Is Your Honeymoon Really Necessary
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Music director William Trytel Duration Language English | 5.6/10 IMDb Genre Comedy Country United Kingdom | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date September 22, 1953 (1953-09-22) Initial release September 22, 1953 (London) Cast (Candy Markham), (Frank Betterton), (Hank Hanlon), (Commander Laurie Vining), (Gillian Vining) Similar movies Related Maurice Elvey movies | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
A US pilots honeymoon is ruined by the appearance of his first wife, who insists they are still married.
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Is Your Honeymoon Really Necessary? is a 1953 British comedy film directed by Maurice Elvey. The film was based on Vivian Tidmarshs play by the same name.
Based on a 1944 West End stage success with Ralph Lynn, this is a classic bedroom farce for those who like them that way its theatrical origins acknowledged in the credits and clearly apparent when most of the action takes place with characters popping in and out of a single-room set enlivened by a sex-pot performance by Diana Dors as blackmailing first wife Candy.
Plot
When US Navy airman Commander Laurie Vining takes up his new posting in London with his new wife Gillian he has no idea that his first wife Candy Markham will turn up and threaten his martial bliss by claiming they are still married. Faithful confidant Hank Hanlon continually stirs things up and tries to keep order. Other lives that are changed forever by the intervention include lawyer Frank Betterton.
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Production
This light comedy romp with screenplay by Talbot Rothwell (who went on to write 20 Carry On films) attracted an “A� certification in 1953.
The play was still being presented in London’s West End starring Brian Rix in the mid 1960s.
References
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