Charley's (Big-Hearted) Aunt
- 1940 film
Farce based on the hit Victorian play Charley's Aunt, starring Arthur Askey as an Oxford scholar. Also features Richard Murdoch, Moore Marriott, Graham Moffatt, J.H. Roberts, Felix Aylmer and more.
Charley's (Big-Hearted) Aunt
Classic British comedy starring the inimitable Arthur Askey in an hilarious drag role.
A group of Oxford students - Arthur, Albert and Jerry - are on their final warning for a "long list of delinquencies" including drunken behaviour and miscellaneous high jinks. While on probation, one of them slips into drag in order to play a part in a school drama and is rumbled, landing him and his two chums on the carpet yet again where, they are informed, they're to be expelled.
Undaunted, the would-be queen then dons drag yet again and plays Albert's aunt Lucy - a wealthy philanthropic type who promises to put all manner of money into the kitty to fund an Egyptian expedition - in exchange for the salvation of a certain three scholastic careers.
First released: Monday 23rd April 2007
Extra features
- Arthur Askey on The Russell Harty Show, 24th March 1973
- Image gallery
DVD- Distributor: Network
- Region: 2
- Discs: 1
- Minutes: 72
- Catalogue: 7952635
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