When We Are Married

When We Are Married

145 mins | Comedy | Nov. 16, 1938

The Helliwells, the Soppitts, and the Parkers, old friends gathered to celebrate their common silver anniversaries. To their dismay they learn that their marriages may not be valid. On hand are an outrageous housekeeper and a photographer. The first play in history to ever be televised complete and unedited direct from the theatre. It is now believed to be lost. The BBC would make another television film version of this play in 1949 with several of the same actors from this film including Raymond Huntley, Ernest Butcher, Patricia Hayes, George Carney and Lloyd Pearson.

When We Are Married

145 mins | Comedy | Nov. 16, 1938

When We Are Married
The Helliwells, the Soppitts, and the Parkers, old friends gathered to celebrate their common silver anniversaries. To their dismay they learn that their marriages may not be valid. On hand are an outrageous housekeeper and a photographer. The first play in history to ever be televised complete and unedited direct from the theatre. It is now believed to be lost. The BBC would make another television film version of this play in 1949 with several of the same actors from this film including Raymond Huntley, Ernest Butcher, Patricia Hayes, George Carney and Lloyd Pearson.
Producers BBC
Original title When We Are Married
Directors Philip Dorté
Writers J. B. Priestley

Cast

Mae Bacon

as Lottie Grady

Ernest Butcher

as Herbert Soppitt

George Carney

as Henry Ormonroyd

Ethel Coleridge

as Clara Soppitt

B. Marsh Dunn

as Mayor of Clecklewyke

Betty Fleetwood

as Nancy Holmes

Muriel George

as Maria Helliwell

Alexander Grandison

as Fred Dyson

Raymond Huntley

as Councillor Albert Parker

Lloyd Pearson

as Alderman Joseph Halliwell

Helena Pickard

as Annie Parker

Beatrice Varley

as Mrs. Northrop

Richard Warner

as Gerald Forbes

Norman Wooland

as Rev. Clement Mercer

Patricia Hayes

as Ruby Birtle