Where's Charley? (1952)
May 20, 1952Release Date
Plot.
Where to Watch.
This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Ray Bolger
Charley Wykeham
Allyn Ann McLerie
Amy Spettigue (as Allyn McLerie)
Robert Shackleton
Jack Chesney
Mary Germaine
Kitty Verdun
Horace Cooper
Stephen Spettigue
Margaretta Scott
Dona Lucia
Howard Marion-Crawford
Sir Francis Chesney
David Butler
Director
Erwin Hillier
Director of Photography
Henry Hewitt
Brassett
David Ffolkes
Costume Design / Art Direction
H.G. Stoker
Wilkinson
Reginald Mills
Editor
Martin Miller
Photographer
Michael Kidd
Choreographer
John Monks Jr.
Screenplay
Details.
Wiki.
Where's Charley? is a 1952 British musical comedy film directed by David Butler. It starred Ray Bolger, Allyn Ann McLerie and Robert Shackleton. It is an adaptation of the musical Where's Charley?, which was in turn based on the 1892 play Charley's Aunt by Brandon Thomas.Bolger, McLerie and Horace Cooper reprised the performances they originated on Broadway. Produced by the British branch of Warner Brothers, it was shot at Teddington Studios in London. Some scenes were filmed on location in Oxford the setting for the comedy. The film's sets were designed by the art directors David Ffolkes and Albert Witherick.
Despite a leading role here, this was one of only two films made by Robert Shackleton (1914-1956), the other being Wonder Boy (1951). With its run at New York’s Radio City Music Hall, he appeared in the stage show.
It earned an estimated $1.5 million at the North American box office in 1952.