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Rookery Nook (film)
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Wikipedia article
'Rookery Nook' is a 1930 film farce, directed by Tom Walls, with a script by Ben Travers. It is a screen adaptation of the original 1926 Aldwych farce of the same title. The film was known in the U.S. as 'One Embarrassing Night'.
The film was very successful at the box office and led to a series of filmed farces.
Synopsis
Rhoda Marley seeks refuge overnight from a tyrannical stepfather in the house of Gerald Popkiss. He is alone there, as his wife is away; fearing a scandal he attempts to conceal Rhoda's presence from nosy domestic staff and his in-laws, with the help of his cousin Clive. Eventually all is explained, Gerald and his wife are reconciled, and Clive pairs off with Rhoda.
Cast
*Gerald Popkiss Ralph Lynn*
*Clive Popkiss Tom Walls*
*Rhoda Marley Winifred Shotter*
*Mrs Leverett Mary Brough*
*Harold Twine Robertson Hare*
*Gertrude Twine Ethel Coleridge*
*Putz Griffith Humphreys*
*Poppy Dickey Doreen Bendix
*Clara Popkiss Margot Grahame
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Cast members marked * were the creators of the roles in the original stage production."Aldwych Theatre Rookery Nook", 'The Times', 1 July 1926, p. 14.
Production
The film was one of a very small number of productions made by Herbert Wilcox's British and Dominions Film Corporation in association with His Master's Voice ("The Gramophone Company", later EMI). The film used the cast of the original stage production. HMV terminated its association with British & Dominions in 1931 out of concern that the company's participation in producing comedy films such as 'Rookery Nook' and 'Splinters' would demean its corporate image, of which it was very protective during the early days of the Great Depression.
Reception
'Rookery Nook' was voted the best British movie of 1930.[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article83406463 "Sunshine Susie"], 'The Daily News,' 19 August 1933, p. 19
According to one report, it was the most popular British film in Britain over the previous five years.
Notes
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