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{{short description|1934 film by Thomas Bentley}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2016}}
{{Use British English|date=April 2016}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Those Were the Days
| image = Those Were the Days (1934 film) DVD boxart.jpg
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| caption =
| director = [[Thomas Bentley]]
| producer = [[Walter C. Mycroft]]
| writer = {{ubl|Jack Jordan|[[Frank Launder]]|Frederick A. Thompson}}
| based_on = {{based on|[[The Magistrate (play)|''The Magistrate'']]|Sir Arthur Wing Pinero}}
| narrator =
| starring = {{ubl|[[Will Hay]]|[[Iris Hoey]]|[[Angela Baddeley]]|[[Claud Allister]]|[[George Graves (actor)|George Graves]]|[[John Mills]]}}
| music =
| cinematography = [[Otto Kanturek]]
| editing = Edward B. Jarvis
| distributor =
| released = April 1934
| runtime = 80 minutes
| country = United Kingdom
| language = English
| budget =
}}

'''''Those Were the Days''''' is a 1934 British film directed by [[Thomas Bentley]]. It was based on [[Arthur Wing Pinero]]'s 1885 farce ''[[The Magistrate (play)|The Magistrate]]'' and was the first of two Hay movies based on Pinero's plays, the other being ''[[Dandy Dick (play)|Dandy Dick]]''. The film also features [[music hall]] acts of the time<ref>The film features the music hall acts of [[Lily Morris]], [[Harry Bedford (music hall)|Harry Bedford]], the gymnasts Gaston & Andre, Sam Curtis and Frank Boston & Betty, together with a [[blackface]] performer erroneously claimed to be [[G. H. Elliott]].</ref> – acts of a type rarely committed to film. It is primarily remembered as [[Will Hay]]'s first major screen role.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk/people/id/447228/credits.html|title=BFI Screenonline: Hay, Will (1888-1949) Credits|website=www.screenonline.org.uk}}</ref>

==Plot summary==
The strait-laced magistrate Brutus Poskett ([[Will Hay]]) is concerned that his wife ([[Iris Hoey]]) may be older than he believes her to be, especially as his young stepson ([[John Mills]]) seems very precocious for an apparently fifteen-year-old boy.

Mrs Poskett tries to stop an impending visit from her first husband's friend ([[Claud Allister]]), who knows her true age, by confronting him at a local music hall. However, unbeknown to her, Poskett has also been persuaded to go to the music hall with his "adolescent" stepson and, in an ensuing melée Poskett's wife and her sister are arrested.

The following day, Poskett sentences both to seven days imprisonment, failing to recognise them as they are heavily veiled.

==Cast==
* [[Will Hay]] as Magistrate Brutus Poskett
* [[Iris Hoey]] as Agatha Poskett
* [[Angela Baddeley]] as Charlotte
* [[Claud Allister]] as Capt. Horace Vale
* [[George Graves (actor)|George Graves]] as Col. Alexander Lukyn
* [[John Mills]] as Bobby
* [[Jane Carr (actress, born 1909)|Jane Carr]] as Minnie Taylor
* [[Marguerite Allan]] as Eve Douglas
* [[H. F. Maltby]] as Mr. Bullamy
* [[Laurence Hanray]] as Wormington
* [[Syd Crossley]] as Wyke
* [[Wally Patch]] as Insp. Briggs
* [[Jimmy Godden]] as Pat Maloney

==References==
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==External links==
* {{IMDb title| 0024659 }}
* {{BritMovie title| Those-Were-the-Days_1934 }}

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[[Category:Films directed by Thomas Bentley]]
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