After Office Hours (1932 film)

1932 British film by Thomas Bentley

After Office Hours

Directed by| Thomas Bentley
Written by| Thomas Bentley
Frank Launder
Based on| London Wall
1931 play
by John Van Druten
Starring| Frank Lawton
Heather Angel
Viola Lyel
Garry Marsh
Cinematography| Ernest Palmer
Edited by| John Neill Brown
Music by| John Greenwood

Production
company

British International Pictures

Distributed by| Wardour Films

Release dates

* 30 June 1932 (1932-06-30) (London)
* 24 October 1932 (1932-10-24) (United Kingdom)

Running time

| 78 minutes
Country| United Kingdom
Language| English

After Office Hours is a 1932 British romantic drama film directed by Thomas Bentley and starring Frank Lawton, Viola Lyel and Garry Marsh.[1]

The film was based on the 1931 play London Wall by John Van Druten with several of the cast reprising their roles from the original stage production. The film was produced by the British film studio British International Pictures at their Elstree Studios.[2]

## Plot

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Office romance, in which Hec is in love with secretary Pat, and fellow secretary Miss Janus, older and wiser, takes it upon herself to concoct a plan to help him receive the empty-headed Pat's affections.[3]

## Cast

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* Frank Lawton as Hec
* Heather Angel as Pat
* Viola Lyel as Miss Janus
* Garry Marsh as Brewer
* Eileen Peel as Miss Bufton
* Frank Royde as Mr. Walker
* Katie Johnson as Miss Wilesden
* Nadine March as Miss Hooper

## References

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1. ^ BFI.org
2. ^ "Elstree Studios". Archived from the original on 22 January 2015. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
3. ^ "After Office Hours (1932) - Thomas Bentley | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie".

## External links

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* After Office Hours at IMDb
* After Office Hours at AllMovie
* After Office Hours at the TCM Movie Database

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Films directed by Thomas Bentley

* Oliver Twist (1912)
* David Copperfield (1913)
* The Old Curiosity Shop (1914)
* The Chimes (1914)
* Hard Times (1915)
* Barnaby Rudge (1915)
* Milestones (1916)
* Beau Brocade (1916)
* The Labour Leader (1917)
* Daddy (1917)
* Les cloches de Corneville (1917)
* The Divine Gift (1918)
* Once Upon a Time (1918)
* The Lackey and the Lady (1919)
* General Post (1920)
* Beyond the Dreams of Avarice (1920)
* The Old Curiosity Shop (1921)
* The Adventures of Mr. Pickwick (1921)
* A Master of Craft (1922)
* Through Fire and Water (1923)
* Wanted, a Boy (1924)
* Old Bill Through the Ages (1924)
* Love and Hate (1924)
* Chappy—That's All (1924)
* Money Isn't Everything (1925)
* A Romance of Mayfair (1925)
* White Heat (1926)
* The Silver Lining (1927)
* Not Quite a Lady (1928)
* Young Woodley (1928)
* The American Prisoner (1929)
* Harmony Heaven (1930)
* Young Woodley (1930)
* Compromising Daphne (1931)
* Hobson's Choice (1931)
* Keepers of Youth (1932)
* After Office Hours (1932)
* Sleepless Nights (1933)
* Hawley's of High Street (1933)
* The Love Nest (1933)
* The Scotland Yard Mystery (1934)
* Those Were the Days (1934)
* The Great Defender (1934)
* The Old Curiosity Shop (1934)
* Royal Cavalcade (1935)
* Music Hath Charms (1935)
* She Knew What She Wanted (1936)
* The Angelus (1937)
* Silver Blaze (1937)
* The Last Chance (1937)
* Night Alone (1938)
* Marigold (1938)
* Me and My Pal (1939)
* Lucky to Me (1939)
* Dead Man's Shoes (1940)
* The Middle Watch (1940)
* Three Silent Men (1940)
* Old Mother Riley's Circus (1941)

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Films of Frank Launder and Sidney Gilliat

Gilliat only|

| Writer only|

* Red Pearls (1930)
* You'd Be Surprised! (1930)
* Lord Richard in the Pantry (1930)
* Bed and Breakfast (1930)
* Third Time Lucky (1931)
* The Ringer (1931)
* The Ghost Train (1931)
* The Happy Ending (1931)
* A Gentleman of Paris (1931)
* Rome Express (1932)
* Falling for You (1933)
* Orders Is Orders (1933)
* Friday the Thirteenth (1933)
* Jack Ahoy (1934)
* Chu Chin Chow (1934)
* My Heart is Calling (1935)
* Bulldog Jack (1935)
* King of the Damned (1936)
* Where There's a Will (1936)
* The Man Who Changed His Mind (1936)
* Strangers on Honeymoon (1936)
* Take My Tip (1937)
* A Yank at Oxford (1938)
* Strange Boarders (1938)
* The Gaunt Stranger (1938)
* Ask a Policeman (1938)
* Jamaica Inn (1939)
* The Girl in the News (1940)
* Mr. Proudfoot Shows a Light (1941)
* Kipps (1941)

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Director|

* Waterloo Road (1945)

Launder only|

| Writer only|

* Under the Greenwood Tree (1929)
* Children of Chance (1930)
* The W Plan (1930)
* The Middle Watch (1930)
* How He Lied to Her Husband (1931 short)
* Hobson's Choice (1931)
* Keepers of Youth (1931)
* The Woman Between (1931)
* Children of Fortune (1931)
* After Office Hours (1932)
* Josser in the Army (1932)
* Old Spanish Customers (1933)
* You Made Me Love You (1933)
* For the Love of Mike (1932)
* Hawley's of High Street (1933)
* A Southern Maid (1933)
* Those Were the Days (1933)
* Happy (1933)
* Get Off My Foot (1935)
* Rolling Home (1935)
* The Black Mask (1935)
* Emil and the Detectives (1935)
* So You Won't Talk (1935)
* Mr. What's-His-Name? (1935)
* I Give My Heart (1935)
* Educated Evans (1936)
* Where's Sally? (1936)
* Don't Get Me Wrong (1937)
* Oh, Mr Porter! (1937)
* A Girl Must Live (1939)
* Inspector Hornleigh Goes To It (1941)
* We Dive at Dawn (1943)
* Ring of Spies (1964)

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Director|

* The Last Coupon (1932)
* Two Thousand Women (1944)
* The Wildcats of St Trinian's (1980)

Together|

| Writers only|

* Facing the Music (1933)
* Twelve Good Men (1936)
* Seven Sinners (1936)
* The Lady Vanishes (1938)
* Inspector Hornleigh on Holiday (1939)
* They Came by Night (1940)
* Night Train to Munich (1940)
* The Young Mr. Pitt (1942)
* The Green Man (1956)

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Directed together|

* Partners in Crime (1942 short)
* Millions Like Us (1943)
* The Great St. Trinian's Train Robbery (1966)

Directed by Gilliat|

* The Rake's Progress (1945)
* Green for Danger (1946)
* London Belongs to Me (1948)
* State Secret (1950)
* The Story of Gilbert and Sullivan (1953)
* The Constant Husband (1955)
* Fortune Is a Woman (1956)
* Left Right and Centre (1959)
* Only Two Can Play (1962)
* Endless Night (1972)

Directed by Launder|

* I See a Dark Stranger (1946)
* Captain Boycott (1947)
* The Blue Lagoon (1949)
* The Happiest Days of Your Life (1950)
* Lady Godiva Rides Again (1951)
* Folly to Be Wise (1952)
* The Belles of St. Trinian's (1954)
* Geordie (1955)
* Blue Murder at St Trinian's (1957)
* The Bridal Path (1959)
* The Pure Hell of St Trinian's (1960)
* Joey Boy (1965)

Producers only|

* The Smallest Show on Earth (1957)
* Ooh… You Are Awful (1972)

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