Leslie Henson Movies
- 1956
In this comedy, the lives of two families get turned topsy-turvy when their respective young sons win a large football pool. The two share the winning ticket and the trouble begins when their parents get greedy and begin trying to devise way to get the hefty pot all to themselves. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- 1943
Demi-Paradise stars Laurence Olivier as a Russian inventor (accent and all). In Europe to promote his new propeller device, Olivier is put off by English customs and manners-or, rather, the lack of the latter. No one in 1939 England trusts a foreigner, least of all one of those shifty "Reds", but when Russia and England become allies against the Nazis, the previously persona non grata Olivier is welcomed with open arms. Penelope Dudley Ward co-stars as Olivier's previously suspicious landlady, who ends up falling in love with him. Demi-Paradise was made before the comic quaintness that afflicted Olivier's later performances set in, thus his Russian portrayal is straightforward and most convincing. The film was released in the US as Adventure for Two. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Laurence Olivier, Marjorie Fielding, (more)
- 1936
In this British comedy, set in the City of Light during 1904, a singer and regular at Maxim's finds herself entangled in the marital travails of a doctor married to a shrew. Eventually, the doctor begins taking the seductive chanteuse around town introducing her as his wife. Mayhem and mistaken-identity ensue. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Frances Day, Lady Tree, (more)
- 1935
Leslie Henson stars as Lord Pye, a pompous member in good standing of his local Purity League. Lord Pye would not be so complacently puritanical if he knew that his stepdaughter Benita (Frances Day), whom he has never met, is a saucy cabaret dancer. Briefly stranded in London when he misses his train, His Lordship wanders into the very nitery where his stepdaughter is performing. Still unaware of Benita's identity, he loosens up and begins outrageously (but harmlessly) flirting with the girl. Meanwhile, the new Lady Pye (Marie Lohr), Benita's mother, shows up in London unannounced to visit her daughter. Oh Daddy, indeed! ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Leslie Henson, Frances Day, (more)
- 1934
It's a Boy was freely adapted from a German play by Franz Arnold and Ernest Bach. On the eve of his marriage to Anita Gunn (Heather Thatcher), Dudley Leake (Edward Everett Horton) is confronted by Joe Piper (Albert Burdon), who claims to be Dudley's illegitimate son. Best man James Skippett (Leslie Henson) smells a rat, especially when Joe demands money for his silence. Investigating on his own, Skippett learns a few awful truths and saves the day. Heavily made up as an old duffer, Edward Everett Horton garners most of the film's laughs, keeping the very thinnish plotline afloat. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Leslie Henson, Albert Burdon, (more)
- 1931
In this sporting comedy, two gamblers are visiting the home of a staunch anti-gambler. The host is most self-righteous about it all until he wins the main purse during a horse race. Thrilled, he sets up a bookmaking operation. Unfortunately, by the time the big race runs around he loses it all. Fortunately, his canny wife bets on the winner and saves the day. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Leslie Henson, Hugh Wakefield, (more)
- 1930
In this comedy, a business magnate goes to Monte Carlo for a vacation. There his pal encourages him to begin a flirtation with a lovely young woman. Later he returns home. There he learns that the girl is secretly married to a friend's nephew. Fortunately, the fellow is saved when the woman claims that his pal was really her lover. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- 1920
The old reliable stage chestnut Alf's Button was given perfunctory treatment by British director Cecil Hepworth. Leslie Hensen plays Alf Higgins, a World War 1 "Tommy" who discovers that a button on his jacket has unusual magical powers. It turns out that the button was forged from the metal of Aladdin's lamp. Granted three wishes, Alf squanders the first two, while the third forms the basis of the film's rousing finale. Playwright W. A. Darlington virtually built his career on Alf's Button and its sequels. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
