Life with the Lyons (film)

Life with the Lyons
Directed byVal Guest
Written byVal Guest
Robert Dunbar
Based onLife with the Lyons by Bebe Daniels
Bob Block
Bill Harding
Produced byMichael Carreras
Robert Dunbar
StarringBen Lyon
Bebe Daniels
Barbara Lyon
CinematographyWalter J. Harvey
Edited byDouglas Myers
Music byArthur Wilkinson
Jack Beaver
Production
company
Distributed byExclusive Films
Lippert Pictures (US)
Release date
  • 25 May 1954 (1954-05-25)
Running time
81 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget£28,000[1]
Box officeOver £70,000[2]

Life with the Lyons (also known as Family Affair) is a 1954 British comedy film directed by Val Guest and starring Bebe Daniels, Ben Lyon and Barbara Lyon.[3] It was a spin-off from the radio series Life with the Lyons, and the screenplay, by Guest and Robert Dunbar, was based on previous episodes from the show.[4] It was shot at Southall Studios in London with sets designed by the art director Wilfred Arnold.

It was followed in 1955 by The Lyons in Paris.

Premise

The Lyon family attempt to acquire a new house in Marble Arch.

Cast

Production

The Lyons' contract called for them to receive a percentage of the film's profits.[citation needed]

Val Guest had worked with the Lyons writing stage revues and says he got the job directing by walking past Ben Lyons in the street. Lyons told Guest that Hammer wanted to make a film of Life with the Lyon and asked Guest to direct. Guest went into meet James Carreras who "Said to me 'I don’t know anything about comedy. I’m no good with comedy so I’ll leave it to you.' I said 'Well you don’t have to leave it to me, the three people you’ve got, Bebe [Daniels], Ben [Lyons] and Vic Oliver know more about comedy than I’ll ever know.' So that’s why they lurched into comedy. They’d never done anything that wasn’t – that was – comedy."[5]

It was the second time Belinda Lee had worked for Val Guest, the first being her debut in The Runaway Bus.[6]

"Bebe was the driving force of that team," recalled Guest. "She was a very clever business woman, she drove that whole family, she drove the machine, she wrote the scripts – I’m talking about the radio thing, the TV things. She had files and files she’d brought from Hollywood, of old programmes she’d bought the scripts from – I’d never seen such a file of gags and routines... She was the driving force, very stimulating lady. Eventually I think she drove so much it eventually gave her the heart attack – she had a stroke. Because she was always very tense. Great sense of fun, very professional... Ben had a terrifying temper. He had the shortest fuse of anybody I knew."[5]

"We had a lot of fun," said Guest. "There were no problems except if Ben lost his temper about something."[5]

Reception

Box office

After the film's successful release, the Lyons began a long-running, BBC television series, also titled Life with the Lyons. The film was made at Southall Studios.[7]

Guest said the film and its sequel were popular but "I shouldn’t have thought they did much [business] abroad. They were curiosity pieces, very cheap to make and quick to make and we had a lot of fun making them."[5]

Critical

The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "The script is compounded of the same well-worn jokes and situations, but has moments of authentic fun and keeps up a commendable pace. The Lyon family have considerable charm, and seem to enjoy it all. On the whole, a pleasant and unpretentious film."[8]

Picture Show wrote: "This is a gay, carefree farce based on the radio show with which the Ben Lyon family have won thousands of admirers. ... Amusing entertainment,"[9]

Picturegoer wrote: "No sentiment, no tears, just high-speed domestic pandemonium, beating the laughs out of one gag and hurrying on to the next. ... Bebe, Ben, Richard and Barbara have what it takes, plus the ability to project warm personalities. Val Guest's expert direction does the rest. There's real teamwork and an absence of that self-conscious, arch humour found in many British tea-time farces. For light family entertainment, this is the life."[10]

The Radio Times Guide to Films gave the film 2/5 stars, writing: "Based on the second long-running radio show made in Britain by the American stars Ben Lyon and Bebe Daniels (after Hi Gang! in 1941), this is a lightweight domestic comedy whose cosy appeal has been attenuated by the passage of time. Their playing looks laboured, and the marshmallow script about a reluctant landlord doesn't help the cause."[11]

In British Sound Films: The Studio Years 1928–1959 David Quinlan rated the film as "good", writing: "Domestic pandemonium at the double, from the hit radio series; laughs all the way."[12]

Britmovie called it "a cheap but cheerful romp."[13]

References

  1. ^ "Mute role for actor's return". The Mail. Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 8 May 1954. p. 8 Supplement: SUNDAY MAGAZINE. Retrieved 7 July 2012.
  2. ^ Tom Johnson and Deborah Del Vecchio, Hammer Films: An Exhaustive Filmography, McFarland, 1996 p93
  3. ^ "Life with the Lyons". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 25 November 2024.
  4. ^ "Life with the Lyons". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 14 January 2009.
  5. ^ a b c d Fowler, Roy (1988). "Interview with Val Guest". British Entertainment History Project.
  6. ^ Vagg, Stephen (7 September 2020). "A Tale of Two Blondes: Diana Dors and Belinda Lee". Filmink.
  7. ^ "Life with the Lyons (1956) – Notes – TCM.com". Turner Classic Movies.
  8. ^ "Life with the Lyons". The Monthly Film Bulletin. 21 (240): 41. 1 January 1954 – via ProQuest.
  9. ^ "Life with the Lyons". Picture Show. 62 (1626): 10. 29 May 1954 – via ProQuest.
  10. ^ "Life with the Lyons". Picturegoer. 27: 16. 4 May 1954 – via ProQuest.
  11. ^ Radio Times Guide to Films (18th ed.). London: Immediate Media Company. 2017. p. 543. ISBN 9780992936440.
  12. ^ Quinlan, David (1984). British Sound Films: The Studio Years 1928–1959. London: B.T. Batsford Ltd. p. 338. ISBN 0-7134-1874-5.
  13. ^ "Life with the Lyons". Archived from the original on 10 September 2015. Retrieved 21 October 2014.

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