The Improper Duchess

1936 British film

James B. Fagan (play)
Vernon Harris
Harry Hughes

Produced byMaurice BrowneStarring

Yvonne Arnaud
Hugh Wakefield
Wilfrid Caithness

CinematographyRonald NeameEdited byTed RichardsMusic byEric Spear

Production
company

City Film Corporation

Distributed byGeneral Film Distributors

Release date

17 January 1936 (1936-01-17)

Running time

80 minutesCountryUnited KingdomLanguageEnglish

The Improper Duchess is a 1936 British comedy film directed by Harry Hughes and starring Yvonne Arnaud, Hugh Wakefield and Wilfrid Caithness.^[1] The film is based on the 1931 play of the same name by J. B. Fagan in which Arnaud had starred.

It was shot at Elstree Studios.^[2] The film's sets were designed by the art director David Rawnsley. It was made by the independent City Film Corporation, and released by the newly established General Film Distributors.

Cast

Yvonne Arnaud as Duchess of Tann
Hugh Wakefield as King of Poldavia
Wilfrid Caithness as Reverend Adam McAdam
Arthur Finn as Senator Corcoran
Gerald Barry as Baron Kamp
Finlay Currie as Milton Lee
James Carew as Montgomery Curtis
Annie Esmond as Baroness Kamp
Felix Aylmer as Count Seidel
Honorine Catto as Miss Cutting
Andreas Malandrinos as Garcia
Davis Smith-Dorrien as Captain Olven
Cynthia Stock as Gunning
Ben Welden as Macabe

References

^ "The Improper Duchess (1936)". BFI. Archived from the original on 10 March 2017.
^ Wood p.86

Bibliography

Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.

External links

The Improper Duchess at IMDb

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Films directed by Harry Hughes

Virginia's Husband (1928)
The Hellcat (1928)
Troublesome Wives (1928)
A Daughter in Revolt (1928)
Little Miss London (1929)
Glamour (1931)
The Man at Six (1931)
His Wife's Mother (1932)
Bachelor's Baby (1932)
Their Night Out (1933)
Facing the Music (1933)
A Southern Maid (1933)
Womanhood (1934)
The Broken Rosary (1934)
Song at Eventide (1934)
Barnacle Bill (1935)
Joy Ride (1935)
Play Up the Band (1935)
The Improper Duchess (1936)
Tropical Trouble (1936)
The Gables Mystery (1938)
Mountains O'Mourne (1938)
The Voyage of Peter Joe (1946)

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