Storm in a Teacup (1937)

Directors:

Ian Dalrymple
Victor Saville

Writers:

Bruno Frank (play)
James Bridie (Anglo-Scottish version)

Release Date:

25 February 1937 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Plot:

A local politician in Scotland tries to break the reporter who wrote a negative story about him, and who is also in love with his daughter.

Plot Keywords:

Newspaper | Husband Wife Relationship | Ice Cream | Male Female Relationship | Witness

Cast

Vivien Leigh	...	Victoria 'Vickie' Gow
Rex Harrison	...	Frank Burdon
Cecil Parker	...	Provost William 'Willie' Gow
Sara Allgood	...	Honoria Hegarty
Ursula Jeans	...	Lisbet Skirving
Gus McNaughton	...	Horace Skirving
Lee Strasberg	...	Willy
Edgar K. Bruce	...	McKellar (as Edgar Bruce)
Robert Hale	...	Lord Skerryvore
Quentin McPhearson	...	Baillie Callender (as Quinton Macpherson)
Arthur Wontner	...	Procurator Fiscal
Eliot Makeham	...	Sheriff
George Pughe	...	Menzies
Arthur Seaton	...	Police Sergeant
Cecil Mannering	...	Police Constable

Runtime:

87 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Colour:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Canada:G (Ontario) | USA:Passed (National Board of Review) | USA:Approved | Australia:G

Company:

Victor Saville Productions

Goofs:

Continuity: When Frank uses the embossing machine, he seems to be producing gibberish: we see him selecting the first few letters as PMJG, and just after that he makes a double letter. But when we see the tape, it isn't gibberish and there's no double letter in it.

Movie Connections:

Version of Blumenfrau von Lindenau, Die (1931)

Amusing 1930s' British comedy with the future Scarlett and Dr. Dolittle.

Rex Harrison portrays a newly arrived British journalist in Scotland who uses his new job at a newspaper to take on the local political bigwig in this pleasing British comedy. The unfortunate circumstance is that while he battles the politician, he happens to be falling in love with the politician's beautiful daughter, Vivian Leigh. The issue at hand is the life of a dog that Leigh's father has coldly ordered to be put to sleep. It seems that its owner could not afford a dog license. Dog lovers should enjoy one scene in particular where what seems to be hundreds of dogs of all shapes and sizes raid the politician's mansion.