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Hobson's Choice is a British film of genre Drama directed by Thomas Bentley with Viola Lyel

Hobson's Choice (1931)

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Genres Drama,    Comedy,    Romance
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Hobson's Choice is a 1931 British comedy drama film directed by Thomas Bentley and starring James Harcourt, Viola Lyel, Frank Pettingell and Herbert Lomas. It follows a coarse bootshop owner who becomes outraged when his eldest daughter decides to marry a meek cobbler. It is based on the play Hobson's Choice by Harold Brighouse, previously filmed in 1920. It was produced by the leading British company of the time, British International Pictures, at their Elstree Studios.

The film is currently missing from the BFI National Archive, and is listed as one of the British Film Institute's "75 Most Wanted" lost films.

Actors

Viola Lyel

(Maggie Hobson)Frank Pettingell

(Will Mossup)Belle Chrystall

(Vicky Hobson)Joan Maude

(Alice Hobson)Amy Veness

(Mrs. Hepworth)
And :
Herbert Lomas
Kathleen Harrison
Marie Ault
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