After Office Hours (1932 film)
{{Short description|1932 British film by Thomas Bentley}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = After Office Hours
| image = "After_Office_Hours"_(1932).jpg
| caption =
| director = Thomas Bentley
| producer =
| writer = Thomas Bentley
Frank Launder
| screenplay =
| story =
| based_on = {{based on|London Wall
1931 play|John Van Druten}}
| starring = Frank Lawton
Heather Angel
Viola Lyel
Garry Marsh
| music = John Greenwood
| cinematography = Ernest Palmer
| editing = John Neill Brown
| studio = British International Pictures
| distributor = Wardour Films
| released = {{film date|1932|06|30|London|1932|10|24|df=y|United Kingdom}}
| runtime = 78 minutes
| country = United Kingdom
| language = English
| budget =
| gross =
}}
After Office Hours is a 1932 British romantic drama film directed by Thomas Bentley and starring Frank Lawton, Viola Lyel and Garry Marsh.[https://web.archive.org/web/20090115033905/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/25340 BFI.org]
The film was based on the 1931 play London Wall by John Van Druten with several of the cast reprising their roles from the original stage production. The film was produced by the British film studio British International Pictures at their Elstree Studios.{{Cite web |url=http://www.britmovie.co.uk/studios/Elstree-Studios |title=Elstree Studios |access-date=27 December 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150122133821/http://www.britmovie.co.uk/studios/Elstree-Studios |archive-date=22 January 2015 |url-status=dead }}
Plot
Office romance, in which Hec is in love with secretary Pat, and fellow secretary Miss Janus, older and wiser, takes it upon herself to concoct a plan to help him receive the empty-headed Pat's affections.{{Cite web|url=http://www.allmovie.com/movie/after-office-hours-v83280|title = After Office Hours (1932) - Thomas Bentley | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie}}
Cast
- Frank Lawton as Hec
- Heather Angel as Pat
- Viola Lyel as Miss Janus
- Garry Marsh as Brewer
- Eileen Peel as Miss Bufton
- Frank Royde as Mr. Walker
- Katie Johnson as Miss Wilesden
- Nadine March as Miss Hooper
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|0165079|After Office Hours}}
- {{TCMDb title|id=66878}}
{{Thomas Bentley}}
{{Launder and Gilliat}}
Category:Films shot at British International Pictures Studios
Category:1930s English-language films
Category:Films directed by Thomas Bentley
Category:1932 romantic drama films
Category:British films based on plays
Category:British black-and-white films
Category:British romantic drama films
Category:Films scored by John D. H. Greenwood
Category:English-language romantic drama films
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