Anecdotes

Jones's quote, "Smiling, the boy fell dead", is the last line of the poem, "The Incident of the French Camp" by Robert Browning.

Brandon Thomas's play, "Charley's Aunt," opened in London, England on 21 December 1892.

In his autobiography "Before your very eyes", Arthur Askey revealed that his original contracted fee for this film was £2500, but his agent complicated negotiations - largely against Askey's wishes - and got double the fee, £5000.

In 2025 terms, this payment would be the equivalent of around £358,000.