Those Were the Days

Those Were the Days

1934 · 80 min · ★ 8.3 · Music, Comedy

A farce based on Arthur Wing Pinero's play 'The Magistrate' in which the son (John Mills) of a stern magistrate (Will Hay) visits a music hall against the wishes of his father. In true farcical style, the magistrate too ends up at the music hall, and before long all the characters are trying not to avoid each other... Mainly notable (a) because of its depiction of the music hall as seen by a generation which knew it intimately (b) because of its use of music hall acts of the time and (c) because it gave Will Hay his first film role.

Directed by Thomas Bentley

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Will Hay Magistrate Brutus Poskett
Iris Hoey Agatha Poskett
Angela Baddeley Charlotte Verrinder
Claud Allister Capt. Horace Vale
George Graves Col. Alexander Lukyn
John Mills Bobby Poskett
Jane Carr Minnie Taylor
Marguerite Allan Eve Douglas
H.F. Maltby Mr. Bullamy
Laurence Hanray Wormington
Syd Crossley Wyke
Wally Patch Inspector Briggs

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