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Hobsons Choice (1931 film)

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Country
  
United Kingdom

5.2/10
IMDb

Director
  
Thomas Bentley

Language
  
English

Release date
  
1931 (1931)

Based on
  
the play Hobsons Choice by Harold Brighouse

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Hobson's Choice is a 1931 British comedy drama film directed by Thomas Bentley and starring James Harcourt, Viola Lyel, Frank Pettingell and Herbert Lomas. Based on the play Hobson's Choice by Harold Brighouse, it follows the tale of a coarse bootshop owner who becomes outraged when his eldest daughter decides to marry a meek cobbler. It was produced by the leading British company of the time, British International Pictures, at their studios in Elstree.

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The film is missing from the BFI National Archive, and is listed as one of the British Film Institute's "75 Most Wanted" lost films. An earlier silent film version of the play had been released in 1920.

Cast

  • James Harcourt as Hobson
  • Viola Lyel as Maggie Hobson
  • Frank Pettingell as Will Mossop
  • Belle Chrystall as Vicky Hobson
  • Jay Laurier as Tubby Wadlow
  • Joan Maude as Alice Hobson
  • Amy Veness as Mrs. Hepworth
  • Reginald Bach as Albert Prosser
  • Basil Moss as Freddy Beenstock
  • Herbert Lomas as Jim Heeler
  • Kathleen Harrison as Ada Figgins

    • References

    Hobson's Choice (1931 film) Wikipedia
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    Hobsons Choice (1931 film) IMDb