Night of the Garter

Night of the Garter
British lobby card
Directed byJack Raymond
Written by
Based on
Getting Gertie's Garter
by 
Produced byHerbert Wilcox
Starring
CinematographyFreddie Young
Music byLew Stone
Production
company
Distributed byUnited Artists
Release date
  • 18 September 1933 (1933-09-18)
Running time
86 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Night of the Garter is a 1933 British comedy film directed by Jack Raymond and starring Sydney Howard, Winifred Shotter and Elsie Randolph.[1][2] It was written by Marjorie Gaffney and Austin Melford based on the play Getting Gertie's Garter by Avery Hopwood and Wilson Collison,[3] and was made at British and Dominion's Elstree Studios by the producer Herbert Wilcox for release by United Artists.[4] The film's sets were designed by the art director Andrew Mazzei.

Preservation status

The British Film Institute National Archive holds a collection of ephemera and stills but no film or video materials.[1]

Premise

A bridegroom searches for his bride's missing jewelled garter.

Cast

Reception

Kine Weekly wrote: "Farcical comedy, a straightforward adaptation of the successful play, which takes a little time to get going, but once it does, careers at a lively pace and scores a full complement of laughs. The devices employed to build up humour are not original, but tireless team work, coupled with the sly, inimitable humour of Sydney Howard, gives them pep and piquancy, and allows them to register with fulsome effect."[5]

The Daily Film Renter wrote: "Richly amusing farce, with Sydney Howard at his best. ... Talented cast gets most out of every situation. Sure-fire money-maker for any audience. Judging by the shouts of laughter that echoed throughout the theatre during the whole screening of Night of the Garter, there is no shadow of doubt that its success will be automatic. Time and again the antics of Sydney Howard so convulsed a big audience that the dialogue was often drowned in consequence, and it was generally regarded as Howard's best work on the screen to date. "[6]

References

  1. 1 2 "Night of the Garter". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 6 August 2026.
  2. ↑ "Night of the Garter (1933)". BFI. Archived from the original on 13 August 2016.
  3. ↑ Goble, Alan (8 September 2011). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. ISBN 9783110951943.
  4. ↑ Wood, Linda (1986). British Films, 1927–1939 (PDF). British Film Institute. p. 78. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 October 2022.
  5. ↑ "Night of the Garter". Kine Weekly. 194 (1356): 15. 13 April 1933. ProQuest 2338230411.
  6. ↑ "Night of the Garter". The Daily Film Renter (1916): 4. 8 April 1933. ProQuest 2594676251.
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