Who's Your Lady Friend?

Who's Your Lady Friend? is a 1937 British comedy film directed by Carol Reed and starring Frances Day, Vic Oliver and Betty Stockfeld.[1] The secretary of a beauty specialist accidentally brings the wrong person back from the railway station, triggering a series of confusions. It was based on a comedy play by Bela Jenbach and Rudolf Österreicher, which had previously been made into an Austrian film The Gentleman Without a Residence three years earlier. It was an independent production made at Ealing Studios.[2]

Who's Your Lady Friend?
Directed byCarol Reed
Produced byMartin Sabine
Written byBela Jenbach (play)
Rudolf Österreicher (play)
Julius Horst
Anthony Kimmins
StarringFrances Day
Vic Oliver
Betty Stockfeld
Music byRobert Stolz
CinematographyJan Stallich
Philip Tannura
Edited byErnest Aldridge
Production
company
Dorian Films
Distributed byAssociated British Film Distributors (UK)
Release date
  • 27 December 1937 (1937-12-27) (UK)
Running time
73 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Cast

Production

It was an early role for Margaret Lockwood and the second of several collaborations with Carol Reed.[3]

Critical reception

TV Guide called the film a "Cute farce and one of the many British programmers Reed directed before moving up to bigger features."[4]

References
  1. BFI.org
  2. Wood p.97
  3. Vagg, Stephen (29 January 2020). "Why Stars Stop Being Stars: Margaret Lockwood". Filmink.
  4. "Who's Your Lady Friend?". TVGuide.com.

Bibliography
  • Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927–1939. British Film Institute, 1986.
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