Honeymoon for Three is a 1935 British musical comedy film directed by Leo Mittler and starring Stanley Lupino, Aileen Marson and Jack Melford. It was written by Lupino and Frank Miller.
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Plot
When returning home drunk from a night out a young man accidentally finds himself in a woman's flat where he passes out. Before he make his escape in the morning they are discovered by their parents and a passing policeman and forced to marry. They go through the ceremony but plan to go to California to get a divorce, and set off on their "honeymoon" along with her real fiancée. However during the journey she gradually begins to change her loathing of him.
Cast
Stanley Lupino as Jack Denver
Aileen Marson as Yvonne Daumery
Jack Melford as Raymond Dirk
Robert English as Herbert Denver
Dennis Hoey as M. Daumery
Arty Ash as Herbert Jones
Roddy Hughes as Toomes
Syd Crossley as PC Smithers
Doris Rogers as Mme. Daumery
Barry Clifton as crooner
Deidre Gale as the child
Charles Penrose as laughing passenger
Heron Carvic as minor role
Percival Mackey as bandleader
Production
It was made at Ealing Studios. The film's sets were designed by J. Elder Wills. It was the first film Lupino made after leaving British International Pictures and working as an independent producer.
Reception
The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "Stanley Lupino is definitely good; he plays the part of Pagliaccio with real skill. His leading lady is charming and his rival in love gives him efficient support. To cater for all tastes there are some bedroom scenes, a small girl, a luxury steamship, some massed chorus effects (not very good pictorially) and plenty of excellent slapstick fooling. All these are woven in a workmanlike fashion into the story, which under skilful direction, keeps one expectant and amused. The art direction and the photography, except in the crowd effects, are good. A thoroughly good evening's entertainment for the lighthearted."
Kine Weekly wrote: "The humour in this comedy lies in the absurd manner in which the conventional triangle situations are approached. The idea of a disappointed suitor following a bride on her honeymoon with the unblushing intention of usurping her husband at the earliest possible moment, and at the same time, doing his best to prevent the husband during his brief reign from demanding that which is legally his, is so preposterous that a bare illustration of the situation is in itself laughable. Coupled with this are breezy knockabout situations, and a pleasing seasoning of melody. The picture emphatically is good, popular, light entertainment."