Time Flies (1944 film)
Times Flies is a 1944 British comedy film directed by Walter Forde and starring Tommy Handley, Evelyn Dall, Felix Aylmer and Moore Marriott.[1] The screenplay concerns a music hall performer who travels back to Elizabethan times using a time machine.[2]
| Time Flies | |
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Opening title | |
| Directed by | Walter Forde |
| Produced by | Edward Black |
| Screenplay by | J.O.C. Orton Ted Kavanagh Howard Irving Young |
| Starring | Tommy Handley Evelyn Dall George Moon |
| Music by | Bretton Byrd |
| Cinematography | Basil Emmott |
| Edited by | R.E. Dearing |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | General Film Distributors (UK) |
Release date |
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Running time | 88 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Cast
- Tommy Handley – Tommy
- Evelyn Dall – Susie Barton
- George Moon – Bill Barton
- Felix Aylmer – The Professor
- Moore Marriott – A Soothsayer
- Graham Moffatt – His Nephew
- John Salew – William Shakespeare
- Leslie Bradley – Captain Walter Raleigh
- Olga Lindo – Queen Elizabeth
- Roy Emerton – Captain John Smith
- Iris Lang – Princess Pocahontas
- Stéphane Grappelli – A Troubadour
Critical reception
Sky Cinema gave the film two out of five stars and wrote, "Despite the subject and the cast, the treatment lacks vivacity";[3] TV Guide rated it similarly, and wrote, "A well-tuned script takes full advantages of the possibilities for comedy, but radio star Handley is a bit of a disappointment, looking sourly out of place on the screen";[4] whereas the Radio Times rated it three out of five stars, concluding, "Some of the jokes have travelled less well and it falls flat in places, but it's a thoroughly entertaining romp."[5]