''Three Maxims'' is a 1936 British

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directed by

Herbert Wilcox Herbert Sydney Wilcox Order of the British Empire, CBE (19 April 1890 – 15 May 1977) was a British film producer and film director, director. He was one of the most successful British filmmakers from the 1920s to the 1950s. He is best know ...

and starring

Anna Neagle Dame Florence Marjorie Wilcox (''née'' Robertson; 20 October 1904 – 3 June 1986), known professionally as Anna Neagle, was an English stage and film actress, singer, and dancer. She was a successful box-office draw in British cinema for 2 ...

, Tullio Carminati and Leslie Banks. It was released in the United States under the alternative title '' The Show Goes On''. Separate French and German language versions were filmed 1935 in Paris. The film's sets were designed by Wilcox's regular art director Lawrence P. Williams.

Premise

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causes major disruption to the harmony of a

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act.

Cast

as Pat * Tullio Carminati as Toni * Leslie Banks as Mac * Arthur Finn as Hiram K. Winston * Olive Blakeney as Mrs Winston * Miki Hood as Valentine * Anthony Ireland as Val * Nicolas Koline as Niki * Gaston Palmer as Juggler * Leonard Snelling as Prodigy * Winifred Oughton as Prodigy's Mother * Beatrix Fielden-Kaye as Madame Thomas * Laurence Hanray as Thomas * Tarva Penna as Doctor * Vincent Holman as Cafe Proprietor * Henry Caine as Stage Manager * Horace Hodges as Mike

Other film versions

* ' (1935) with Jean Gabin and

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* '' Variety'' (1935) with

Hans Albers Hans Philipp August Albers (22 September 1891 – 24 July 1960), also known by his nickname “der blonde Hans” (The Blond Hans), was a German actor and singer. He was the biggest male movie star in Germany between 1930 and 1960 and one of the m ...

and

References

Bibliography

* Low, Rachael. ''Filmmaking in 1930s Britain''. George Allen & Unwin, 1985. * Wood, Linda. ''British Films, 1927–1939''. British Film Institute, 1986.

External links

* 1936 films 1936 drama films British drama films 1930s English-language films Films directed by Herbert Wilcox Films with screenplays by Herman J. Mankiewicz Circus films British remakes of French films British remakes of German films British black-and-white films Films shot at Imperial Studios, Elstree 1930s British films English-language drama films {{1930s-UK-film-stub