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A Man of Mayfair is a 1932 British musical comedy film directed by Louis Mercanton and starring Jack Buchanan, Joan Barry and Warwick Ward.[1]

A Man of Mayfair
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Directed by	Louis Mercanton
Written by	Eliot Crawshay-Williams Hugh Perceval
Produced by	Walter Morosco
Starring	Jack Buchanan Joan Barry Warwick Ward Nora Swinburne
Music by	Percival Mackey
Production company	Paramount British Pictures
Distributed by	Paramount British Pictures
Release date	9 May 1932 (1932-05-09)
Running time	83 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Production

It was made at British and Dominions Elstree Studios by the British subsidiary of Paramount Pictures.[2] he film's sets were designed by the art director Holmes Paul. Buchanan had recently made the hit Monte Carlo for Paramount in Hollywood and came to Britain to appear in this film which Paramount put larger resources into rather than other American companies who produced quota quickies. Shortly afterwards he was signed up by Herbert Wilcox and appeared in several films for him during the decade beginning with Goodnight, Vienna (1932).

Cast

• Jack Buchanan as Lord William
• Joan Barry as Grace Irving
• Warwick Ward as Ferdinand Barclay
• Nora Swinburne as Elaine Barclay
• Ellaline Terriss as Old Grace
• Lilian Braithwaite as Lady Kingsland
• Cyril Raymond as Charles
• Charles Quatermaine as Dalton
• Sebastian Smith as Macpherson
• J. Fisher White as Wilson

References

Bibliography

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

External links

• A Man of Mayfair at IMDb

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