Let Me Explain, Dear
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Let Me Explain, Dear is a 1932 British
comedy film
directed by Gene Gerrard
and Frank Miller and starring Gerrard, Viola Lyel
and Claude Hulbert
. It was adapted from the play A Little Bit of Fluff by Walter Ellis
. It was made by British International Pictures. A man tries to fake an accident in order to claim insurance money, but things soon go awry.
Cinema of the United Kingdom
The United Kingdom has had a major influence on modern cinema. The first moving pictures developed on celluloid film were made in Hyde Park, London in 1889 by William Friese Greene, a British inventor, who patented the process in 1890. It is generally regarded that the British film industry...
comedy film
Comedy film
Comedy film is a genre of film in which the main emphasis is on humour. They are designed to elicit laughter from the audience. Comedies are mostly light-hearted dramas and are made to amuse and entertain the audiences...
directed by Gene Gerrard
Gene Gerrard
Gene Gerrard was an English film and stage actor. He starred in light musical comedies but returned to his stage career by the 1930s....
and Frank Miller and starring Gerrard, Viola Lyel
Viola Lyel
-Selected filmography:* Hobson's Choice * Let Me Explain, Dear * Channel Crossing * Over the Garden Wall * A Political Party * The Farmer's Wife * This Man Is Dangerous...
and Claude Hulbert
Claude Hulbert
Claude Noel Hulbert was a British comic actor. He was the younger brother of Jack Hulbert. Like his brother, he was Cambridge educated and was a member of the Footlights comedy club as an undergraduate....
. It was adapted from the play A Little Bit of Fluff by Walter Ellis
Walter Ellis
Walter Ellis is a Northern Ireland-born, United States-based writer.Ellis is the author of The Beginning of the End: The Crippling Disadvantage of a Happy Irish Childhood, the story of his early life in Belfast, Durham, Cork, and Brussels, and his uneasy relationship with his cousin, Ronnie...
. It was made by British International Pictures. A man tries to fake an accident in order to claim insurance money, but things soon go awry.
Cast
- Gene Gerrard - George Hunter
- Viola LyelViola Lyel-Selected filmography:* Hobson's Choice * Let Me Explain, Dear * Channel Crossing * Over the Garden Wall * A Political Party * The Farmer's Wife * This Man Is Dangerous...
- Angela Hunter - Claude HulbertClaude HulbertClaude Noel Hulbert was a British comic actor. He was the younger brother of Jack Hulbert. Like his brother, he was Cambridge educated and was a member of the Footlights comedy club as an undergraduate....
- Cyril Merryweather - Jane CarrJane Carr (Rita Brunstrom)Jane Carr was the stage name of an English stage and film actress Rita Brunstrom.-Biography:Carr attended Harrogate Ladies College...
- Mamie - Amy VenessAmy VenessAmy Veness was a British film actress. She played the role of Grandma Huggett in The Huggetts Trilogy.-Selected filmography:* Please Help Emily * Let Me Explain, Dear * A Southern Maid...
- Aunt Fanny - Henry B. Longhurst - Dr. Coote
- Hal GordonHal GordonHal Gordon was a British film actor. A character actor, he appeared in over 90 films in both comic and straight roles.He started off as a lawyer's clerk but finding it dull he decided on the stage, making his music hall debut in 1912...
- Parrott - C. Denier WarrenC. Denier WarrenC. Denier Warren or Denier Warren was an American born actor who appeared extensively on stage and screen from the early 1930s to late 1960s, mostly in the United Kingdom....
- Jeweller - Reginald BachReginald Bach-Selected filmography:* The Chinese Puzzle * The Amazing Quest of Mr. Ernest Bliss * Empress Josephine; Or, Wife of a Demigod * A Romance of Mayfair * The Girl in the Night * Hobson's Choice...
- Taxi Driver