Charley's Aunt

19411941
ApprovedApproved
1h 20min

Anne Baxter, Jack Benny, Kay Francis, and Arleen Whelan in 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.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.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
Writers
- George Seaton
- Brandon Thomas(play)
Stars

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Awards
- 1 win

Anne Baxter and Arleen Whelan in Charley's Aunt (1941)

Kay Francis in Charley's Aunt (1941)

Jack Benny and Edmund Gwenn in Charley's Aunt (1941)

Jack Benny and Richard Haydn in Charley's Aunt (1941)

Anne Baxter, Jack Benny, James Ellison, Richard Haydn, and Arleen Whelan in Charley's Aunt (1941)

Jack Benny in Charley's Aunt (1941)

Laird Cregar and James Ellison in Charley's Aunt (1941)

Jack Benny and Reginald Owen in Charley's Aunt (1941)

Claud Allister and William Austin in Charley's Aunt (1941)

Jack Benny in Charley's Aunt (1941)

James Ellison and Arleen Whelan in Charley's Aunt (1941)

Jack Benny in Charley's Aunt (1941)

Babbs Babberleyas Babbs Babberley

Donna Lucia d'Alvadorezas Donna Lucia d'Alvadorez

Jack Chesneyas Jack Chesney

Amy Spettigueas Amy Spettigue

Stephen Spettigueas Stephen Spettigue

Sir Francis Chesneyas Sir Francis Chesney

Redcliffas Redcliff

Kitty Verdunas Kitty Verdun

Charley Wyckhamas Charley Wyckham

Brassetas Brasset

Harley Staffordas Harley Stafford

Messengeras Messenger

Hilary Babberlyas Hilary Babberly

C. Montague Shaw

Elderly Professoras Elderly Professor

Octogenarian Professoras Octogenarian Professor

Cricket Match Spectatoras Cricket Match Spectator

Cricket Match Spectatoras Cricket Match Spectator

Russell Burroughs

Teammateas Teammate
(uncredited)

Director
- Archie Mayo
Writers
- George Seaton
- Brandon Thomas(play)
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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. —Ed Stephan <stephan@cc.wwu.edu>

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Taglines
- THE GREATEST COMEDIAN OF OUR TIME...in Brandon Thomas' Immortal Comedy!
Genres
- Comedy
- Romance
Certificate
- Approved
Parents guide
- Add content advisory

Trivia
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."

Goofs
In all Oxbridge (Oxford and Cambridge) colleges it is a strict rule that only fellows (and their attendant guests) are allowed to walk on the grass within the college grounds. However, in the film, students and others persistently ignore this regulation.

Quotes
[first lines]
Student: Good afternoon, Mr. Redcliff.

Connections
Edited into Myra Breckinridge (1970)

Top review

Great Jack Benny

Lousy copy on CD from ebay that wouldn't play all the way through but from what I could see it looked funny. I've seen the 1930 version starring Charlie Ruggles so I already knew the story.

Jack Benny masquerades as Charley's aunt and gets involved in several scrapes while a student at Oxford. Good cast with Jack Benny in one of his best roles. Kay Francis as the real aunt. James Ellison and Richard Haydn as the school friends, Anne Baxter and Arleen Whelan as the girls. Laird Cregar and Edmund Gwenn vie for Benny's hand. Reginald Owen is a professor.

Best scene (I could see) had Cregar teasing Benny with a bottle of champagne and spilling it on a table. Benny (in old lady clothes) leaps onto the table to lick up the booze.....

Oh well.....

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3

drednm
Sep 11, 2005

Release date
- August 1, 1941 (United States)
Country of origin
- United States
Language
- English
Also known as
- Karlova tetka
Filming locations
- Stage 4, 20th Century Fox Studios - 10201 Pico Blvd., Century City, Los Angeles, California, USA
Production company
- Twentieth Century Fox
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Runtime
- 1h 20min
Color
- Black and White
Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1

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