- BFI identifier29880
- Date1952 (Copyright)
1953-01-19 (Release) - Production countryUnited Kingdom
- Production company
- SynopsisComedy. Captain Paris, the new chaplain on an English army base, is responsible for the soldiers' entertainment, which has lately been woeful. On hearing of an artist, George Prout, and his wife Angela, who live locally and who have a professor friend visiting (who is a regular on a BBC 'brains trust' broadcast), Paris decides to invite them to take part in a similar panel question-and-answer evening alongside some local personages (a viscountess, Lady Dodd, a doctor and the Labour MP). Unfortunately, the Prouts are going through a difficult phase, with the professor attempting to woo Angela away from George, and a question (asked by Paris's secretary, Jessie) about whether marriage is a good idea becomes becomes uncomfortably personal, and leads to some explosive emotion and wild behaviour. (Synopsis)
- Work historyShepperton Studios are referred to as 'The British Lion Studio Shepperton' on the opening titles.
- Genre
- CategoryFiction
- Subject
- CreditsDirector: Frank Launder
[Production Company]: London Film Productions
Produced in association with: British Lion Film Corporation
view all - CastAlastair Sim (Captain William Paris)
Roland Culver (George Prout)
Elizabeth Allan (Angela Prout)
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Title
Folly to Be Wise (Original)
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- Scripts / DocumentsScript - Original story: Play, "It Depends What you Mean", by James Bridie - SCR-8166
Ephemera: publicity - PBS-29880
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Photograph: film still - Portrait - SPD-1020169
Photograph: print - Portrait - Black and White - bfi-00n-t4d
Photograph: transparency - SPD-269074
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Work - 29880 - 1952 (Copyright)
United Kingdom - Film - Fiction
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