Charley's Aunt
Summary:
Jack Benny brings his own distinctive touch to Brandon Thomas' venerable (and oft-filmed) stage farce Charley's Aunt. Utilizing a gloriously unconvincing broad-A English accent, Benny is cast as Lord Fancourt Babberly, a somewhat overaged undergraduate at Oxford University. Babbs' roommates Jack Chesney (James Ellison) and Charley Wyckeham (Richard Haydn, in his film de... Full Summary >>
Cast:
Jack Benny - (Babbs Babberley, Lord Fancourt)
Kay Francis - (Donna Lucia)
Anne Baxter - (Amy Spettigue)
Edmund Gwenn - (Stephen Spettigue)
Richard Haydn - (Charles Wyckham)
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Review:
The 1941 version of Charley's Aunt would be notable if only because it's one of the rare films in which Jack Benny is playing a real character, rather than a mere extension of his well-developed and recognizable personality. Oh, the trademarks are still there, but they're employed in the service of a character and a story -- and without the s... Continue >>
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