Second Best Bed is a 1938 British comedy film directed by Tom Walls and starring Walls, Jane Baxter and Veronica Rose.[1] The screenplay is by Ben Travers, based on an earlier story of his. Walls and Travers had worked together on the Aldwych farces. The screenplay concerns a newly married couple who soon run into domestic difficulties when the wife refuses to obey her husband's every order.[2]
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Directed by | Tom Walls |
Written by | Ben Travers |
Produced by | Max Schach |
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Cinematography | Jack E. Cox |
Edited by | Lynn Harrison |
Music by | Van Phillips |
Production company | Capitol Film Corporation |
Distributed by | General Film Distributors |
Release date | January 1938 |
Running time | 74 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
It was an independent production made at Shepperton Studios. The film's sets were designed by the art director Walter Murton.
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