Thark (film)

Thark
Directed by Tom Walls
Produced by Herbert Wilcox
Written by Ben Travers (play and screenplay)
Starring Tom Walls
Ralph Lynn
Robertson Hare
Music by Lew Stone
Cinematography Freddie Young
Edited by Alfred Roome
Production
company
Distributed by Woolf and Freedman
Release dates
27 July 1932
Running time
79 minutes
Country United Kingdom
Language English

Thark is a 1932 film farce, directed by Tom Walls, with a script by Ben Travers. The film is a screen adaptation of the original 1927 Aldwych farce of the play of the same title. It was made at Elstree Studios.

Plot synopsis

Mrs Todd is aggrieved at finding that the country house she has bought is evidently haunted. Sir Hector Benbow and his nephew, on behalf of the previous owner, set out to demonstrate that there is no ghost.

Cast

Source: British Film Institute[1]

Cast members marked * were the creators of the roles in the original stage production; the Todds were surnamed "Frush" in the stage play.[2]

Notes

  1. "Thark", British Film Institute, accessed 14 February 2013
  2. "Aldwych Theatre", The Times, 5 July 1927, p. 14


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