While Parents Sleep

While Parents Sleep is a 1935 British comedy film directed by Adrian Brunel and starring Jean Gillie, Enid Stamp Taylor and Romilly Lunge. The film is a screen adaptation of a 1932 play of the same name by Anthony Kimmins, which had been a popular success on the West End stage in the West End of London.

While Parents Sleep
Directed by	Adrian Brunel
Written by	John Paddy Carstairs Jack Marks Anthony Kimmins (play) Edwin Greenwood
Produced by	Paul Soskin
Starring	Jean Gillie Enid Stamp Taylor Romilly Lunge
Cinematography	Ernest Palmer
Edited by	Michael Hankinson
Music by	Percival Mackey
Production company	British & Dominions Film Corporation
Distributed by	United Artists Corporation
Release date	September 1935 (1935-09)
Running time	72 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Unlike many of Brunel's 1930s quota quickie films, While Parents Sleep has survived and is regarded as an example of his ability to produce a worthwhile film under the most straitened of financial conditions. The Time Out Film Guide notes: "With a couple of tatty sets and a bunch of unknown actors, he produces a witty, sharply-paced, economical essay on class and manners in inter-war Britain."^[1] It was produced by Transatlantic Film Corporation and British & Dominions Film Corporation.

Premise

The film is a farce about the romantic adventures of two young men with women of differing social backgrounds and the revelation of their true worth.^[2]

Cast

• Jean Gillie as Bubbles Thompson
• Enid Stamp Taylor as Lady Cattering
• Romilly Lunge as Neville Hammond
• Mackenzie Ward as Jerry Hammond
• Athole Stewart as Colonel Hammond
• Ellis Jeffreys as Mrs. Hammond
• Davy Burnaby as Lord Cattering
• William Hartnell as George
• Wally Patch as Taxi Driver
• Ronald Shiner as the Mechanic^[3]