House Broken (also known as Broken House ) is a 1936 British comedy film directed by Michael Hankinson and starring Louis Borel, Jack Lambert and Mary Lawson. It was written by Vera Allinson and Paul Hervey Fox.
Plot A woman attempts to provoke her husband’s jealousy by openly flirting with a Frenchman.
Cast Louis Borel as Charles Delmont Jack Lambert as Jock Macgregor Mary Lawson as Angela Macgregor Enid Stamp-Taylor as Peggy Allen
Production The film was made at Rock Studios, Elstree, as a quota quickie for release by Paramount Pictures.
Reception
The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "The situations are amusing, the dialogue crisp, the acting of the four characters excellent, and the respective sides of husband and wife well put."
Picturegoer called the film a "feeble comedy which is weak in dialogue and situation."
Picture Show wrote: "This farcical domestic comedy is notable for one thing – the work of Louis Borell [sic], a newcomer who has a charming personality, a delightful accent, and a gay sense of comedy. ... Taken as a whole it is slightly dull and unsophisticated, but fairly amusing."
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