Almost a Honeymoon (1938 film)

Almost a Honeymoon is a 1938 British comedy film directed by Norman Lee and starring Tommy Trinder, Linden Travers and Edmund Breon.[1] It was based on the 1930 play Almost a Honeymoon by Walter Ellis, previously filmed in 1930.[2] Its plot is about a young man who urgently needs to find a wife so that he can get a lucrative job in the colonial service, and sets out to persuade a woman to marry him.

Almost a Honeymoon
Directed byNorman Lee
Written byWalter Ellis (play)
Kenneth Horne
Ralph Neale
Produced byWarwick Ward
StarringTommy Trinder
Linden Travers
Edmund Breon
Frederick Burtwell
CinematographyBryan Langley
Edited byTed Richards
Music byJohn Reynders
Production
company
Welwyn Studios
Distributed byAssociated British
Release date
21 April 1938
Running time
80 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

It was shot at the Welwyn Studios of Associated British outside London. The film's sets were designed by the art director Duncan Sutherland.

Cast

Critical reception

Allmovie wrote, "nothing really happens (this is a 1938 film), but you can't censor the gleam in the supporting characters' eyes."[3]

References
  1. "Almost a Honeymoon (1938)". BFI. Archived from the original on 22 October 2012. Retrieved 11 March 2011.
  2. "Almost A Honeymoon (1938) - Overview - TCM.com". Turner Classic Movies.
  3. Hal Erickson. "Almost a Honeymoon (1938) - Norman Lee - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related - AllMovie". AllMovie.


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