Young Man's Fancy

Name: Young Man's Fancy
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1940-01-08
Duration: 1 h 17 min
Rating: 5.9
Cast: Griffith Jones, Anna Lee, Seymour Hicks

1939
1h 17m

IMDb RATING

5.9/10

114

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Comedy

An aristocratic Englishman is engaged to a brewery heiress. He's not happy though and, during a visit to a circus he meets and falls in love with a human cannonball.An aristocratic Englishman is engaged to a brewery heiress. He's not happy though and, during a visit to a circus he meets and falls in love with a human cannonball.An aristocratic Englishman is engaged to a brewery heiress. He's not happy though and, during a visit to a circus he meets and falls in love with a human cannonball.

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IMDb RATING

5.9/10

114

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 1 nomination

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Trivia
In the scene where Miss Ada, played by Anna Lee, is fired out of a cannon, no stunt double was used; Lee did the stunt herself.

Quotes
Lord Alban: You remind me of my mother
Miss Crowther: You needn't pay me compliments
Lord Alban: I wasn't

Crazy credits
Opening credits of the film with photographs of the leading actors, are shown in a hand turned leather bound book with clasp.

Soundtracks
The Band Begins to Play
(uncredited)
Written by G.W. Hunt
Arranged by Ernest Irving

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Featured review

6/10

Engaging Ealing Comedy

This film is currently available view at the BFI Mediatheque as part of their British Cinema of the 1930s season.Ignore the marks that people have given it on this site.It is a stylish witty comedy with fine performances from all of the cast but in particular Seymour Hicks and Martita Hunt.The story is hardly new.A young aristocrat is being forced into a loveless marriage with a wealthy brewers daughter.he flees to a music hall where the Human cannonball(Anna Lee)is fired out of a cannon literally into his lap.Initially they are at each others throats but of course hate turns to love.They decide to go off to Paris to break up his engagement with somewhat unexpected consequences.This really is a delightful film which deserves to have some decent reputation.Hopefully its current availability will allow this.