Charley's Aunt is a 1930 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Al Christie and starring Charles Ruggles, June Collyer, and Hugh Williams. It was an adaptation of the 1892 play Charley's Aunt by Brandon Thomas. It marked the film debut of Williams, who then returned to Britain and became a major star.

Cast

Charles Ruggles as Lord Fancourt Babberley

June Collyer as Amy Spettigue

Hugh Williams as Charlie Wykeham

Doris Lloyd as Donna Lucia D' Alvadorez

Halliwell Hobbes as Stephen Spettigue

Flora le Breton as Ela Delahay

Rodney McLennan as Jack Chesney

Phillips Smalley as Sir Francis Chesney

Flora Sheffield as Kitty Verdun

Wilson Benge as Brassett

Robert Bolder as Scotty

Edgar Norton as Spettigue's Lawyer

References

External links

allmovie/synopsis; Charley's Aunt

Bibliography

Sweet, Matthew. Shepperton Babylon: The Lost Worlds of British Cinema. Faber and Faber, 2005.

Charley's Aunt (1930 film)

1930 films

1930 comedy films

1930s English-language films

Films directed by Al Christie

Films based on Charley's Aunt

Columbia Pictures films

American comedy films

American black-and-white films

Films set in England

1930s American films

Charley's Aunt (1930 film)