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Wikipedia article




'Yes, Madam?' is a 1938 British musical comedy film directed by Norman Lee and starring Bobby Howes, Diana Churchill and Wylie Watson.

Background



The film was adapted from a play by K.R.G. Browne, itself based on a novel by the same author.Excerpt from 'Kine Weekly', 10 November 1938, quoted in 'The Museum of London and The National Film Archive present Made in London' programme notes, 20th season, September to December 1990. The film was shot at Elstree Studios,Wood p.99 with sets designed by the art director Cedric Dawe.

Plot



Two cousins, Billy Quinton and Sally Gaunt, have to spend a month in service to qualify for an inheritance from an eccentric uncle. They find themselves in the same household, as valet/chauffeur and as maid, where they are tracked down by their arch-enemy Tony Tolliver, who will get the money should either of the cousins fail in their task by getting the sack. Tony therefore tries various schemes to get them sacked succeeding, but still failing to get the legacy.

Cast



* Bobby Howes as Bill Quinton

* Diana Churchill as Sally Gault

* Wylie Watson as Albert Peabody, a retired button manufacturer

* Bertha Belmore as Emily Peabody, his unmarried sister

* Vera Pearce as Pansy Beresford, an actress

* Billy Milton as Tony Tolliver

* Fred Emney as Sir Charles Drake-Drake

* Cameron Hall as Catlett, former burglar, now manservant to Tolliver

* Geoffrey Sumner as Scoffin

* Arthur Hambling as a police constable

Music and dance sequences



Set pieces taken from the stage production included a scene with a 'sloshed Emney',Excerpt from Film-making in 1930s Britain by Rachael Low, quoted in 'The Museum of London and The National Film Archive present Made in London' programme notes, 20th season, September to December 1990. Czecho-Slovakian Love - "Here beneath the white lights gleaming above" (Pansy and Bill) and 'Yes, Madam' - "I'm in love, I confess" (Bill and Sally).Script of 'Yes, Madam' accompanying Network on Air DVD release 'British Musicals of the 1930s: Volume 4' 7954378 (2015).

References



Bibliography



* Wood, Linda. 'British Films, 1927-1939'. British Film Institute, 1986.


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