Dishonour Bright (1936) DVD-R

Starring Tom Walls, Eugene Pallette, Betty Stockfeld, Diana Churchill,
George Sanders
Directed by Tom Walls

Print: black/white
Runtime: 83 min.
Genre: comedy
Print Quality: B

Dishonor Bright draws upon the talents of two master farceurs from
Britain's Aldwych Theatre, Tom Walls (star-director) and Ben Travers
(screenwriter). A correspondent in a bitter divorce case, Stephen
Champion (Walls), ends up marrying the defendant, Ivy Lamb (Dinah
Churchill), though he still carries a torch for Stella (Betty Stockfield), the
wife of the plaintiff's attorney (Cecil Parker). While on an Alpine
honeymoon with Ivy, Stephen tries to rescue Stella from the libidinous
machinations of rakish Lisle (George Sanders, in one of his earliest major
roles). In so doing, Stephen not only nearly messes up Stella's marriage
but his own as well. Hollywood's Eugene Pallette offers a well-rounded
characterization (in every sense of the word) as a duplicitous American
tourist.