Strangers on Honeymoon

Strangers on Honeymoon
Strangers on Honeymoon
	Original lobby card
Directed by	Albert de Courville
Written by	Laird Doyle; Sidney Gilliat; Julian Houston; Ralph Spence; Bryan Edgar Wallace;
Based on	novel The Northing Tramp by Edgar Wallace
Produced by	Haworth Bromley
Starring	Constance Cummings; Hugh Sinclair; Noah Beery; Beatrix Lehmann;
Cinematography	Mutz Greenbaum
Edited by	Cyril Randell
Music by	Jack Beaver
Production; company	Gaumont British
Distributed by	Gaumont British Distributors
Release date	18 January 1937
Running time	66 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Strangers on Honeymoon is a 1936 British comedy film directed by Albert de Courville and starring Constance Cummings, Hugh Sinclair and Noah Beery, based on the 1926 novel The Northing Tramp by Edgar Wallace.^[1] Much of the film takes place in Canada. It was made by Gainsborough Pictures at the Lime Grove Studios in Shepherd's Bush. The film's sets were designed by the art director Ernö Metzner.^[2] Wallace's son (Bryan Edgar Wallace) also contributed to the film's screenplay, along with 5 other writers.^[3]

Plot[]

Young orphan October (Constance Cummings) flees from an arranged marriage with Wilfred (James Arnold), to wed gentleman tramp Quigley (Hugh Sinclair) for a bet. However, Quigley is secretly an English nobleman on the run for a murder he did not commit. Events escalate when a cousin of the jilted Wilfred hires a pair of hoodlums (Noah Beery & David Burns) to bump off Quigley.

Cast[]

Constance Cummings as October Jones
Hugh Sinclair as Elliott Quigley
Noah Beery as Redbeard
Beatrix Lehmann as Elfrida Valentine
David Burns as Lennie
Butler Hixon as Sam Wasser
Maurice Freeman as Uncle Elmer Crinklaw
James Arnold as Wilfred H. Thompson, the Bridegroom
Tucker McGuire as Bride
Edmund Breon as Sir Gregory Andrews
Skelton Knaggs
Conway Palmer
Percy Parsons as Minister (uncredited)
Sara Allgood as Housekeeper (uncredited)
Edmon Ryan

References[]

^ Wood p.92
^ "Strangers on Honeymoon (1936)".
^ "Strangers Honeymoon (1937) - Albert de Courville - Cast and Crew - AllMovie". AllMovie.

Bibliography[]

Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.

External links[]

Strangers on Honeymoon at IMDb

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[1] Wood p.92

[2] "Strangers on Honeymoon (1936)".

[3] "Strangers Honeymoon (1937) - Albert de Courville - Cast and Crew - AllMovie". AllMovie.

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