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.
Credits
Those Were the Days Cast
| Name |
Character |
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John Mills
He was 26, 97 years old when he died
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as Bobby Poskett |
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Claud Allister
He was 45, 81 years old when he died
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as Capt. Horace Vale |
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Laurence Hanray
He was 59, 73 years old when he died
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as Wormington |
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Will Hay
He was 45, 60 years old when he died
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as Magistrate Brutus Poskett |
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Iris Hoey
She was 48, 93 years old when she died
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as Agatha Poskett |
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Angela Baddeley
She was 29, 71 years old when she died
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as Charlotte Verrinder |
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Wally Patch
He was 45, 82 years old when he died
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as Inspector Briggs |
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H. F. Maltby
He was 53, 82 years old when he died
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as Mr. Bullamy |
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Syd Crossley
He was 48, 74 years old when he died
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as Wyke |
Those Were the Days Crew
| Name |
Department |
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Thomas Bentley as Director. He was 54 (70) years old when He died
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Directing |
