Laughter in paradise [videorecording]
2020
DVDs and BluRay
1950s British comedy. When it's time for the reading of Henry Russell (Hugh Griffith)'s will, his relatives gather in eager anticipation of the wealth that could be theirs. But they are surprised to discover that their inheritance is conditional upon them each performing a certain humiliating task. Snobbish Agnes (Fay Compton) must take work as a domestic servant, timid bank clerk Herbert (George Cole) must become a bank robber, pillar-of-the-community Deniston (Alastair Sim) must get sent to prison, and playboy Simon (Guy Middleton) must get married. Will the lure of money be enough for the relatives to go against type?
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Main title:
Laughter in paradise [videorecording] / producer, Mario Zampi.
Author:
Zampi, Mario, directorBlack, Stanley, musicSim, Alastair, 1900-1976, actorCompton, Fay, actorCole, George, 1925-2015, actor
Work:
Imprint:
StudioCanal, 2020.
Collation:
1 videodisc (93 min.) : b&w.
Notes:
Extras to be confirmed, Region 2, 1 disc(s), Interactive menus, Languages (English), Interviews (Stephen Fry (actor)), Image gallery, Ministry of Information short 'Nero: Save Fuel' (1943), Alastair Sim's Rectorial Address at Edinburgh University (1949).Made in 1951.Credits: director, Mario Zampi; writer, Michael Pertwee; writer, Jack Davies; music, Stanley Black.DVDN.Credits: director, Mario Zampi; writer, Michael Pertwee; writer, Jack Davies; music, Stanley Black; cinematographer, William McLeod.
Performers:
Cast: Cast: Alastair Sim, Fay Compton, George Cole, Joyce Grenfell, Guy Middleton, Hugh Griffith, John Laurie, Ronald Adam, Leslie Dwyer, A. E. Matthews, Audrey Hepburn.
Audience:
BBFC code: U.
System details:
DVD.
Dewey class:
791.437
Language:
English
BRN:
2996230