The Happy Family | |
Director: | Maclean Rogers |
Producer: | Herbert Smith |
Screenplay: | Maclean Rogers |
Story: | Max Catto |
Starring: | Hugh Williams Leonora Corbett |
Cinematography: | George Stretton |
Studio: | British Lion Film Corporation |
Distributor: | British Lion Film Corporation |
Runtime: | 67 minutes |
Country: | Great Britain |
Language: | English |
The Happy Family is a 1936 British comedy film directed by Maclean Rogers and starring Hugh Williams, Leonora Corbett and Max Adrian.[1] It was shot at Beaconsfield Studios outside London. The film's sets were designed by the art director Norman G. Arnold. The film was based on the West End play French Salad by Max Catto.
The plot concerns a mother and father who, in order to shock their extended family out of their idle, spendthrift ways, pretend to have lost all their money.