bappamtv

Where's Charley?

Where's Charley?

1952Movie⏱️ 1h 37m
ComedyMusical
6.9
IMDB Rating
171 votes

From the popular Broadway show, a musical adaptation Brandon Thomas's 1890's farce about an Oxford undergraduate posing as a classmate's aunt from Brazil--"where the nuts come from." Notable mainly for Frank Loesser's score and Ra...

Director
David Butler
Writers
George Abbott, Frank Loesser, John Monks Jr.
Stars
Ray Bolger, Allyn Ann McLerie, Robert Shackleton
Release Date
October 24, 1952
Language
English
Country
United Kingdom
🎯 1
Nominations
💬 15
Reviews
📽️ View on IMDB

🎭 Top Cast

Ray Bolger
Ray Bolger
as Charley Wykeham
Allyn Ann McLerie
Allyn Ann McLerie
as Amy Spettigue
👤
Robert Shackleton
as Jack Chesney
👤
Horace Cooper
as Stephen Spettigue
Margaretta Scott
Margaretta Scott
as Dona Lucia
Howard Marion-Crawford
Howard Marion-Crawford
as Sir Francis Chesney
👤
Mary Germaine
as Kitty Verdun
👤
Henry Hewitt
as Brassett
👤
H.G. Stoker
as Wilkinson
Martin Miller
Martin Miller
as Photographer

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.37 : 1
Filming Location
Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK
Production
Warner Brothers-First National Productions

🏷️ Keywords

based on broadway musicalcross dressingman wears a dressfarce comedyactor recreates his stage role

🎯 Categories

FarceComedyMusical

⭐ Featured Review

Great film
by mollystockton2006-10-19
10/10

"I met Mr Bolger when I was an interpreter/guide at Tehran's Film Festival in Iran in 1977. He and his wife were utterly charming. I told Mr Bolger that, although much fuss was being made over his role in "The Wizard of Oz" (he confided that he was getting a bit fed up with doing his "scarecrow stance" over and over again for photographers), I had preferred his performance in "Where's Charley?" He said, "Oh, my dear, I'm so pleased. That was my favourite film." He went on to tell me how much he'd enjoyed making the film in my native En..."

💡 Did You Know?

Despite the film's broad appeal, it has not (as of 2020) been released on home video or streaming. It was last broadcast on U.S. television in the 1970s.

📖 Synopsis

From the popular Broadway show, a musical adaptation Brandon Thomas's 1890's farce about an Oxford undergraduate posing as a classmate's aunt from Brazil--"where the nuts come from." Notable mainly for Frank Loesser's score and Ra...