Strangers on Honeymoon
Strangers on Honeymoon is a 1936 British comedy film directed by Albert de Courville and starring Constance Cummings, Hugh Sinclair and Noah Beery, based on the 1926 novel The Northing Tramp by Edgar Wallace.[1] Much of the film takes place in Canada. It was made by Gainsborough Pictures at the Lime Grove Studios in Shepherd's Bush. The film's sets were designed by the art director Ernö Metzner.[2] Wallace's son (Bryan Edgar Wallace) also contributed to the film's screenplay, along with 5 other writers.[3]
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Directed by | Albert de Courville |
Produced by | Haworth Bromley |
Written by | Laird Doyle Sidney Gilliat Julian Houston Ralph Spence Bryan Edgar Wallace |
Based on | novel The Northing Tramp by Edgar Wallace |
Starring | Constance Cummings Hugh Sinclair Noah Beery Beatrix Lehmann |
Music by | Jack Beaver |
Cinematography | Mutz Greenbaum |
Edited by | Cyril Randell |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Gaumont British Distributors |
Release date | 18 January 1937 |
Running time | 66 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Plot
Young orphan October (Constance Cummings) flees from an arranged marriage with Wilfred (James Arnold), to wed gentleman tramp Quigley (Hugh Sinclair) 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 (Noah Beery & David Burns) 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)
- Sara Allgood as Housekeeper (uncredited)
- Edmon Ryan
References
Bibliography
- Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
- Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.