This article is about the 1947 film. For the sitcom, see Man About the House. For other uses, see A Man About the House (disambiguation).
1947 British film
A Man About the House
UK release poster
Directed by
Leslie Arliss
Written by
J.B. Williams Leslie Arliss
Based on
A Man About the House by Francis Brett Young
Produced by
Edward Black
Starring
Dulcie Gray Margaret Johnston Kieron Moore Guy Middleton
Cinematography
Georges Périnal
Edited by
Russell Lloyd
Music by
Nicholas Brodszky
Color process
Black and white
Production company
London Film Productions
Distributed by
British Lion Films
Release date
3 October 1947 (1947-10-03)
Running time
94 minutes
Country
United Kingdom
Language
English
Budget
£304,521[1]
Box office
£187,115 (UK)[2]
A Man About the House is a British drama film directed by Leslie Arliss and released in 1947. The film is a melodrama, adapted for the screen by J. B. Williams from the 1942 novel of the same name by Francis Brett Young.[3] A theatrical adaptation A Man About the House by John Perry had been staged in London's West End in 1946, with Flora Robson as Agnes, Kieron Moore as Salvatore, and Ernest Thesiger as Sanctuary.[4] The film was produced by Edward Black and edited by Russell Lloyd, with cinematography by Georges Périnal and music by Nicholas Brodszky. Shot at Shepperton Studios and on location around Naples, the film's sets were designed by the art director Andrej Andrejew.
^Chapman, J. (2022). The Money Behind the Screen: A History of British Film Finance, 1945-1985. Edinburgh University Press p 354
^Vincent Porter, 'The Robert Clark Account', Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, Vol 20 No 4, 2000
^"A Man about the House (1947)". BFI. Archived from the original on 7 May 2019.
^Wearing, J. P. (22 August 2014). The London Stage 1940-1949: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 9780810893061 – via Google Books.
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