Charley's Aunt Page #2

Synopsis: Charley Wyckham and Jack Chesney pressure fellow student Fancourt Babberly to pose as Charley's Brazilian Aunt Donna Lucia. Their purpose is to have a chaperone for their amorous visits with Amy and Kitty, niece and ward of crusty Stephen Spettigue. Complications begin when Fancourt, in drag, becomes the love object of old Spettigue and Sir Francis Chesney.
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Director(s): Archie Mayo
Production: 20th Century Fox Film Corporation
 
IMDB:
7.0
APPROVED
Year:
1941
80 min
587 Views


A CAB. UH, JUST A MOMENT. I'LL GET IT.

OH, I SAY, CHARLEY. COULD YOU

LEND ME A HALF CROWN, PLEASE?

SORRY, BABBS. I'M FLAT.

I'LL GET IT FOR YOU THOUGH.

JACK?

HMM?

HAVE YOU, UH,

HALF A CROWN?

NOT A HA'PENNY.

JUST A MOMENT.

LEND ME HALF A CROWN, WILL

YOU, BRASSETT? CERTAINLY, SIR.

THANK YOU.

HERE YOU ARE, CHARLEY.

OH, THANKS, OLD MAN.

HERE WE ARE. THANK YOU,

CHARLEY. AWFULLY DECENT OF YOU.

THE CAB WILL BE TWO SHILLINGS.

KEEP THE CHANGE, BRASSETT.

OH, THANK YOU, MILORD.

THANK YOU.

THERE YOU ARE.

OH, BUT THAT'S

SUCH A BOTHER, SIR.

NO BOTHER AT ALL.

"ENTERED ST. OLDE'S COLLEGE,

MICHAELMAS TERM, 1880."

SO FAR YOUR RECORD IS MOS ADMIRABLE. THANK YOU, SIR.

LET'S SEE NOW.

MY WORD.

YOU'VE BEEN HERE

A LONG TIME.

HOPE YOU REALIZE THERE'S

A REGULATION...

WHICH SAYS A STUDEN MAY COMPLETE THE COURSE...

IN NOT LESS THAN THREE YEARS

AND NOT MORE THAN 15.

BUT I'M ONLY IN

MY TENTH YEAR, SIR.

WHAT IS THIS?

OH, I DIDN'T KNOW

SHE WAS MARRIED, SIR.

WHEN I SAID YOU WERE TO

BE RUSTICATED, I WAS WRONG.

THANK YOU, SIR. YOU, SIR, ARE NO

LONGER A MEMBER OF THIS UNIVERSITY.

YOU'RE EXPELLED!

EXPELLED?

OH, BUT PLEASE, SIR.

I MUST GET MY DEGREE.

YOU SEE, I'M DUE TO JOIN

MY UNCLE'S FIRM IN THE FALL-

HOGARTH, HAWKS AND BABBERLY-

THE FAMOUS LONDON SOLICITORS.

THEY'VE HANDLED SEVERAL

SENSATIONAL MURDER TRIALS,

AND I'M SURE, MR. REDCLIFFE, IF YOU

EVER HAVE OCCASION TO COMMIT MURDER,

I CAN GET THEM:

TO HANDLE YOUR CASE.

YOU CANNOT BRIBE ME, SIR. LORD

BABBERLY, YOU'RE EXPELLED. OH, NO, SIR.

THEY WON'T TAKE ME IN

WITHOUT AN OXFORD DEGREE.

IT'S TRADITION,

YOU KNOW.

YOU SHOULD HAVE THOUGHT OF ALL

THAT BEFORE YOU RANG THE FIRE BELL.

BUT I DIDN' DO IT PURPOSELY.

I FELL DOWN THE STAIRS.

I WAS UNCONSCIOUS.

JUDGING FROM YOUR SCHOLASTIC

RECORD, I SHOULD THINK IT...

EXTREMELY DIFFICULT FOR YOU TO DETERMINE

WHETHER YOU WERE UNCONSCIOUS OR NOT.

I ASSURE YOU, SIR,

IT WAS AN ACCIDENT.

I TRIPPED.

I- I HAVE WITNESSES.

AND WHO ARE THE WITNESSES?

WELL, CHARLES WYKEHAM

AND JACK CHESNEY.

WYKEHAM AND CHESNEY? THEY'RE

TWO VERY REPUTABLE GENTLEMEN.

WILL THEY TESTIFY TO THAT?

OH, I'M SURE THEY WILL, SIR.

THEY WERE RIGHT THERE

WHEN IT HAPPENED,

AND I KNOW I CAN

REFRESH THEIR MEMORY.

VERY WELL. BRING THEM HERE A HALF-PAST 10:00 IN THE MORNING.

IF THEY CORROBORATE YOUR

STORY, I'LL RECONSIDER. IF NOT-

OH, THANK YOU, SIR. THANK

YOU SO MUCH. GOOD DAY.

GOOD DAY, SIR.

GOOD DAY.

DID HE SAY 10:
00

OR HALF-PAST?

MY NECK!

SO AS YOUR SOLICITOR, DONNA

LUCIA, I THOUGHT IT ONLY FAIR...

TO ACQUAINT YOU WITH THE

FACTS. AND I'M MOST GRATEFUL.

OF COURSE, I DON'T MIND

CHARLEY FALLING IN LOVE,

BUT AS HIS ONLY LIVING RELATIVE,

I DO HOPE IT'S THE RIGHT GIRL.

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George Seaton

George Seaton (April 17, 1911 – July 28, 1979) was an American screenwriter, playwright, film director and producer, and theatre director. more…

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