Those Were the Days

Those Were the Days 1934

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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.

  • Released: 1934-04-02
  • Runtime: 80 minutes
  • Genre: Music, Comedy
  • Stars: George Graves, Angela Baddeley, Jane Carr, Jimmy Godden, Wally Patch, John Mills, H.F. Maltby, Marguerite Allan, Will Hay, Iris Hoey, Syd Crossley, Laurence Hanray, Claud Allister
  • Director: Thomas Bentley