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Three Maxims
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Three Maxims is a 1936 British drama film directed by Herbert Wilcox and starring Anna Neagle, Tullio Carminati and Leslie Banks. It was released in the United States under the alternative title The Show Goes On.cite-ref-1[1] Separate French and German language versions were filmed 1935 in Paris.cite-ref-2[2] The film's sets were designed by Wilcox's regular art director Lawrence P. Williams.

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Premise

A love triangle causes major disruption to the harmony of a trapeze act.

Cast

Anna Neagle as Pat
Tullio Carminati as Toni
Leslie Banks as Mac
• Arthur Finn as Hiram K. Winston
Olive Blakeney as Mrs Winston
Miki Hood as Valentine
Anthony Ireland as Val
• Nicolas Koline as Niki
• Gaston Palmer as Juggler
• Leonard Snelling as Prodigy
Winifred Oughton as Prodigy's Mother
• Beatrix Fielden-Kaye as Madame Thomas
Laurence Hanray as Thomas
• Tarva Penna as Doctor
Vincent Holman as Cafe Proprietor
• Henry Caine as Stage Manager
Horace Hodges as Mike

Other film versions

Variétés (1935) with Jean Gabin and Annabella
Variety (1935) with Hans Albers and Annabella

References

cite-note-11. "The Three Maxims (1937) - Herbert Wilcox | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie".
cite-note-22. "The Three Maxims (1936)". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 14 January 2009. Retrieved 11 September 2015.

Bibliography

• Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
• Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927–1939. British Film Institute, 1986.

External links

Three Maxims at IMDb