Early to Bed (1933 film)

Early to Bed is a 1933 British-German romantic comedy film directed by Ludwig Berger and starring Heather Angel, Fernand Gravey and Edmund Gwenn.

Production

The film was made as a co-production between the German giant UFA and Gaumont British. As was common at the time, the film was made as a multiple-language production with three separate versions modelled on the German original I by Day, You by Night. Early to Bed was made at the Babelsberg Studio in Berlin, along with the French and German versions. Robert Stevenson acted as a supervisor. The casting of the comedian Sonnie Hale in a supporting role, slanted the British version in a more humorous direction than its counterparts.^[1]

Synopsis

A young waiter and a manicurist share the same room without ever meeting – because she works in the day and he at night. They encounter each other for the first time, and fall in love, without realising that they are already roommates.

Cast

• Heather Angel as Grete
• Fernand Gravey as Carl
• Edmund Gwenn as Kruger
• Sonnie Hale as Helmut
• Donald Calthrop as Peschke
• Lady Tree as Widow Seidelblast
• Athene Seyler as Frau Weiser
• Jillian Sand as Trude
• Leslie Perrins as Mayer
• Lewis Shaw as Wolf
• Comedian Harmonists as Themselves

References

Bibliography

• Bergfelder, Tim & Cargnelli, Christian. Destination London: German-speaking emigrés and British cinema, 1925–1950. Berghahn Books, 2008.
• Hardt, Ursula. From Caligari to California: Erich Pommer's life in the International Film Wars. Berghahn Books, 1996.
• Kreimeier, Klaus. The Ufa Story: A History of Germany's Greatest Film Company, 1918–1945. University of California Press, 1999.

External links

• Early to Bed at the Internet Movie Database