STORM IN A TEACUP (1937)

London, November 5, Vivien's twenty-third birthday. The next month, Vivien began shooting her third film for Korda, Storm in a Teacup. It was also Vivien's first major comedy role.

Director: Victor Saville and Ian Dalrymple

Producer: Victor Saville

Screenplay: Ian Dalrymple, Donald Bull

Based on the play: Sturm im Wasserglas by Bruno Frank

Adaptation by: James Bridie

Photography: Mutz Greenbaum

Special Effects: Ned Mann, Edward Cohen

American Distributor: United Artists

Opened: London, June 6, 1937; USA, November 22, 1937

Reissued: 1943, by Anglo; 1946, by Ealing Studios

Synopsis: An eccentric pet owner's furor over the fate of her unlicensed dog leads to political battles, comedy and romance when a reporter writes a story about her plight, crushing the provost's political ambition- and then the scribe falls in love with his target's daughter!

Critics: It was suggested they (Rex Harrison and Vivien Leigh) become a screen team, like William Powell and Myrna Loy of Thin Man fame.

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