The Lyons in Paris – 1955

A Hammer production released by Exclusive Films
Copyright MCMLIV by Exclusive Films Ltd.
RCA Sound Recording
Produced at Southall Studios, England

Black & White 81 minutes

Storyline

As a wedding anniversary surprise for Bebe, Ben takes the family on a trip to Paris. Once there, the atmosphere of the romantic capital of the world weaves its own special magic which, this being the Lyons family, only results in one disaster after another and a series of misunderstandings leading to Ben having to take part in a duel over another woman!

Crew


Function	Credited	Age at Release	Birth		Death	Age	Hammer Productions
	Click a link for more info						Credited	Uncredited	Total
Art Director	Wilfred Arnold	51	12 Feb 1903		9 Jun 1970	67	5		5
Ast. Director	Rene Dupont	25	10 Oct 1929	10.10.1929		93	3	2	5
Camera Operator	Len Harris	38	19 May 1916		21 Feb 1995	78	52	1	53
Composer	Bruce Campbell						1		1
Continuity	Renee Glynne	28	3 Aug 1926		6 Apr 2022	95	38	3	41
Director	Val Guest	43	11 Dec 1911		10 May 2006	94	29		29
Editor	Douglas Myers	44	15 Jan 1910		1962	51	3		3
From the B.B.C. Radio Series	Bob Block	33	20 Jul 1921		17 Apr 2011	89	2		2
From the B.B.C. Radio Series	Bill Harding	5	23 Jun 1949	23.06.1949		74	2		2
Hair Stylist	Nina Broe				1993		10		10
Make-up	Phil Leakey	46	4 May 1908		26 Nov 1992	84	48		48
Music Director	Philip Martell	47	6 Oct 1907		11 Aug 1993	85	104	1	105
Photog.	Walter Harvey BSc	51	9 Feb 1903		1979	75	34		34
Producer	Robert Dunbar	40	6 Jun 1914		29 Apr 2000	85	5		5
Production Manager	Freddie Pearson				1993		1	1	2
Recordist	C.T. Mason	51	1904		1982	78	1		1
Screenplay	Val Guest	43	11 Dec 1911		10 May 2006	94	29		29
Wardrobe	Molly Arbuthnot	46	19 Dec 1908		31 Oct 2001	92	48	4	52
Uncredited
Boom Operator	Don Wrotham	31	23 May 1923		23 Feb 2007	83		1	1
First Ast. Editor	Nicholas Gurney	26	1929		2001	72		1	1
Focus Puller	Harry Oakes	33	16 Jan 1921		11 Dec 2012	91		53	53
Second Ast. Director	Roger Good	30	1925		23 Sep 2015	90		1	1
Second Camera Operator	Tom Friswell	25	1930		2002	72		18	18
Sound Camera Operator	David Coghan							1	1
Sound Camerman	John Souter							2	2
Sound Maintenance	Paul Newitt							1	1
Still Photog.	John Jay	34	14 Nov 1920		29 Apr 2005	84	13	22	35
Third Ast. Director	Patrick Clayton	19	1 Jul 1935		1 Mar 2023	87	1	2	3

Cast


Character	Actor	Age at Release	Birth		Death	Age	Hammer Productions
	Click a link for more info						Credited	Uncredited	Total
Aggie	Molly Weir	44	17 Mar 1910		28 Nov 2004	94	3		3
Barbara Lyon	Barbara Lyon	23	1 Sep 1931		10 Jul 1995	63	2		2
Bebe Daniels Lyon	Bebe Daniels-Lyon	53	14 Jan 1901		16 Mar 1971	70	1		1
Ben Lyon	Ben Lyon	53	6 Feb 1901		22 Mar 1979	78	2		2
Captain Le Grand	Reginald Beckwith	46	2 Nov 1908		26 Jun 1965	56	6		6
Charles	Pierre Dudan	38	1 Feb 1916		4 Feb 1984	68	1		1
Colonel Price	Hugh Morton	51	28 Jun 1903		11 Jul 1984	81	4		4
Fifi La Fleur	Martine Alexis						1		1
Florrie	Doris Rogers	59	16 Feb 1895		5 Mar 1975	80	2		2
Grerrard	Dino Galvani	64	27 Oct 1890		14 Sep 1960	69	1		1
Mr Wimple	Horace Percival	69	1 Jan 1886		9 Nov 1961	75	2		2
Mrs Wimple	Gwen Lewis	66	21 Jan 1888		19 Jan 1966	77	2		2
Richard Lyon	Richard Lyon	20	8 Oct 1934		16 Oct 2013	79	2		2
Uncredited
Club Patron	Alf Mangan	38	21 Oct 1916		16 Jun 1988	71		4	4
Club Patron	Aidan Harrington	26	13 Mar 1928		4 Feb 2017	88		1	1
Club Patron	Dido Plumb	49	23 Jun 1905		4 Mar 1991	85		10	10
Club Patron	Otto Friese	26	20 Jun 1928	20.06.1928		94		1	1
Club Patron	Paddy Smith							5	5
Ferry Passenger	Guy Standeven				Oct 1998			7	7
Fred	Arthur Lovegrove	41	15 Jul 1913		7 Nov 1981	68	3	6	9
Gawker	Harry Van Engel	23	26 Apr 1931	26.04.1931		91		2	2
Girl in Dream	Susan Beaumont	18	26 Feb 1936		25 Feb 2020	83		1	1
Man in Theatre Audience	Ian Selby							5	5
Policeman	Victor Harrington	45	27 Aug 1909		23 Jul 1980	70		7	7

Production


FILMING BEGAN	30 June 1954
UK RELEASE	5 January 1955
STUDIO	Southall Studios, Southall, Middlesex, England
LOCATION	Paris, France

Footnotes

Philip Martell gets his first credit for Hammer with this film. Later on, he succeeded John Hollingsworth and became the Company’s chief Musical Director, a position he then held right through to Hammer’s last cinema film, “The Lady Vanishes” (1979).

Details were complied viewing the actual film.
Source of viewing copy – The Hammer Graveyard Collection