On Approval is a 1926 play by Frederick Lonsdale and a 1944 British comedy film directed by Clive Brook. The play premiered at the Watford Palace Theatre in Hertford. Its American premiere was at the Gaiety Theatre on Oct 18, 1926 where it ran for 96 performances. The American cast consisted of Wallace Eddinger, Violet Kemble-Cooper, Kathlene MacDonell, and Hugh Wakefield.
Film adaptation
The film starred Clive Brook, Beatrice Lillie, Googie Withers and Roland Culver. Brook not only stars, directed, but wrote the adaptation. Although Culver, Lillie and Brook were older than the characters in the play, Brook changed the setting to the late Victorian era, which makes their ages seem a bit more acceptable. On Approval is one of the few films Beatrice Lillie made during her long career.
Plot summary
Exacting and difficult Maria Wislack (Lillie) is a widow who decides to take Richard (Culver) away to her Scotish island for a month's trial "on approval" to see if they are compatible for possible marriage. The egoistical and difficult Duke of Bristol (Brook, who is friends with Richard) wangles it so he might be there as well. By chance, they meet Helen (Withers) in Scotland (who is in love with the Duke) and circumstances makes all four of them stay on the island for the month. Due to the bad behaviour of Maria and the Duke, Helen and Richard decide not to marry either of them and they leave them stranded on the island. The Duke and Maria pretend to be romantically involved to make the other two jealous, but end up marrying each other instead.
External links
- On Approval -performance details in Theatre archive, university of Bristol
- On Approval at the Internet Broadway Database
- On Approval at the Internet Movie Database
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