Yes, Madam?

Produced byWalter C. MycroftStarringCinematographyWalter J. HarveyEdited byWalter StokvisMusic byHarry AcresDistributed byAssociated British Film Distributors77 minutesCountryUnited KingdomLanguageEnglish

Yes, Madam? is a 1938 British musical comedy film directed by Norman Lee and starring Bobby Howes, Diana Churchill and Wylie Watson.^[1]

Background

The film was adapted from a play by K.R.G. Browne, itself based on a novel by the same author.^[2] The film was shot at Elstree Studios,^[3] with sets designed by the art director Cedric Dawe.

Plot

Two cousins, Billy Quinton and Sally Gaunt, have to spend a month in service to qualify for an inheritance from an eccentric uncle. They find themselves in the same household, as valet/chauffeur and as maid, where they are tracked down by their arch-enemy Tony Tolliver, who will get the money should either of the cousins fail in their task by getting the sack. Tony therefore tries various schemes to get them sacked – succeeding, but still failing to get the legacy.^[2]

Cast

• Bobby Howes as Bill Quinton
• Diana Churchill as Sally Gault
• Wylie Watson as Albert Peabody, a retired button manufacturer
• Bertha Belmore as Emily Peabody, his unmarried sister
• Vera Pearce as Pansy Beresford, an actress
• Billy Milton as Tony Tolliver
• Fred Emney as Sir Charles Drake-Drake
• Cameron Hall as Catlett, former burglar, now manservant to Tolliver
• Geoffrey Sumner as Scoffin
• Arthur Hambling as a police constable

Music and dance sequences

Set pieces taken from the stage production included a scene with a 'sloshed Emney',^[4] Czecho-Slovakian Love - "Here beneath the white lights gleaming above" (Pansy and Bill) and 'Yes, Madam' - "I'm in love, I confess" (Bill and Sally).^[5]

References

Bibliography

• Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.

External links

• Yes, Madam? at IMDb