Tropical Trouble
Encyclopedia
Tropical Trouble is a 1936 British
comedy film
directed by Harry Hughes
and starring Douglass Montgomery
, Betty Ann Davies
and Alfred Drayton
. It was based on the novel Bunga-Bunga by Stephen King-Hall
. A series of misunderstanding leads to a colonial governor's wife suspecting him of an affair with his assistant.
Cinema of the United Kingdom
The United Kingdom has had a major influence on modern cinema. The first moving pictures developed on celluloid film were made in Hyde Park, London in 1889 by William Friese Greene, a British inventor, who patented the process in 1890. It is generally regarded that the British film industry...
comedy film
Comedy film
Comedy film is a genre of film in which the main emphasis is on humour. They are designed to elicit laughter from the audience. Comedies are mostly light-hearted dramas and are made to amuse and entertain the audiences...
directed by Harry Hughes
Harry Hughes (director)
-Selected filmography:* Virginia's Husband * Troublesome Wives * Song at Eventide * The Improper Duchess * Tropical Trouble * The Gables Mystery * Mountains O'Mourne...
and starring Douglass Montgomery
Douglass Montgomery
Robert Douglass Montgomery was an American film actor.-Career:Son of a jeweler, he used the stage name of Douglass Montgomery when he first acted on stage in New York. He appeared as a ruggedly handsome fair-haired man, often slightly naive. He started his career in Hollywood, often playing the...
, Betty Ann Davies
Betty Ann Davies
-Selected filmography:* My Old Duchess * Death at Broadcasting House * Mountains O'Mourne * It Always Rains on Sunday * Escape * The Passionate Friends * Grand National Night...
and Alfred Drayton
Alfred Drayton
Alfred Drayton was a British film actor.Drayton worked in a brewery when he was 18 but having a good deal of amateur dramatics experience decided to go on stage. His first appearance on stage was The Beloved Vagabond at Cardiff in 1908 and his London debut was at the Haymarket Theatre the...
. It was based on the novel Bunga-Bunga by Stephen King-Hall
Stephen King-Hall
Sir William Stephen Richard King-Hall, Baron King-Hall of Headley was a British naval officer, writer, politician and playwright. -Life:...
. A series of misunderstanding leads to a colonial governor's wife suspecting him of an affair with his assistant.
Cast
- Douglass MontgomeryDouglass MontgomeryRobert Douglass Montgomery was an American film actor.-Career:Son of a jeweler, he used the stage name of Douglass Montgomery when he first acted on stage in New York. He appeared as a ruggedly handsome fair-haired man, often slightly naive. He started his career in Hollywood, often playing the...
- George Masterman - Betty Ann DaviesBetty Ann Davies-Selected filmography:* My Old Duchess * Death at Broadcasting House * Mountains O'Mourne * It Always Rains on Sunday * Escape * The Passionate Friends * Grand National Night...
- Mary Masterman - Alfred DraytonAlfred DraytonAlfred Drayton was a British film actor.Drayton worked in a brewery when he was 18 but having a good deal of amateur dramatics experience decided to go on stage. His first appearance on stage was The Beloved Vagabond at Cardiff in 1908 and his London debut was at the Haymarket Theatre the...
- Sir Monagu Thumpeter - Natalie HallNatalie HallNatalie Hall is an Canadian actress. Hall is a broadway actress and has portrayed the role of Colby Chandler on the soap opera All My Children since November 25, 2009....
- Louise van der Houten - Sybil GroveSybil GroveSybil Grove was born Sybil Marian Westmacott. She was a British actress. born 4th October 1891 in Teddington, Middlesex, England, UK. She was also known as Sybil Wingrove....
- Lady Thumpeter - Victor StanleyVictor Stanley-Selected filmography:* The World, the Flesh, the Devil * Three Men in a Boat * The Umbrella * The Medicine Man * The Iron Stair * The Ghost Camera * Timbuctoo...
- Albert - Gerald Barry - Sir Pomfrey Pogglethwaite
- Morris HarveyMorris Harvey-Selected filmography:* Sunshine Susie * A Southern Maid * The Love Test * The Sky's the Limit * Let the People Sing * The Great Mr. Handel * Old Mother Riley Overseas -External links:...
- Chief of the Bungs - Marie AultMarie AultMarie Ault was a British actress.Born at Wigan, Lancashire, she was a star in many British films of the silent era but is most remembered for her role as Daisy Bunting's mother in The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog directed by Alfred Hitchcock.She also had bit parts in films such as Jamaica...
- Nonnie - Vernon HarrisVernon HarrisVernon Harris was a British screenwriter.-Screenwriter:* Joy Ride * Albert R.N. * The Sea Shall Not Have Them * The Good Die Young...
- Martindale