February 10, 2012

Films

What the Butler Saw – 1950 | 61 mins | Comedy | B&W

Plot Synopsis

What the Butler Saw

Little seen comedy featurette about a British earl who retires after spending most of his life governing a tropical island and decides to return to England. While there he discovers that an island princess has also come to be close to his butler. The earl tries to send the woman back to her island home, but he fails and in the end the butler and the woman remain together. Review© Sandra Brennan.

Production Team

Godfrey Grayson: Director
Anthony Hinds: Assistant Producer
Walter J Harvey: Cinematography
Edward J Mason: Script
AR Rawlinson: Script
Roger Good): Script

Cast

Edward Rigby: The Earl
Henry Mollison: Bembridge
Mercy Haystead: Lapis
Michael Ward: Gerald
Eleanor Hallam: Lady Mary
Peter Burton: Bill Fenton
Anne Valery: Elaine



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