STORM IN A TEACUP (1937)

Shortly after Vivien's twenty-third birthday, she was cast in a film Storm in a Teacup, a funny but inconsequential comedy. She co-starred with Rex Harrison and Scruffy the dog. It was Vivien's first major comedy role and she gave a witty and warm performance.

Based on the play: Sturm im Wasserglas by Bruno Frank
Directors: Victor Saville and Ian Dalrymple
Producer: Victor Saville
Screenplay: Ian Dalrymple, Donald Bull
Adaptation by: James Bridie
Photography: Mutz Greenbaum
Special Effects: Ned Mann and Edward Cohen
American Distributor: United Artists
Opened: June 6, 1937 in London, UK;   November 22, 1937 in USA
Reissued: 1943, by Anglo;   1946, by Ealing Studios
Synopsis: An eccentric pet owner's furor over the fate of her unlicensed dog leads to political battles, comedy and romance when a reporter writes a story about her plight, crushing the provost's political ambition- and then the scribe falls in love with his target's daughter!

Anthony Quayle: All she wanted to do was to talk about Larry, and so I went along with that, gazing on that beautiful face with unhopeful ardor.

Critics: It was suggested they (Rex Harrison and Vivien Leigh) become a screen team, like William Powell and Myrna Loy of Thin Man fame.

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