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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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