Life with the Lyons – 1954

A Hammer production released by Exclusive Films
Copyright 1953 by Exclusive Films Ltd.
RCA Sound Recording
Produced at Southall Studios, England

Black & White 81 minutes

Storyline

Fast-moving, and very noisy, comedy. The accident-prone Lyons family move into their new rented house in London, but they have not yet been given the lease. Their efforts to impress the landlord, Mr. Hemmingway, are not altogether successful and result in a catalogue of misunderstandings, chaos and destruction!

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	Harold Buck	35	1 Jan 1919				1		1
Camera Operator	Len Harris	38	19 May 1916		21 Feb 1995	78	52	1	53
Continuity	Splinters Deason	41	1 Jan 1913		11 Oct 2001	88	3		3
Director	Val Guest	42	11 Dec 1911		10 May 2006	94	29		29
Editor	Douglas Myers	44	15 Jan 1910		1962	51	3		3
Form the Radio Series	Bob Block	32	20 Jul 1921		17 Apr 2011	89	2		2
Form the Radio Series	Bill Harding	4	23 Jun 1949	23.06.1949		73	2		2
Form the Radio Series	Bebe Daniels-Lyon	53	14 Jan 1901		16 Mar 1971	70	1		1
Hair Stylist	Nina Broe				1993		10		10
Make-up	Phil Leakey	46	4 May 1908		26 Nov 1992	84	48		48
Music	Arthur Wilkinson	34	3 Sep 1919		1968	48	1		1
Photog.	Walter Harvey BSc	51	9 Feb 1903		1979	75	34		34
Producer	Robert Dunbar	39	6 Jun 1914		29 Apr 2000	85	5		5
Production Manager	Arthur Barnes	68	1886		1956	69	20		20
Recordist	Bill Salter				1983		17		17
Screenplay	Val Guest	42	11 Dec 1911		10 May 2006	94	29		29
Screenplay	Robert Dunbar	39	6 Jun 1914		29 Apr 2000	85	5		5
Uncredited
Ast. to Producer	Freddie Pearson				1993		1	1	2
Focus Puller	Harry Oakes	33	16 Jan 1921		11 Dec 2012	91		53	53
Stock Music	Jack Beaver	54	27 Mar 1900		10 Sep 1963	63		1	1

Cast


Character	Actor	Age at Release	Birth	Death	Age	Hammer Productions
						Credited	Uncredited	Total
Aggie	Molly Weir	44	17 Mar 1910	28 Nov 2004	94	3		3
Barbara Lyon	Barbara Lyon	22	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
Florrie	Doris Rogers	59	16 Feb 1895	5 Mar 1975	80	2		2
Mr. Hemmingway	Hugh Morton	50	28 Jun 1903	11 Jul 1984	81	4		4
Mrs Wimple	Gwen Lewis	66	21 Jan 1888	19 Jan 1966	77	2		2
Richard Lyon	Richard Lyon	19	8 Oct 1934	16 Oct 2013	79	2		2
Slim Cassidy	Arthur Hill	31	1 Aug 1922	22 Oct 2006	84	1		1
Violet	Belinda Lee	18	15 Jun 1935	12 Mar 1961	25	2		2
Wimple	Horace Percival	68	1 Jan 1886	9 Nov 1961	75	2		2
Uncredited
Party Guest	Martin Lyder	31	30 Sep 1922	12 Jan 2003	80		4	4
With	Arthur Mullard	43	19 Sep 1910	11 Dec 1995	85	1	3	4

Production


FILMING BEGAN	1 December 1953
UK RELEASE	25 May 1954
STUDIO	Southall Studios, Southall, Middlesex, England

Footnotes

The Lyons family were immensely popular with radio audiences in their heyday and the success of this film led to a sequel, “The Lyons in Paris” (1955), also from Hammer.

This was the first film for Hammer directed by Val Guest, whose later work for them includes “The Quatermass Xperiment” (1955), “Quatermass 2” (1957), “The Abominable Snowman” (1957) and “When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth” (1969).

Actress Belinda Lee was killed in a road accident at the age of 25.

Musician Arthur Wilkinson died of a heart attack at the age of 48.

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