Old Mother Riley's Circus

{{short description|1941 film}}

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{{Use British English|date=June 2016}}

{{Infobox film

| name = Old Mother Riley's Circus

| image = "Old_Mother_Riey's_Circus"_(1941).jpg

| caption = British trade ad poster

| director = Thomas Bentley

| producer = Wallace Orton

| writer = {{ubl|Barbara K. Emary|Geoffrey Orme|Con West|Arthur Lucan}}

| narrator =

| starring = {{ubl|Arthur Lucan|Kitty McShane|John Longden|Edgar Driver}}

| music = Kennedy Russell

| cinematography = James Wilson

| editing = {{ubl|Clifford Boote|Jack Harris}}

| studio = British National Films

| distributor = Anglo-American Film Corporation

| released = {{film date|1941|2|9|df=yes}}

| runtime = 80 minutes

| country = United Kingdom

| language = English

| budget =

| gross =

}}

Old Mother Riley's Circus is a 1941 British comedy film directed by Thomas Bentley and starring Arthur Lucan, Kitty McShane and John Longden.{{cite web|url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/44899 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090114094321/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/44899 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2009-01-14 |title=BFI | Film & TV Database | OLD MOTHER RILEY'S CIRCUS (1941) |publisher=Ftvdb.bfi.org.uk |date=2009-04-16 |access-date=2014-02-22}} Old Mother Riley takes over a struggling circus and makes a huge success of it.{{cite web|url=http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b6b203a6f |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120712004542/http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b6b203a6f |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-07-12 |title=Old Mother Riley's Circus | BFI | BFI |publisher=Explore.bfi.org.uk |access-date=2014-02-22}} The trade ad poster proclaims, "A LAUGH - A YELL - A ROAR - A LUCANQUAKE!" The film was made at the Rock Studios in Elstree by British National Films. It was the final film by Bentley, who had been a leading British director during the silent era and early sound era.