A Cup of Kindness (film)

A Cup of Kindness
Directed byTom Walls
Written byBen Travers
Based onA Cup of Kindness, original stage version
Produced byMichael Balcon
StarringTom Walls
Ralph Lynn
Robertson Hare
Dorothy Hyson
CinematographyPhilip Tannura
Edited byAlfred Roome
Music byBretton Byrd
Release date
  • May 1934 (1934-05)
Running time
81 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

A Cup of Kindness is a 1934 British comedy film directed by and starring Tom Walls. It also featured Ralph Lynn, Robertson Hare, Dorothy Hyson and Claude Hulbert.[1] It was based on a 1929 play by Ben Travers of the same name, one of the Aldwych farces, and had four of the same cast members. Graham Moffatt, later of Will Hay fame, made his debut appearance as a choir boy in this film.[2]

Plot

The son and daughter of two feuding families announce their upcoming marriage, to widespread uproar.

Cast

References

  1. ^ BFI.org
  2. ^ "Aldwych Theatre", The Times, 8 May 1929, p. 14