Three Maxims

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{{Infobox film

| name = Three Maxims

| image = "Three_Maxims"_(1936).jpg

| caption = Australian newspaper ad

| director = Herbert Wilcox

| producer = Herbert Wilcox

| writer = Nicolas Farkas
Anthony Kimmins
Herman J. Mankiewicz
Austin Melford
E.G. Valentine

| starring = Anna Neagle
Tullio Carminati
Leslie Banks
Arthur Finn

| music = Geraldo

| cinematography = Jan Stallich
Freddie Young

| editing =

| studio = Herbert Wilcox Productions

| distributor = General Film Distributors

| released = {{Film date|1936|06}}

| runtime = 70 minutes

| country = United Kingdom

| language = English

| budget =

| gross =

}}

Three Maxims is a 1936 British drama film directed by Herbert Wilcox and starring Anna Neagle, Tullio Carminati and Leslie Banks. It was released in the United States under the alternative title The Show Goes On.{{Cite web|url=http://www.allmovie.com/movie/three-maxims-v113557|title = The Three Maxims (1937) - Herbert Wilcox | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie}} Separate French and German language versions were filmed 1935 in Paris.{{cite web|url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/54235|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090114015338/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/54235|url-status=dead|archive-date=14 January 2009|title=The Three Maxims (1936)|publisher=British Film Institute|accessdate=11 September 2015}} The film's sets were designed by Wilcox's regular art director Lawrence P. Williams.

Premise

A love triangle causes major disruption to the harmony of a trapeze act.

Cast

Other film versions

References

Bibliography

  • Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
  • Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927–1939. British Film Institute, 1986.