Where's Charley? (film)

Where's Charley?
Directed byDavid Butler
Written byJohn Mons Jr.
Based onCharley's Aunt by Brandon Thomas
Produced byCy Feuer
Ernest H. Martin
StarringRay Bolger
Allyn Ann McLerie
Robert Shackleton
CinematographyErwin Hillier
Edited byReginald Mills
Music byRay Heindorf
Howard Jackson
Production
company
Distributed byWarner Bros.
Release date
  • 26 June 1952 (1952-06-26)
Running time
97 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Where's Charley? is a 1952 British musical comedy film directed by David Butler. It starred Ray Bolger, Allyn Ann McLerie and Robert Shackleton.[1] It is an adaptation of the musical Where's Charley?, which was in turn based on the 1892 play Charley's Aunt by Brandon Thomas.[2]

Bolger, McLerie and Horace Cooper reprised the performances they originated on Broadway. Produced by the British branch of Warner Brothers, it was shot at Teddington Studios in London. Some scenes were filmed on location in Oxford the setting for the comedy. The film's sets were designed by the art directors David Ffolkes and Albert Witherick. Despite a leading role here, this was one of only two films made by Robert Shackleton (1914-1956), the other being Wonder Boy (1951). With its run at New York’s Radio City Music Hall, he appeared in the stage show.

It earned an estimated $1.5 million at the North American box office in 1952.[3]

  1. ^ "Where's Charley? (1952)". Archived from the original on 14 January 2009.
  2. ^ "Where's Charley IMDb article". IMDB.
  3. ^ 'Top Box-Office Hits of 1952', Variety, 7 January 1953