This Acting Business is a 1933 British comedy film directed by John Daumery and starring Hugh Williams, Wendy Barrie and Donald Calthrop. It was made at Teddington Studios as a quota quickie by the British subsidiary of Warner Brothers.
Preservation status The British Film Institute National Archive holds a collection of stills but no film or video materials.
Plot Matinee idol Hugh Kean marries prominent actress Joyce Stafford, and they star in a play that thrives on the publicity surrounding their marriage. Their parents, established Shakesperian actors, disapprove of the marriage and succeed in making them separate. The discovery that a baby is imminent brings them together again.
Cast Hugh Williams as Hugh Kean Wendy Barrie as Joyce Stafford Donald Calthrop as Milton Stafford Violet Farebrother as Mary Kean Marie Wright as Mrs. Dooley Charles Paton as Ward
Reception Kine Weekly wrote: "Plot is not exciting, but it is quite well put over and, with the stars pertermances, provides a light quota offer above the average. Wendy Barrie as Joyce and Hugh Williams as Hugh speak well and are good without being outstanding."
The Daily Film Renter wrote: "Adequate direction secures fairly smooth flow of amusing comedy, spiced with piquant interludes of intermarital bickerings, involving wholesale destruction of gramophone records by newlyweds."
Picture Show wrote: "A pleasant, light little film ... There is perhaps a little too much talk and not enough action, but it detracts but little from the film,."
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