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Charley's Aunt: Directed by Archie Mayo. With Jack Benny, Kay Francis, James Ellison, Anne Baxter. In 1890, two students at Oxford force their rascally friend and fellow student to pose as an aunt from Brazil--where the nuts come from.
Synopsis. In 1890, Lord Fancourt Babberly, known to his friends as Babbs, has been studying at Oxford for ten years to obtain a three-year degree before joining his uncle Hilary's law firm.
Victorian-era Oxford students Charley Wykeham (Richard Haydn) and Jack Chesney (James Ellison) recruit their wealthy playboy friend, Lord Fancourt Babberly (Jack Benny), to impersonate Charley's...
- Comedy
Jack Chesney loves Kitty Verdun and Charley loves Miss Amy Spettigue. They invite the ladies to meet Charley's wealthy aunt from Brazil, "where the nuts come from". Cancelling her visit at the last minute, the millionaire aunt sends the boys into cataclysmic confusion. What do they do now?
Charley Wyckham and Jack Chesney pressure fellow student Fancourt Babberly 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.
Charley's Aunt is a 1941 American historical comedy film directed by Archie Mayo. It stars Jack Benny and Kay Francis. It was the third filmed version of the stage farce of the same name by Brandon Thomas. It remained one of Benny's personal favourites among his own films.
“Charley’s Aunt” is a lively and humorous film adaptation of Brandon Thomas’s classic play, directed by Archie Mayo. Set in the late 19th century, the story follows two Oxford undergraduates, Charley Wykeham and Jack Chesney, who persuade their friend Babbs Babberley to impersonate Charley’s Brazilian aunt.
