Second Best Bed

1938 British film
  • Tom Walls
  • Jane Baxter
  • Veronica Rose
CinematographyJack E. CoxEdited byLynn HarrisonMusic byVan Phillips
Production
company
Capitol Film Corporation
Distributed byGeneral Film Distributors
Release date
January 1938
Running time
74 minutesCountryUnited KingdomLanguageEnglish

Second Best Bed is a 1938 British comedy film directed by Tom Walls and starring Walls, Jane Baxter and Veronica Rose.[1] The screenplay is by Ben Travers, based on an earlier story of his. Walls and Travers had worked together on the Aldwych farces. The screenplay concerns a newly married couple who soon run into domestic difficulties when the wife refuses to obey her husband's every order.[2]

It was an independent production made at Shepperton Studios. The film's sets were designed by the art director Walter Murton.

Main cast

References

  1. ^ BFI.org
  2. ^ Lanier, Douglas (2006). "Film Spin-offs and Citations: On the Virtues of Illegitimacy". In Burt, Richard (ed.). Shakespeares After Shakespeare: An Encyclopedia of the Bard in Mass Media and Popular Culture. Vol. One. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. p. 307. ISBN 9780313331169.

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