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Early to Bed (1933 film)

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'Early to Bed' is a 1933 British-German romantic comedy film directed by Ludwig Berger and starring Heather Angel, Fernand Gravey and Edmund Gwenn.

Production



The film was made as a co-production between the German giant UFA and Gaumont British. As was common at the time, the film was made as a multiple-language production with three separate versions modelled on the German original 'I by Day, You by Night'. 'Early to Bed' was made at the Babelsberg Studio in Berlin, along with the French and German versions. Robert Stevenson acted as a supervisor. The casting of the comedian Sonnie Hale in a supporting role, slanted the British version in a more humorous direction than its counterparts.Bergfelder & Cargnelli p.57

Synopsis



A young waiter and a manicurist share the same room without ever meeting because she works in the day and he at night. They encounter each other for the first time, and fall in love, without realising that they are already roommates.

Cast



* Heather Angel as Grete

* Fernand Gravey as Carl

* Edmund Gwenn as Kruger

* Sonnie Hale as Helmut

* Donald Calthrop as Peschke

* Lady Tree as Widow Seidelblast

* Athene Seyler as Frau Weiser

* Jillian Sand as Trude

* Leslie Perrins as Mayer

* Lewis Shaw as Wolf

* Comedian Harmonists as Themselves

References



Bibliography



*Bergfelder, Tim & Cargnelli, Christian. 'Destination London: German-speaking emigrs and British cinema, 19251950'. Berghahn Books, 2008.

*Hardt, Ursula. 'From Caligari to California: Erich Pommer's life in the International Film Wars'. Berghahn Books, 1996.

*Kreimeier, Klaus. 'The Ufa Story: A History of Germany's Greatest Film Company, 19181945'. University of California Press, 1999.


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