Hobson's Choice (1931 film)

1931 film

Hobson's Choice

Directed by	Thomas Bentley
Written by	Frank Launder
Based on	Hobson's Choice by Harold Brighouse
Produced by	John Maxwell
Starring	James Harcourt Viola Lyel Frank Pettingell
Cinematography	Walter J. Harvey
Production company	British International Pictures
Distributed by	Wardour Films
Release date	2 October 1931 (1931-10-02)
Running time	65 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Hobson's Choice is a 1931 British comedy drama film directed by Thomas Bentley and starring James Harcourt, Viola Lyel, Frank Pettingell and Herbert Lomas. Based on the 1916 play Hobson's Choice by Harold Brighouse, it follows the tale of a coarse bootshop owner who becomes outraged when his eldest daughter decides to marry a meek cobbler. It was produced by the leading British company of the time, British International Pictures, at their studios in Elstree.

The film is missing from the BFI National Archive, and is listed as one of the British Film Institute's "75 Most Wanted" lost films. An earlier silent film version of the play had been released in 1920.

Cast

James Harcourt as Hobson
Viola Lyel as Maggie Hobson
Frank Pettingell as Will Mossop
Belle Chrystall as Vicky Hobson
Jay Laurier as Tubby Wadlow
Joan Maude as Alice Hobson
Amy Veness as Mrs. Hepworth
Reginald Bach as Albert Prosser
Basil Moss as Freddy Beenstock
Herbert Lomas as Jim Heeler
Kathleen Harrison as Ada Figgins

References

"Hobson's Choice". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 14 January 2009.
"Hobson's Choice / BFI Most Wanted". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 3 August 2012. Retrieved 30 May 2014.

Bibliography

Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.

External links

Hobson's Choice at IMDb

v t e Films directed by Thomas Bentley
Oliver Twist (1912) David Copperfield (1913) The Old Curiosity Shop (1914) The Chimes (1914) Hard Times (1915) Barnaby Rudge (1915) Milestones (1916) Beau Brocade (1916) The Labour Leader (1917) Daddy (1917) Les cloches de Corneville (1917) The Divine Gift (1918) Once Upon a Time (1918) The Lackey and the Lady (1919) General Post (1920) Beyond the Dreams of Avarice (1920) The Old Curiosity Shop (1921) The Adventures of Mr. Pickwick (1921) A Master of Craft (1922) Through Fire and Water (1923) Wanted, a Boy (1924) Old Bill Through the Ages (1924) Love and Hate (1924) Chappy—That's All (1924) Money Isn't Everything (1925) A Romance of Mayfair (1925) White Heat (1926) The Silver Lining (1927) Not Quite a Lady (1928) Young Woodley (1928) The American Prisoner (1929) Harmony Heaven (1930) Young Woodley (1930) Compromising Daphne (1931) Hobson's Choice (1931) Keepers of Youth (1932) After Office Hours (1932) Sleepless Nights (1933) Hawley's of High Street (1933) The Love Nest (1933) The Scotland Yard Mystery (1934) Those Were the Days (1934) The Great Defender (1934) The Old Curiosity Shop (1934) Royal Cavalcade (1935) Music Hath Charms (1935) She Knew What She Wanted (1936) The Angelus (1937) Silver Blaze (1937) The Last Chance (1937) Night Alone (1938) Marigold (1938) Me and My Pal (1939) Lucky to Me (1939) Dead Man's Shoes (1940) The Middle Watch (1940) Three Silent Men (1940) Old Mother Riley's Circus (1941)

Films directed by Thomas Bentley

Films of Frank Launder and Sidney Gilliat

Gilliat only

Writer only

Director

Waterloo Road (1945)

Launder only

Writer only

Under the Greenwood Tree (1929)
Children of Chance (1930)
The W Plan (1930)
The Middle Watch (1930)
How He Lied to Her Husband (1931 short)
Hobson's Choice (1931)
Keepers of Youth (1931)
The Woman Between (1931)
Children of Fortune (1931)
After Office Hours (1932)
Josser in the Army (1932)
Old Spanish Customers (1933)
You Made Me Love You (1933)
For the Love of Mike (1932)
Hawley's of High Street (1933)
A Southern Maid (1933)
Those Were the Days (1933)
Happy (1933)
Get Off My Foot (1935)
Rolling Home (1935)
The Black Mask (1935)
Emil and the Detectives (1935)
So You Won't Talk (1935)
Mr. What's-His-Name? (1935)
I Give My Heart (1935)
Educated Evans (1936)
Where's Sally? (1936)
Don't Get Me Wrong (1937)
Oh, Mr Porter! (1937)
A Girl Must Live (1939)
Inspector Hornleigh Goes To It (1941)
We Dive at Dawn (1943)
Ring of Spies (1964)

Director

Together

Writers only	Facing the Music (1933) Twelve Good Men (1936) Seven Sinners (1936) The Lady Vanishes (1938) Inspector Hornleigh on Holiday (1939) They Came by Night (1940) Night Train to Munich (1940) The Young Mr. Pitt (1942) The Green Man (1956)
Directed together	Partners in Crime (1942 short) Millions Like Us (1943) The Great St. Trinian's Train Robbery (1966)
Directed by Gilliat	The Rake's Progress (1945) Green for Danger (1946) London Belongs to Me (1948) State Secret (1950) The Story of Gilbert and Sullivan (1953) The Constant Husband (1955) Fortune Is a Woman (1956) Left Right and Centre (1959) Only Two Can Play (1962) Endless Night (1972)
Directed by Launder	I See a Dark Stranger (1946) Captain Boycott (1947) The Blue Lagoon (1949) The Happiest Days of Your Life (1950) Lady Godiva Rides Again (1951) Folly to Be Wise (1952) The Belles of St. Trinian's (1954) Geordie (1955) Blue Murder at St Trinian's (1957) The Bridal Path (1959) The Pure Hell of St Trinian's (1960) Joey Boy (1965)
Producers only	The Smallest Show on Earth (1957) Ooh… You Are Awful (1972)

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