Those Were the Days (1934)

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.

Cast (13)CrewGenresDetailsReleasesMediaAwards

Will Hay

Magistrate Brutus Poskett

Iris Hoey

Agatha Poskett

A

Angela Baddeley

Charlotte Verrinder

C

Claud Allister

Capt. Horace Vale

G

George Graves

Col. Alexander Lukyn

John Mills

Bobby Poskett

Jane Carr

Minnie Taylor

M

Marguerite Allan

Eve Douglas

H

H.F. Maltby

Mr. Bullamy

Laurence Hanray

Wormington

Syd Crossley

Wyke

Wally Patch

Inspector Briggs

J

Jimmy Godden

Pat Maloney

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