The Church Mouse
(1934)
72 or 75 mins | Romantic comedy | 15 December 1934
Director:
Monty BanksWriter:
W. Scott DarlingProduction Company:
First National Pictures, Inc.In the onscreen credits of this film, the play is credited to Paul Frank and Ladislaus Fodor. However, other sources credit only Fodor with the play. It is not know exactly what Frank's contribution to the play was. An English adaptation of Fodor's play, entitled A Church Mouse, by Frederic and Fanny Hatton was presented in New York by William A. Brady on 12 Oct 1931. Another English adaptation of the play by Benn Levy , also entitled A Church Mouse, opened in London in early May 1931.
In Apr 1934, Warner Bros. purchased Teddington Studios outside London. The Church Mouse was the first film Warner Bros. produced after the purchase, although the studio had made films at Teddington since 1932. The preview time was 86 min. Fodor's play was the basis of a German Film Arm wie eine Kirchenmaus in 1931, directed by Richard Oswald, and for the 1932 Warner Bros. film Beauty and the Boss (see above). ...
In the onscreen credits of this film, the play is credited to Paul Frank and Ladislaus Fodor. However, other sources credit only Fodor with the play. It is not know exactly what Frank's contribution to the play was. An English adaptation of Fodor's play, entitled A Church Mouse, by Frederic and Fanny Hatton was presented in New York by William A. Brady on 12 Oct 1931. Another English adaptation of the play by Benn Levy , also entitled A Church Mouse, opened in London in early May 1931.
In Apr 1934, Warner Bros. purchased Teddington Studios outside London. The Church Mouse was the first film Warner Bros. produced after the purchase, although the studio had made films at Teddington since 1932. The preview time was 86 min. Fodor's play was the basis of a German Film Arm wie eine Kirchenmaus in 1931, directed by Richard Oswald, and for the 1932 Warner Bros. film Beauty and the Boss (see above).
Banker Jonathan Steele finds his beautiful secretary, Sylvia James, a distraction during business hours, so he proposes to make her his mistress. A window cleaner overhears their conversation and telephones his friend, Betty Miller, to notify her of the secretarial opening. A drab woman with little personality, Betty, Steele decides, will not meet the fate of her predecessor and he hires her. He is pleased by her efficiency and does not notice that she is falling in love with him. One of her jobs is keeping women away from her boss, a task she accepts with pleasure. Steele and Betty make a business trip to Paris, where he learns she has been keeping even Sylvia away from him. He orders her to personally apologize to Sylvia with a bouquet of flowers. Betty and Sylvia have a talk during which Betty learns how to make a man fall in love with her. She applies Sylvia's techniques, and for extra insurance, she schedules appointments that will keep Steele busy all night long so that he is unable to keep his date with Sylvia. Steele falls madly in love with Betty, offering her the same arrangement he made with Sylvia. Betty, however, holds out for marriage and finally Steele ...
Banker Jonathan Steele finds his beautiful secretary, Sylvia James, a distraction during business hours, so he proposes to make her his mistress. A window cleaner overhears their conversation and telephones his friend, Betty Miller, to notify her of the secretarial opening. A drab woman with little personality, Betty, Steele decides, will not meet the fate of her predecessor and he hires her. He is pleased by her efficiency and does not notice that she is falling in love with him. One of her jobs is keeping women away from her boss, a task she accepts with pleasure. Steele and Betty make a business trip to Paris, where he learns she has been keeping even Sylvia away from him. He orders her to personally apologize to Sylvia with a bouquet of flowers. Betty and Sylvia have a talk during which Betty learns how to make a man fall in love with her. She applies Sylvia's techniques, and for extra insurance, she schedules appointments that will keep Steele busy all night long so that he is unable to keep his date with Sylvia. Steele falls madly in love with Betty, offering her the same arrangement he made with Sylvia. Betty, however, holds out for marriage and finally Steele agrees.
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