In 1890, two students at Oxford force their rascally friend and fellow student to pose as an aunt from Brazil--where the nuts come from.
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Title: Charley's Aunt (1941)
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Jack Benny | ... | Babbs Babberley | |
| Kay Francis | ... | Donna Lucia d'Alvadorez | |
| James Ellison | ... | Jack Chesney | |
| Anne Baxter | ... | Amy Spettigue | |
| Edmund Gwenn | ... | Stephen Spettigue | |
| Laird Cregar | ... | Sir Francis Chesney | |
| Reginald Owen | ... | Redcliff | |
| Arleen Whelan | ... | Kitty Verdun | |
| Richard Haydn | ... | Charley Wyckham | |
| Ernest Cossart | ... | Brasset | |
| Morton Lowry | ... | Harley Stafford | |
| Will Stanton | ... | Messenger | |
| Lionel Pape | ... | Hilary Babberly | |
| C. Montague Shaw | ... | Elderly Professor | |
| Maurice Cass | ... | Octogenarian Professor | |
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Charley Wyckham and Jack Chesney pressure fellow student Fancourt Babberly to pose as Charley's Brazilian Aunt Donna Lucia. Their purpose is to have a chaperone for their amorous visits with Amy and Kitty, niece and ward of crusty Stephen Spettigue. Complications begin when Fancourt, in drag, becomes the love object of old Spettigue and Sir Francis Chesney. Written by Ed Stephan <stephan@cc.wwu.edu>
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impostor | cricket the sport | oxford university | costume | man dressed as a woman |Taglines:
THE GREATEST COMEDIAN OF OUR TIME...in Brandon Thomas' Immortal Comedy!Certificate:
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Somewhat a landmark film for 20th Century-Fox, as it was the first film they offered the exhibitors under the recently-established terms of the consent decree, conditions that no longer allowed a film studio or company to force the exhibitors to book a large block of films from the same company in order to get any film from that company in a production season. They could still require the exhibitor to make bookings in blocks of five, and "Charley's Aunt" was the first of the five offered. The other four could have been turkeys, but they had to be booked in order to get "Charley's Aunt." See more »Goofs
In all Oxbridge (Oxford and Cambridge) colleges it is a strict rule that only fellows (and their attendant guests) are allowed to walk on the grass within the college grounds. However, in the film, students and others persistently ignore this regulation. See more »Frequently Asked Questions
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1 August 1941 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
La tía de Carlos See more »Filming Locations:
Stage 4, 20th Century Fox Studios - 10201 Pico Blvd., Century City, Los Angeles, California, USACompany Credits
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During his life Jack Benny often joked about the poor quality of many of his films, but "Charley's Aunt" doesn't deserve such criticism. This "drag" comedy never drags!
Benny's humor, perhaps a bit subdued for today's audiences, nevertheless shines in "Charley's Aunt." It doesn't hurt that he's in drag for a good part of the movie...A man in a dress can always be counted on for a few laughs!
But the basic story is amusing in itself, with Benny (broadly!) impersonating a maiden aunt and chaperoning for his buddies and their girlfriends. Naturally, there are a couple of older gentlemen who take a fancy to the "aunt" adding more complications to the story.
"Charle's Aunt" is rarely shown on television, but worth a look if you happen to stumble upon it.