Charley's Aunt is a 1930 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Al Christie and starring Charles Ruggles, June Collyer, and Hugh Williams. It was an adaptation of the 1892 play Charley's Aunt by Brandon Thomas. It marked the film debut of Williams, who then returned to Britain and became a major star.
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Plot
Charley Wyckham and Jack Chesney pressure fellow student Fancourt Babberly (Babbs) to pose as Charley's Brazilian Aunt Donna Lucia. Their purpose is to have a chaperone for their amorous visits with Amy and Kitty, niece and ward of crusty Stephen Spettigue. Complications begin when Babbs, in drag, becomes the love object of old Spettigue and Sir Francis Chesney.
Cast
Charles Ruggles as Lord Fancourt Babberley
June Collyer as Amy Spettigue
Hugh Williams as Charlie Wykeham
Doris Lloyd as Donna Lucia D' Alvadorez
Halliwell Hobbes as Stephen Spettigue
Flora le Breton as Ela Delahay
Rodney McLennan as Jack Chesney
Phillips Smalley as Sir Francis Chesney
Flora Sheffield as Kitty Verdun
Wilson Benge as Brassett
Robert Bolder as Scotty
Edgar Norton as Spettigue's Lawyer