Those Were the Days
1934, English. Directed by Thomas Bentley.
A farce based on Arthur Wing Pinero's play 'The Magistrate' in which the son (John Mills) of a stern magistrate (Will Hay) visits a music hall against the wishes of his father. In true farcical style, the magistrate too ends up at the music hall, and before long all the characters are trying not to avoid each other... Mainly notable (a) because of its depiction of the music hall as seen by a generation which knew it intimately (b) because of its use of music hall acts of the time and (c) because it gave Will Hay his first film role.
- Runtime
- 1h 20m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- English
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Cast & crew
- Thomas BentleyDirector
- Will HayMagistrate Brutus Poskett
- Iris HoeyAgatha Poskett
- Angela BaddeleyCharlotte Verrinder
- Claud AllisterCapt. Horace Vale
- George GravesCol. Alexander Lukyn
- John MillsBobby Poskett
- Jane CarrMinnie Taylor
- Marguerite AllanEve Douglas
- H.F. MaltbyMr. Bullamy
- Laurence HanrayWormington
- Syd CrossleyWyke
- Wally PatchInspector Briggs
Details
- Released
- 2 April 1934
- Country
- United Kingdom
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Those Were the Days runs 80 minutes (1h 20m).
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Those Were the Days isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 2 April 1934. (Checked 12 November 2026.)
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Who directed Those Were the Days?
Those Were the Days (1934) was directed by Thomas Bentley and stars Will Hay, Iris Hoey, Angela Baddeley.