Thursday, September 10, 2020

Charley’s Aunt, Part 2

In the previous post, I wrote that there were at least 15 film and television adaptations of the 1892 play Charley’s Aunt. What follows are photos from those 15 productions (from 1925 to 1996).


1925 – Syd Chaplin in a USA film adaptation of Charley’s Aunt


1926 – Elis Ellis in the Swedish film version of Charleys Tant


1930 – Charles Ruggles in a USA film adaptation of Charley’s Aunt


1934 – Fritz Rasp in the German film version of Charleys Tante


1940 – Arthur Askey in the British film adaptation of Charley's (Big-Hearted) Aunt


1941 – Jack Benny in a USA film version of Charley’s Aunt


1943 – Erminio Macario in the Italian film adaptation of Charley’s Aunt (La zia di Carlo)


1952 – Ray Bolger in a USA film version of Where’s Charley?


1956 – Heinz Rühmann in the Austrian film adaptation of Charleys Tante


1959 – Dirch Passer in the Danish film version of Charleys Tante


1963 – Peter Alexander in the West German film adaptation of Charleys Tante


1975 – Aleksandr Kalyagin in the USSR television movie version of Hello, I'm Your Aunt


1976 – Jörg Pleva in the West German television movie adaptation of Charleys Tante


1987 – Charles Grodin in the USA television movie version of Charley’s Aunt


1996 – Thomas Heinze in the German television adaptation of Charleys Tante




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Jaloo femulating in the 2018 Brazilian film Paradise Lost.

13 comments:

  1. You need the Spanish version, from 1982, with Paco Martínez Soria.

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  2. You need the Spanish version, from 1982, with Paco Martínez Soria.

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  3. Danny la rue was in a great BBC production of the play in 1969, - Danny was a very famous UK drag queen. it was their first TV appearance and Danny went on to be a regular on the telly.
    See the photo of the here =http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/45852000/gif/_45852749_larue_226charleysaunt.gif

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  4. Somehow Dawn's link didn't work for me. Analytic lady that I am, a search ensued and I found this photo in a BBC archive on Twitter. https://twitter.com/BBCArchive/status/890108193837268992/photo/1

    Danny LaRue is spectacularly presented as a glamorous lady. For a first-timer, the change might make the audience wonder if the mousy Charley wouldn't prefer to stay a glamorous lady. I think the farce works best when you can still "see" Charley under the disguise and he's always seeming distressed by his predicament.

    Thanks, Stana, for introducing this subject -- and then showing just a few of the probably thousands of versions of this beloved play.

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  5. And the Oscar for "Not a Civilian" goes to Thomas Heinze in the German television adaptation of Charleys Tante

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  6. Just a heads up to everyone that the non-aunt related film mentioned here, Paradise Lost, is on Netflix. Watched it last night with my wife, the film was rather innocuous but entertaining.

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  7. My vote is for Thomas Heinze, in the 1996 version of Charley's Aunt

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  8. https://stare-kino.pl/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/%C5%9Awiatowid.-1937.09.11-nr-37.jpg

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    1. Eugeniusz Bodo femulating Mae West in the 1937 Polish film Piętro Wyżej.

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  9. In Mexico, in 1938 the movie "La Tía de las Muchachas" was made, which is the Mexican version of Charley's Aunt. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddsnd8oH-bo

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  10. i was going to suggest a british actor called brian bedford, who once appeared as a guest star in "frasier". however, rather than playing "charlie's aunt" as was my memory when i looked him up on imbd at the time, i have now been reminded that he later femulated as lady bracknell in a tv movie version of oscar wilde's "the importance of being ernest":

    https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1863413/mediaviewer/rm1205057792?context=default&ref_=tt_pv_md_2

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  11. Don't think any of them particularly pass, but Peter Alexander's purple outfit is the definite fashion winner!

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  12. How do actors play this role?
    Do they act as women or men dressed as women?
    Lucy

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