Smith's Wives

{{Short description|1935 film by Manning Haynes}} {{italic title}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2016}} {{Use British English|date=May 2016}} '''''Smith's Wives''''' is a 1935 British comedy film directed by H. Manning Haynes and starring Ernie Lotinga, Beryl de Querton and Tyrell Davis. A farcical situation occurs when a vicar and a bookmaker with the same surname are mistaken for each other. It was based on the play ''Facing the Music'' by James Darnley. It was Lotinga's only film in which he didn't play his trademark character Jimmy Josser.<ref>Sutton p.109-112</ref>

==Cast== * Ernie Lotinga as Jimmy Smith * Beryl de Querton as Norah Smith * Tyrell Davis as Dick Desmond * Richard Ritchie as Reverend James Smith * Kay Walsh as Mabel Smith * Jean Gillie as Anne * Vashti Taylor as Dierdre Fotheringay

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==Bibliography== * Sutton, David R. ''A chorus of raspberries: British film comedy 1929-1939''. University of Exeter Press, 2000.

==External links== *{{IMDb title|0168177}}

Category:1935 films Category:1935 comedy films Category:British comedy films Category:Films directed by Manning Haynes Category:British black-and-white films Category:1935 English-language films Category:1935 British films Category:English-language comedy films