Amusing recreation of British village life in Hollywood, by a Brit. Another one, R.C.Sherriff, (whose play 'Journey's End' was Whale's first big theatre, then Hollywood, hit) adapted H.G. Welles' story.
The sight of Claude Rains eating with no mouth, or settling down into bed in pyjamas but no head, is still quite unsettling.
Whale certainly likes to take the mickey out of British types, especially Una O'Connor's shrieking landlady, but also flat-footed coppers.
With Gloria Stuart, William Harrigan, Henry Travers. Arthur Edeson would later photograph Rains again in Casablanca.
Whale's career peaked with Bride of Frankenstein.
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