What Every Woman Wants (1954 film)
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What Every Woman Wants is a 1954 British
comedy film
directed by Maurice Elvey
and starring William Sylvester
, Elsie Albiin
and Brenda De Banzie
. It was based on a play Relations Are Best Apart by Edwin Lewis
. A large extended family gather together in a small overcrowded house in the English Midlands.
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 Maurice Elvey
Maurice Elvey
Maurice Elvey was the most prolific film director in British history. He directed nearly 200 films between 1913 and 1957. During the silent film era he directed as many as twenty films per year....
and starring William Sylvester
William Sylvester
William Sylvester was an American television and film actor. His most famous film credit was Dr. Heywood Floyd in Stanley Kubrick's 2001 A Space Odyssey...
, Elsie Albiin
Elsie Albiin
Elsie Albiin was a Swedish actress.She was born in Helsingborg. She appeared in several films, including 1953's Intimate Relations. She was a widow for the last eleven years of her life, and lived in Lyngby. She died in April 2009.-External links:...
and Brenda De Banzie
Brenda De Banzie
Brenda D. M. De Banzie was a British actress of stage and screen.She was the daughter of Edward De Banzie and his second wife Dorothy, whom he married in 1908. In 1911, the family lived in Salford....
. It was based on a play Relations Are Best Apart by Edwin Lewis
Edwin Lewis
Edwin Lewis was an American Methodist theologian primarily associated with Drew University in New Jersey.Born in Great Britain, Lewis traveled to Canada as a missionary before continuing his education in the United States...
. A large extended family gather together in a small overcrowded house in the English Midlands.
Cast
- William SylvesterWilliam SylvesterWilliam Sylvester was an American television and film actor. His most famous film credit was Dr. Heywood Floyd in Stanley Kubrick's 2001 A Space Odyssey...
- Jim Barnes - Elsie AlbiinElsie AlbiinElsie Albiin was a Swedish actress.She was born in Helsingborg. She appeared in several films, including 1953's Intimate Relations. She was a widow for the last eleven years of her life, and lived in Lyngby. She died in April 2009.-External links:...
- Jane - Brenda De BanzieBrenda De BanzieBrenda D. M. De Banzie was a British actress of stage and screen.She was the daughter of Edward De Banzie and his second wife Dorothy, whom he married in 1908. In 1911, the family lived in Salford....
- Sarah - Patric DoonanPatric DoonanPatric Doonan was a British stage and screen actor. He featured in films of the time as The Blue Lamp, Train of Events and The Cockleshell Heroes but never played the leads...
- Mark - Dominic RocheDominic Roche-Selected filmography:* My Wife's Lodger * What Every Woman Wants * The Quare Fellow * Paddy...
- Bill - Joan HicksonJoan HicksonJoan Hickson OBE was an English actress of theatre, film and television, famed for playing Agatha Christie's Miss Marple in the television series Miss Marple.- Wivenhoe :...
- Polly Ann - Brian Rix - Herbert
- Joan SimsJoan SimsJoan Sims was an English actress best remembered for her roles in the Carry On films, and latterly for playing Madge Hardcastle in As Time Goes By.-Early life:...
- Doll - Beckett BouldBeckett Bould-Selected filmography:* Holiday's End * South Riding * Old Mother Riley's Circus * The Day Will Dawn * Anna Karenina * Portrait of Clare * Pool of London * What Every Woman Wants...
- Tom - Prunella ScalesPrunella ScalesPrunella Scales CBE is an English actress, known for her role as Basil Fawlty's long-suffering wife in the British comedy Fawlty Towers and her award-nominated role as Queen Elizabeth II in the British film A Question of Attribution.-Career:Throughout her long career, Scales has usually been cast...
- Mary - Douglas Ives - Sam
- Edwin RichfieldEdwin RichfieldEdwin Richfield was an English actor.His film credits include: X the Unknown, Quatermass 2, The Camp on Blood Island, The Face of Fu Manchu and Quatermass and the Pit....
- Frank