiting Switzerland is mistaken for a leading ice hockey
player and is enlisted to play for the England national team. It was based on the novel He and Ski by F. Dawson Gratrix and is sometimes known by the alternative title
Honeymoon Merry-Go-Round.
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 Alfred J. Goulding
Alfred J. Goulding
Alfred John "Alf" Goulding was an Australian-born American film director and screenwriter. He directed 182 films between 1917 and 1959....
and starring Claude Hulbert
Claude Hulbert
Claude Noel Hulbert was a British comic actor. He was the younger brother of Jack Hulbert. Like his brother, he was Cambridge educated and was a member of the Footlights comedy club as an undergraduate....
, Monty Banks
Monty Banks
Montague Banks was a comedian and film director. In the 1920s, he worked in Hollywood, starring in many silent short comedies and in the feature-length action thriller Play Safe...
and Princess Pearl. A British honeymooner visiting Switzerland is mistaken for a leading ice hockey
Ice hockey
Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...
player and is enlisted to play for the England national team. It was based on the novel He and Ski by F. Dawson Gratrix and is sometimes known by the alternative title
Alternative title
An alternative title is a film distribution device. Films are commonly released under a different title when they are screened or sold in a different country. This can vary from small alteration to the title, such as the addition of The, to wholesale changes...
Honeymoon Merry-Go-Round.
Partial cast
- Claude HulbertClaude HulbertClaude Noel Hulbert was a British comic actor. He was the younger brother of Jack Hulbert. Like his brother, he was Cambridge educated and was a member of the Footlights comedy club as an undergraduate....
- Bob Bennett - Monty BanksMonty BanksMontague Banks was a comedian and film director. In the 1920s, he worked in Hollywood, starring in many silent short comedies and in the feature-length action thriller Play Safe...
- Orban - Princess Pearl - Bunny
- Sally GraySally GrayConstance Vera Browne, Baroness Oranmore and Browne , commonly known as Sally Gray, was an English movie actress of the 1930s and 1940s....
- Miss America - Tully Comber - Cosmo