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Charley's Aunt is a american film directed by Al Christie released in USA on 25 december 1930 with Charles Ruggles

Charley's Aunt (1930)

Charley's Aunt
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Released in USA 25 december 1930
Length 1h28
Directed by
OriginUSA
Rating57% 2.862352.862352.862352.862352.86235

Charley's Aunt is a 1930 American comedy film directed by Al Christie and starring Charles Ruggles, June Collyer and Hugh Williams. It was an adaptation of the play Charlie's Aunt by Brandon Thomas. It marked the film debut of Williams, who then returned to Britain and became a major star.



^ http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/165937

^ Sweet p.90

^ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: Charley's Aunt

Actors

Charles Ruggles

(Fancourt Babberley)June Collyer

(Amy Spettigue)Doris Lloyd

(Donna Lucia D'Alvadorez)Halliwell Hobbes

(Stephen Spettigue)Hugh Williams

(Charlie Wykeham)
And :
Phillips Smalley
Wilson Benge
Robert Bolder
Edgar Norton
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