Strangers on Honeymoon
1937 British film
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Strangers on Honeymoon (also known as Strangers on a Honeymoon and The Northing Tramp[1]) is a 1936 British comedy film directed by Albert de Courville and starring Constance Cummings, Hugh Sinclair and Noah Beery.[1] It was written by Laird Doyle, Sidney Gilliat, Julian Houston, Ralph Spence and Bryan Edgar Wallace, based on the 1926 novel The Northing Tramp by Edgar Wallace.[2]
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- Laird Doyle
- Sidney Gilliat
- Julian Houston
- Ralph Spence
- Bryan Edgar Wallace
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| Directed by | Albert de Courville |
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| Based on | novel The Northing Tramp by Edgar Wallace |
| Produced by | Haworth Bromley |
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| Cinematography | Mutz Greenbaum |
| Edited by | Cyril Randell |
| Music by | Jack Beaver |
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| Distributed by | Gaumont British Distributors |
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Running time | 66 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Plot
Young orphan October flees from an arranged marriage with Wilfred, to wed gentleman tramp Quigley for a bet. However, Quigley is secretly an English nobleman on the run for a murder he did not commit. Events escalate when a cousin of the jilted Wilfred hires a pair of hoodlums to bump off Quigley.
Cast
- Constance Cummings as October Jones
- Hugh Sinclair as Elliott Quigley
- Noah Beery as Redbeard
- Beatrix Lehmann as Elfrida Valentine
- David Burns as Lennie
- Butler Hixon as Sam Wasser
- Maurice Freeman as Uncle Elmer Crinklaw
- James Arnold as Wilfred H. Thompson, the bridegroom
- Tucker McGuire as bride
- Edmund Breon as Sir Gregory Andrews
- Skelton Knaggs
- Conway Palmer
- Percy Parsons as Minister (uncredited)[citation needed]
- Sara Allgood as housekeeper (uncredited)[citation needed]
- Edmon Ryan
Production
The film was made by Gainsborough Pictures at the Lime Grove Studios in Shepherd's Bush with sets were designed by the art director Ernö Metzner.[3]
Reception
The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "This film version of Edgar Wallace's The Northing Tramp is a curious mixture of melodrama, romance, fooling, chases and thrills which do not always blend satisfactorily. But it is put over so light-heartedly and good-humouredly that the result is pleasant and breezy, if rather naive entertainment. Constance Cummings and Hugh Sinclair enter into the spirit of the thing, and play well together. It is a little difficult to see what the Director had in mind in making so clever an artist as Beatrix Lehmann over-act her part in the way she does."[4]
Kine Weekly wrote: "An irresponsible adventure comedy melodrama, this picture frequently promotes hearty laughs, but it is a little too incongruous a mixture of rough stuff, romance and repartee to acquire the characteristics of really super entertainment. Seeing is not always believing – that's the snag. ... Constance Cummings and Hugh Sinclair make quite a good pair as October and Quigley; they avoid criticism by not taking their parts or the story too seriously; but Beatrice Lehmann grossly overacts as Elfrida, and Edmund Breon is not much better as Sir Andrew."[5]
Picturegoer wrote: "There are occasional flashes of wit and some serial-like action. Its main asset is that it is put over enthusiastically both by director and cast."[6]
Variety wrote: "An outmoded story, redeemed by an abundance of comedy and up-to-date wisecracks. ... Admirably produced and directed in American fashion, and well played by the stars."[7]