Parlour, Bedroom and Bath

Parlor, Bedroom and Bath (1917) is a farce by Charles W. Bell (1876-1938) and Mark Swan (1871-1942). In South Africa it was staged for a short run at His Majesty's Theatre in Johannesburg, commencing on 15 December 1919. The cast consisted of William Morrison (Jeffrey Haywood), Cecil Kellaway (Reginald Irving), Elise Hamilton (Virginia Embrey), Edith Cartwright (Angelica Embrey), Hilda Attenboro (Leila Crofton), Moss Siegenberg (Wilfred Rogers), Florence Roberts (Polly Hathaway), Naomi Rutherford (Nita Leslie), T.M. Oliff (Frederic Leslie) and Harcourt Collett. It was produced by William Morrison. In the United States it was filmed at least twice, first in 1920, directed by Edward Dillon, and again in 1931, directed by Edward Sedgwick. The cast of the latter included Buster Keaton, Charlotte Greenwood and Reginald Denny.

Source
South African Pictorial, 13 December 1919

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