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
- Anna Neagle as Pat
- Tullio Carminati as Toni
- Leslie Banks as Mac
- Arthur Finn as Hiram K. Winston
- Olive Blakeney as Mrs Winston
- Miki Hood as Valentine
- Anthony Ireland as Val
- Nicolas Koline as Niki
- Gaston Palmer as Juggler
- Leonard Snelling as Prodigy
- Winifred Oughton as Prodigy's Mother
- Beatrix Fielden-Kaye as Madame Thomas
- Laurence Hanray as Thomas
- Tarva Penna as Doctor
- Vincent Holman as Cafe Proprietor
- Henry Caine as Stage Manager
- Horace Hodges as Mike
Other film versions
- {{ill|Variétés (film)|fr|3=Variétés (film, 1935)|lt=Variétés}} (1935) with Jean Gabin and Annabella
- Variety (1935) with Hans Albers and Annabella
References
Bibliography
- Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
- Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927–1939. British Film Institute, 1986.
External links
- {{IMDb title|0028370}}
{{Herbert Wilcox}}
Category:1930s English-language films
Category:Films directed by Herbert Wilcox
Category:Films with screenplays by Herman J. Mankiewicz
Category:British remakes of French films
Category:British remakes of German films
Category:British black-and-white films
Category:Films shot at Imperial Studios, Elstree
Category:English-language drama films
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