Second Best Bed

Synopsis

Feature film comedy. Victor Garnett (Walls) a rich bachelor marries wealthy, spoilt and shrewish Patricia Lynton (Jane Baxter) whereupon he tries to mould her into his ideal woman. Enraged by Victor’s over-attentive behaviour to other woman she runs away to Monte Carlo, but they are eventually reunited and reconciled. Victor gives his wife the second best bed and the line from Shakespeare’s will is quoted in the opening titles.

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Film

Technical information

Black-and-white / Sound

Year of release

1938

Duration

83 mins; 7,500 feet

Credits

Director

Tom Walls

Producer

Max Schach

Cinematographer

Jack Cox

Screenplay

Ben Travers

Music

Van Phillips

Cast

Jane Baxter	Patricia Lynton (Katherina)
Tom Walls	Victor Garnett (Petruchio)
Carl Jaffe	Georges Dubonnet
Greta Gynt	Yvonne
Veronica Rose	Jenny Murdoch

Additional Details

Production type

Fiction Films

Plays

Taming of the Shrew, The

Subjects

Drama

Keywords

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Notes

Notes

The BFI National Archive holds preservation material only, no viewing copy (2006).

Production Company

Name

Capitol Productions

Archive

Name

BFI National Archive

Web

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