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. The film was shot at Elstree Studios, 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', 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).
References
Bibliography
Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.