Yes, Mr Brown
{{short description|1933 film}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2016}}
{{Use British English|date=May 2016}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Yes Mr Brown
| image = "Yes,_Mr_Brown"_(1933).jpg
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| director = Herbert Wilcox
| producer = Herbert Wilcox
| writer = Douglas Furber
| story =
| based_on = {{based on|stage musical Geschäft mit Amerika|Paul Franck and Ludwig Hirschfeld}}
| narrator =
| starring = Jack Buchanan
Hartley Power
Elsie Randolph
Margot Grahame
| music =
| cinematography =
| editing =
| studio = British & Dominions Film Corporation
| distributor = United Artists (US)
| released = {{film date|df=yes|1933|1||London}}
| runtime = 94 minutes
| country = United Kingdom
| language = English
| budget =
| gross =
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Yes, Mr Brown is a 1933 British musical comedy film directed by Herbert Wilcox and starring Jack Buchanan, Hartley Power, Elsie Randolph and Margot Grahame.{{Cite web |title=Yes, Mr Brown |url=https://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web/Details/ChoiceFilmWorks/150057042 |access-date=16 March 2025 |website=British Film Institute Collections Search}}{{cite web|url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/58795 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090114065642/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/58795 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2009-01-14 |title=Yes Mr. Brown (1933) |publisher=British Film Institute |date=2009-04-16 |access-date=2012-03-16}} It was written by Douglas Furber based on the stage musical Geschäft mit Amerika
Yes, Mr. Brown is missing from the BFI National Archive, and is listed as one of the British Film Institute's "75 Most Wanted" lost films.{{cite web |url=http://old.bfi.org.uk/nationalarchive/news/mostwanted/yes-mr-brown.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120803092838/http://old.bfi.org.uk/nationalarchive/news/mostwanted/yes-mr-brown.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-08-03 |title=Yes Mr Brown / BFI Most Wanted |publisher=British Film Institute}}
Plot
According to KIne Weekly: "Nicholas Baumann, manager of a Viennese branch of an American manufacturing concern, sets out to impress his employer, Mr Brown, who is new to the city. He arranges a dinner party, but quarrels with his wife, Clary, over her dog, and she leaves their flat in a huff. He then induces his secretary, Anne Weber, to act in Clary's stead, and the complications, worked out in a night club, lead to good fun before Nicholas' explanations are accepted by Mr Brown, and he earns a coveted partnership."{{Cite journal |date=26 January 1933 |title=Yes, Mr Brown |volume=191 |issue=1345 |pages=17 |id={{ProQuest|2339779123}} |magazine=Kine Weekly}}
Cast
- Jack Buchanan as Nicholas Baumann
- Hartley Power as Mr Brown
- Elsie Randolph as Anne Weber
- Margot Grahame as Clary Baumann
- Vera Pearce as Franzi
- Clifford Heatherley as Carlos
- David Bane as head waiter
- Muriel George as cook
Reception
Kine Weekly wrote: "Farcical comedy with music, elegantly presented and tuneful in its score. Although a trifle slow in action, the picture panders good humouredly to popular taste, and provides capital light diversion. A profitable booking through the untiring efforts and gay versatility of Jack Buchanan, whose wide popularity is of definite box office value"
According to the Idaho Falls Post Register, the film was "gay catchy...entertainment with plenty of light comedy".Idaho Falls Post Register 5 August 1934 "News of the Screen as Idaho Falls Theaters Play It" p.3
Variety wrote: "'A generous production, directed in good taste, marred occasionally by defective lighting, but not enough to interfere with the fact that it is another successful British film."{{Cite journal |date=7 February 1933 |title=Yes, Mr Brown |volume=109 |issue=9 |pages=13 |id={{ProQuest|1529026076}} |magazine=Variety}}
Other film versions
- A Bit of Love (March 1932, Germany, directed by Max Neufeld)
- Monsieur, Madame and Bibi (March 1932, France, directed by Max Neufeld and Jean Boyer)
- Two Happy Hearts (September 1932, Italy, directed by Baldassarre Negroni)
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20120803092838/http://old.bfi.org.uk/nationalarchive/news/mostwanted/yes-mr-brown.html BFI 75 Most Wanted entry], with extensive notes
- {{IMDb title|0023713}}
{{Herbert Wilcox}}
Category:1933 musical comedy films
Category:1930s English-language films
Category:British and Dominions Studios films
Category:British black-and-white films
Category:British films based on plays
Category:British musical comedy films
Category:British remakes of German films
Category:English-language musical comedy films
Category:Films directed by Herbert Wilcox
Category:Films shot at Imperial Studios, Elstree