June 18, 2013

Films

It’s a Boy! – 1933 | 80 mins | Crime, Comedy | B&W

Plot Synopsis

It's a Boy!

Amusing comedy adapted from a German stage play by Franz Arnold and Ernest Bach. On the eve of his wedding, Dudley Leake (Edward Everett Horton) is confronted by Joe Piper (Albert Burdon); a young man claiming to be his son and demanding money for his silence. His best man, Skippy (Leslie Henson) gets him through the wedding by passing the ‘son’ off as an author. It’s later discovered that the young man is nothing but an impostor and potential blackmailer.

Production Team

Tim Whelan: Director
Alex Vetchinsky: Art Direction
Mutz Greenbaum: Cinematography
Michael Balcon: Producer
Austin Melford: Script
Leslie Howard Gordon: Script
John Paddy Carstairs: Script
Ernst Bach: Script
Franz Arnold): Script

Cast

Leslie Henson: James Skippett
Albert Burdon: Joe Piper
Edward Everett Horton: Dudley Leake
Heather Thatcher: Anita Gunn
Alfred Drayton: Eustace Bogle
Robertson Hare: Allister



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