The Good Old Days (film)
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The Good Old Days is a 1940 British
comedy film directed by Roy William Neill
and starring Max Miller, Hal Walters
and Kathleen Gibson
. A group of entertainers struggle to get permission to perform at a tavern
in 1840.
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 directed by Roy William Neill
Roy William Neill
Roy William Neill was a film director best known today for directing several of the Sherlock Holmes films starring Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce, made between 1943 and 1946 and released by Universal Studios....
and starring Max Miller, Hal Walters
Hal Walters
-Selected filmography:* The Danger Zone * Riding for Life * Mistaken Orders * Dangerous Traffic * West of the Law * Verdict of the Sea * Great Stuff * The Perfect Flaw...
and Kathleen Gibson
Kathleen Gibson
rightKathleen Gibson was a British actress, born in 1916.Though just five feet tall, she was given an audition by C. B. Cochran and became one of Cochran's Young Ladies in his show. She was later seen singing and dancing on stage and was chosen for the feminine lead in touring Company of Mr...
. A group of entertainers struggle to get permission to perform at a tavern
Tavern
A tavern is a place of business where people gather to drink alcoholic beverages and be served food, and in some cases, where travelers receive lodging....
in 1840.
Cast
- Max Miller as Alexander the Greatest
- Hal WaltersHal Walters-Selected filmography:* The Danger Zone * Riding for Life * Mistaken Orders * Dangerous Traffic * West of the Law * Verdict of the Sea * Great Stuff * The Perfect Flaw...
as Titch - Kathleen GibsonKathleen GibsonrightKathleen Gibson was a British actress, born in 1916.Though just five feet tall, she was given an audition by C. B. Cochran and became one of Cochran's Young Ladies in his show. She was later seen singing and dancing on stage and was chosen for the feminine lead in touring Company of Mr...
as Polly - H.F. MaltbyH.F. MaltbyHenry Francis Maltby was a prolific writer for the London stage and British cinema from after the First World War, until the 1950s. He also appeared in many films.-Life and career:...
as Randolph Macaulay - Martita HuntMartita HuntMartita Hunt was an English theatre and film actress.-Early life:Hunt was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina on 30 January 1900 to British parents Alfred and Marta Hunt...
as Sara Macaulay - Anthony Shaw as Lovelace
- Allan JeayesAllan JeayesAllan Jeayes was a British stage and movie actor.He starred as Howard Joyce in the original 1927 Broadway production of The Letter and played Sir Lawrence Wargarve in the 1943 London production of And Then There Were None.Jeayes made his film debut in the 1918 Nelson as Sir William Hamilton...
as Shadwell - Sam Wilkinson as Croker
- Roy EmertonRoy EmertonRoy Emerton was a British film actor.He was a sailor, cowboy, stoker, stevedore, railroader, miner, etc and served in World War I. He played in a great number of popular London stage shows, including Shakespeare as well as film work....
as Grimes - Phyllis Monkman as Mrs. Bennett
- Ian FlemingIan FlemingIan Lancaster Fleming was a British author, journalist and Naval Intelligence Officer.Fleming is best known for creating the fictional British spy James Bond and for a series of twelve novels and nine short stories about the character, one of the biggest-selling series of fictional books of...
as Lord Wakely