Old Spanish Customers is a 1932 British comedy film directed by Lupino Lane and starring Leslie Fuller, Binnie Barnes and Drusilla Wills.[2] It was also known as Toreadors Don't Care. Val Guest has a small role; he later called the film "a terrible thing".[3]
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| Directed by | Lupino Lane |
| Written by | Scenario: Syd Courtenay Frank Launder Edwin Greenwood |
| Based on | story by Syd Courtenay & Lola Harvey |
| Produced by | John Maxwell |
| Starring | Leslie Fuller Drusilla Wills Binnie Barnes |
| Cinematography | Walter Harvey Stanley Rodwell |
| Edited by | E.B. Jarvis |
| Music by | Musical direction: Idris Lewis |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Wardour Films (UK) |
Release date |
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Running time | 67 minutes[1] |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Plot
editBritish couple Bill and Martha (Leslie Fuller and Drusilla Wills) win a trip to Spain and enjoy a series of adventures, with henpecked Bill mistaken for a famous toreador and ending up in a bullfight.
Cast
edit- Leslie Fuller as Bill Smithers
- Drusilla Wills as Martha Smithers
- Binnie Barnes as Carmen
- Wallace Lupino as Pedro
- Hal Gordon as Manuelito
- Ernest Sefton as Tormitio
- Hal Walters as Dancing partner
- Betty Fields
Critical reception
editTV Guide noted "A formula plot which delivers predictable results," and gave the film two out of five stars[4]
References
edit- ^ "BRITISH COMEDIES OF THE 1930S VOLUME 6 - British Board of Film Classification". www.bbfc.co.uk.
- ^ BFI.org
- ^ Fowler, Roy (1988). "Interview with Val Guest". British Entertainment History Project.
- ^ "Old Spanish Customers". TVGuide.com.
Bibliography
edit- Sutton, David R. A chorus of raspberries: British film comedy 1929-1939. University of Exeter Press, 2000.
External links
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