Those Were the Days - 1934

A farce based on Arthur Wing Pinero's play 'The Magistrate' in which the son (John Mills) of a stern magistrate (Will Hay) visits a music hall against the wishes of his father. In true farcical style, the magistrate too ends up at the music hall, and before long all the characters are trying not to avoid each other... Mainly notable (a) because of its depiction of the music hall as seen by a generation which knew it intimately (b) because of its use of music hall acts of the time and (c) because it gave Will Hay his first film role.

80min
1934
Released
Trakio rating0.0/10
IMDB rating6.6/10

Cast

Will Hay profile pictureWill HayMagistrate Brutus Poskett
Iris Hoey profile pictureIris HoeyAgatha Poskett
Claud Allister profile pictureClaud AllisterCapt. Horace Vale
John Mills profile pictureJohn MillsBobby Poskett
Jane Carr profile pictureJane CarrMinnie Taylor
Laurence Hanray profile pictureLaurence HanrayWormington
Wally Patch profile pictureWally PatchInspector Briggs
Jimmy Godden profile pictureJimmy GoddenPat Maloney

About Those Were the Days

Those Were the Days Overview

A farce based on Arthur Wing Pinero's play 'The Magistrate' in which the son (John Mills) of a stern magistrate (Will Hay) visits a music hall against the wishes of his father. In true farcical style, the magistrate too ends up at the music hall, and before long all the characters are trying not to avoid each other... Mainly notable (a) because of its depiction of the music hall as seen by a generation which knew it intimately (b) because of its use of music hall acts of the time and (c) because it gave Will Hay his first film role.

Runtime: 80min

Extra details

Original Title: Those Were the Days
Original Language: English
Directed By: Thomas Bentley
Production Companies
British International Pictures