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 Credits
Art Director	Wilfred Arnold	51	12 Feb 1903		9 Jun 1970	67	5
Assistant Director	Rene Dupont	25	10 Oct 1929	10.10.1929		91	3
Camera Operator	Len Harris	38	19 May 1916		21 Feb 1995	78	52
Composed by	Bruce Campbell						1
Continuity	Renee Glynne	28	3 Aug 1926	03.08.1926		94	38
Directed by	Val Guest	43	11 Dec 1911		10 May 2006	94	29
Editor	Douglas Myers	44	15 Dec 1910		1962	51	3
From the B.B.C. Radio Series by	Bebe Daniels	53	14 Jan 1901		16 Mar 1971	70	1
From the B.B.C. Radio Series by	Bill Harding	5	23 Jun 1949	23.06.1949		71	2
From the B.B.C. Radio Series by	Bob Block	33	20 Jul 1921		17 Apr 2011	89	2
Hair Stylist	Nina Broe				1993		10
Make-up	Phil Leakey	46	4 May 1908		26 Nov 1992	84	48
Model Clothes by	Rima				1993
Music Directed by	Philip Martell	47	6 Oct 1907		11 Aug 1993	85	103
Photographed by	Walter Harvey Bsc	51	9 Feb 1903		1979	75	33
Produced by	Robert Dunbar	40	6 Jun 1914		29 Apr 2000	85	5
Production Manager	"Freddie" Pearson				1993		1
Recordist	C.T. Mason	51	1 Jan 1904		1 Jan 1982	78	1
Screenplay by	Val Guest	43	11 Dec 1911		10 May 2006	94	29
Wardrobe	Molly Arbuthnot	46	19 Dec 1908		1 Nov 2001	92	48

Cast


Character	Actor	Age at Release	Birth	Death	Age	Hammer Appearances
Aggie	Molly Weir	44	17 Mar 1910	28 Nov 2004	94	3
Barbara Lyon	Barbara Lyon	23	1 Sep 1931	10 Jul 1995	63	2
Bebe Daniels Lyon	Bebe Daniels Lyon	53	14 Jan 1901	16 Mar 1971	70	1
Ben Lyon	Ben Lyon	53	6 Feb 1901	22 Mar 1979	78	2
Captain Le Grand	Reginald Beckwith	46	2 Nov 1908	26 Jun 1965	56	6
Charles	Pierre Dudan	38	1 Feb 1916	4 Feb 1984	68	1
Colonel Price	Hugh Morton	51	28 Jun 1903	11 Jul 1984	81	4
Fifi La Fleur	Martine Alexis					1
Florrie	Doris Rogers	59	16 Feb 1895	5 Mar 1975	80	2
Grerrard	Dino Galvani	64	27 Oct 1890	14 Sep 1960	69	1
Mr Wimple	Horace Percival	69	1886	9 Nov 1961	75	2
Mrs Wimple	Gwen Lewis	66	21 Jan 1888	19 Jan 1966	77	2
Richard Lyon	Richard Lyon	20	8 Oct 1934	16 Oct 2013	79	2

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