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Charley's Aunt (1941)In 1890, two students at Oxford force their rascally friend and fellow student to pose as an aunt from Brazil--where the nuts come from. Director:Archie Mayo |
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Cast
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Reginald Owen | ... |
Redcliff
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Arleen Whelan | ... | |
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Ernest Cossart | ... | |
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Morton Lowry | ... |
Harley Stafford
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Will Stanton | ... |
Messenger
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Lionel Pape | ... |
Hilary Babberly
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C. Montague Shaw | ... |
Elderly Professor
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Maurice Cass | ... |
Octogenarian Professor
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Storyline
Charley Wyckham and Jack Chesney pressure fellow student Fancourt Babberly to pose as Charley's Brazilian Aunt Donna Lucia. Their purpose is to have a chaperone for their amorous visits with Amy and Kitty, niece and ward of crusty Stephen Spettigue. Complications begin when Fancourt, in drag, becomes the love object of old Spettigue and Sir Francis Chesney. Written by Ed Stephan <stephan@cc.wwu.edu>
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
(USA) See more »Also Known As:
Charley's American Aunt See more »Filming Locations:
Stage 4, 20th Century Fox Studios - 10201 Pico Blvd., Century City, Los Angeles, California, USACompany Credits
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Mono (Western Electric Recording)Color:
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1.37 : 1
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Somewhat a landmark film for 20th Century-Fox, as it was the first film they offered the exhibitors under the recently-established terms of the consent decree, conditions that no longer allowed a film studio or company to force the exhibitors to book a large block of films from the same company in order to get any film from that company in a production season. They could still require the exhibitor to make bookings in blocks of five, and "Charley's Aunt" was the first of the five offered. The other four could have been turkeys, but they had to be booked in order to get "Charley's Aunt." See more »
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