Those Were the Days
6.2
A farce based on Arthur Wing Pinero's play 'The Magistrate' in which the son (John Mills) of a stern magistrate (Will Hay) visits a music hall against the wishes of his father. In true farcical style, the magistrate too ends up at the music hall, and before long all the characters are trying not to avoid each other... Mainly notable (a) because of its depiction of the music hall as seen by a generation which knew it intimately (b) because of its use of music hall acts of the time and (c) because it gave Will Hay his first film role.
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Will Hay
Magistrate Brutus Poskett
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Iris Hoey
Agatha Poskett
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Angela Baddeley
Charlotte Verrinder
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Claud Allister
Capt. Horace Vale
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George Graves
Col. Alexander Lukyn
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John Mills
Bobby Poskett
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Gandhi
Jane Carr
Minnie Taylor
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Marguerite Allan
Eve Douglas
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H.F. Maltby
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Laurence Hanray
Wormington
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Syd Crossley
Wyke
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Wally Patch
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Thomas Bentley Director
First release April 2, 1934 · Produced in United Kingdom
Production
British International Pictures
Production
United Kingdom
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Original language
English
Release dates
United Kingdom · April 2, 1934
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No release date listed for United States.
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