Housemaster (film)
1938 British film
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Housemaster is a 1938 British comedy drama film directed by Herbert Brenon and starring Otto Kruger, Diana Churchill and Phillips Holmes.[1] It was made by ABPC at its Elstree Studios.[2] It was based on the 1936 play of the same name by Ian Hay.[3]
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Directed byHerbert Brenon
Written byIan Hay (play)
Dudley Leslie
Elizabeth Meehan
Dudley Leslie
Elizabeth Meehan
Produced byWalter C. Mycroft
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| Directed by | Herbert Brenon |
| Written by | Ian Hay (play) Dudley Leslie Elizabeth Meehan |
| Produced by | Walter C. Mycroft |
| Starring | Otto Kruger Diana Churchill Phillips Holmes Joyce Barbour |
| Cinematography | Otto Kanturek |
| Edited by | Flora Newton |
| Music by | Harry Acres |
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| Distributed by | Associated British Film Distributors |
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Running time | 100 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Plot
When three young women come to stay at an elite public school, they cause disruption amongst the male students and teachers.
Cast
- Otto Kruger as Charles Donkin
- Diana Churchill as Rosemary Faringdon
- Phillips Holmes as Philip de Pourville
- Joyce Barbour as Barbara Fane
- Rene Ray as Chris Faringdon
- Kynaston Reeves as The Rev. Edmund Ovington
- Walter Hudd as Frank Hastings
- Michael Shepley as Victor Beamish
- John Wood as Flossie Nightingale
- Cecil Parker as Sir Berkely Nightingale
- Henry Hepworth as Bimbo Faringdon
- Rosamund Barnes as Button Faringdon
- Laurence Kitchin as Crump
- Jimmy Hanley as Travers
Reception
Kinematograph Weekly reported the film did well at the British box office in August 1938.[4]
