Mixed Doubles (1933 film)
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| director = Sidney Morgan
| producer = Herbert Wilcox
| writer = {{ubl|Joan Morgan|Frank Stayton (play)}}
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| starring = {{ubl|Jeanne De Casalis|Frederick Lloyd|Cyril Raymond}}
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| studio = British and Dominions
| distributor = Paramount British Pictures
| released = {{Film date|1933|09|}}
| runtime = 69 minutes
| country = United Kingdom
| language = English
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Mixed Doubles is a 1933 British comedy film directed by Sidney Morgan and starring Jeanne De Casalis, Frederick Lloyd and Cyril Rymond.It was shot at British and Dominions Elstree Studios as a quota quickie for release by Paramount Pictures.Chibnall p.274 The film revolves around "[r]omantic complications in two marriages".{{Cite book |last=Chibnall |first=Steve |url=https://www.google.pt/books/edition/Quota_Quickies/Izr8DwAAQBAJ?hl=fr&gbpv=1&dq=Mixed+Doubles+is+a+1933+British+comedy+film+directed+by+Sidney+Morgan&pg=PA274&printsec=frontcover |title=Quota Quickies |date=2019-07-25 |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing |isbn=978-1-83871-771-1 |language=en}}{{Cite book |last=Gifford |first=Denis |url=https://www.google.pt/books/edition/British_Film_Catalogue/1c7eCwAAQBAJ?hl=fr&gbpv=1&dq=Mixed+Doubles+is+a+1933+British+comedy+film+directed+by+Sidney+Morgan&pg=PA394&printsec=frontcover |title=British Film Catalogue: Two Volume Set - The Fiction Film/The Non-Fiction Film |date=2016-04-01 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-317-74063-6 |language=en}}
It adapts the 1925 play of the same name by Frank Stayton.{{Cite book |last=Goble |first=Alan |url=https://www.google.pt/books/edition/The_Complete_Index_to_Literary_Sources_i/Yyqc0Qa6b60C?hl=fr&gbpv=1&dq=Mixed+Doubles+is+a+1933+British+comedy+film+directed+by+Sidney+Morgan&pg=PA439&printsec=frontcover |title=The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film |date=2011-09-08 |publisher=Walter de Gruyter |isbn=978-3-11-095194-3 |language=en}}
Cast
- Jeanne De Casalis as Betty Irvine
- Frederick Lloyd as Sir John Doyle
- Molly Johnson as Lady Audrey
- Cyril Raymond as Reggie Irving
- Atholl Fleming as Ian MacConochie
- Rani Waller as Rose MacConochie
- Quinton McPherson as Reverend Arthur Escott
- George McLeod as Consul
- George Bellamy as Barrett
References
Bibliography
- Chibnall, Steve. Quota Quickies: The Birth of the British 'B' Film. British Film Institute, 2007.
- Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
- Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.
External links
- {{IMDb title|0151601}}
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Category:Films shot at Imperial Studios, Elstree
Category:Paramount Pictures films
Category:Films directed by Sidney Morgan
Category:British black-and-white films
Category:1930s English-language films
Category:English-language comedy films
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