| While Parents Sleep | |
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| Directed by | Adrian Brunel |
| Written by | John Paddy Carstairs Jack Marks Anthony Kimmins (play) Edwin Greenwood |
| Produced by | Paul Soskin |
| Starring | Jean Gillie Enid Stamp Taylor Romilly Lunge |
| Cinematography | Ernest Palmer |
| Edited by | Michael Hankinson |
| Music by | Percival Mackey |
Production company | British & Dominions Film Corporation |
| Distributed by | United Artists Corporation |
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Running time | 72 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
While Parents Sleep is a 1935 British comedy film directed by Adrian Brunel and starring Jean Gillie, Enid Stamp Taylor and Romilly Lunge. The film is a screen adaptation of a 1932 play of the same name by Anthony Kimmins, which had been a popular success on the West End stage in the West End of London.
Unlike many of Brunel's 1930s quota quickie films, While Parents Sleep has survived and is regarded as an example of his ability to produce a worthwhile film under the most straitened of financial conditions. The Time Out Film Guide notes: "With a couple of tatty sets and a bunch of unknown actors, he produces a witty, sharply-paced, economical essay on class and manners in inter-war Britain."[1] It was produced by Transatlantic Film Corporation and British & Dominions Film Corporation.