Who's Your Lady Friend?

Who's Your Lady Friend? is a 1937 British comedy film directed by Carol Reed and starring Frances Day, Vic Oliver and Betty Stockfeld.[1] The secretary of a beauty specialist accidentally brings the wrong person back from the railway station, triggering a series of confusions. It was based on a comedy play by Bela Jenbach and Rudolf Österreicher, which had previously been made into an Austrian film The Gentleman Without a Residence three years earlier. It was an independent production made at Ealing Studios.[2] The film's sets were designed by the art director Erwin Scharf.

Who's Your Lady Friend?
Directed byCarol Reed
Written byBela Jenbach (play)
Rudolf Österreicher (play)
Julius Horst
Anthony Kimmins
Produced byMartin Sabine
StarringFrances Day
Vic Oliver
Betty Stockfeld
CinematographyJan Stallich
Philip Tannura
Edited byErnest Aldridge
Music byRobert Stolz
Production
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Dorian Films
Distributed byAssociated British Film Distributors (UK)
Release date
  • 27 December 1937 (1937-12-27) (UK)
Running time
73 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Cast

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Production

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It was an early role for Margaret Lockwood and the second of several collaborations with Carol Reed.

Critical reception

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TV Guide called the film a "Cute farce and one of the many British programmers Reed directed before moving up to bigger features."[3]

References

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  1. ^ BFI.org
  2. ^ Wood p.97
  3. ^ "Who's Your Lady Friend?". TVGuide.com.

Bibliography

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  • Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927–1939. British Film Institute, 1986.
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