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Second Best Bed

  • 1938
  • 1h 14m
IMDb RATING
4.9/10
59
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Tom Walls in Second Best Bed (1938)
ComedyRomance

A newly-married couple runs into difficulty when the wife refuses to obey her husband.A newly-married couple runs into difficulty when the wife refuses to obey her husband.A newly-married couple runs into difficulty when the wife refuses to obey her husband.

  • Director
    • Tom Walls
  • Writer
    • Ben Travers
  • Stars
    • Tom Walls
    • Jane Baxter
    • Veronica Rose
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  • IMDb RATING
    4.9/10
    59
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Tom Walls
    • Writer
      • Ben Travers
    • Stars
      • Tom Walls
      • Jane Baxter
      • Veronica Rose
    • 2User reviews
    • 1Critic review
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    Tom Walls
    Tom Walls
    • Victor Garnett
    Jane Baxter
    Jane Baxter
    • Patricia Lynton
    Veronica Rose
    • Jenny Murdock
    Carl Jaffe
    Carl Jaffe
    • Georges Debonnet
    Greta Gynt
    Greta Gynt
    • Yvonne
    Edward Lexy
    Edward Lexy
    • Murdock
    Philip Ray
    Philip Ray
    • Stanley Hurley
    • (as Phil Ray)
    Tyrell Davis
    Tyrell Davis
    • Whittaker
    Mae Bacon
    • Mrs. Whittaker
    • (as Mai Bacon)
    Ethel Coleridge
    • Mrs. Knuckle
    Davy Burnaby
    • Lord Kingston
    Martita Hunt
    Martita Hunt
    • Mrs. Mather
    Charlotte Leigh
    • Miss Boolbread
    C. Denier Warren
    C. Denier Warren
    • Umpire
    • (as Denier Warren)
    Gordon James
    Gordon James
    • Judge
    Peter Bull
    Peter Bull
    • Tennis match spectator
    • (uncredited)
    O.B. Clarence
    O.B. Clarence
    • Torceston Magistrate
    • (uncredited)
    Tony Mendleson
    • Tennis Match Spectator
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Tom Walls
    • Writer
      • Ben Travers
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    3richardchatten

    The Usual Nonsense

    Tom Walls' direction had become slicker but the formula staler by the time of this late thirties adaptation of yet another Ben Travers marital farce, as usual set in the lap of luxury in which the old goat and the lovely Jane Baxter (in and out of a variety of elegant outfits) get married and then squabble for the next hour while Walls' camera occasionally pauses to linger upon the more nubile female cast members.

    A floppy-haired Carl Jaffe is almost unrecognisable in his film debut as a romantic young Frenchman.

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    • Trivia
      First feature of Carl Jaffe.
    • Crazy credits
      Opening credits prologue: 'I give unto my wife my second best bed.' Extract from the will of William Shakespeare.
    • Connections
      Version of La bisbetica domata (1908)

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    Details

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    • Release date
      • July 18, 1938 (United Kingdom)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Languages
      • English
      • French
    • Filming locations
      • Shepperton Studios, Shepperton, Surrey, England, UK(Studio, uncredited)
    • Production company
      • Capitol Film Corporation
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 14m(74 min)
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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