Banana Ridge (1942)
Directed by Walter C. Mycroft / Walter Mycroft
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Synopsis by Hal Erickson
Another cheeky entry from the Aldwych Theatre farceurs, Banana Ridge is based on a play by Aldwych perennial Ben Travers. Alfred Drayton plays a wealthy, respected gentleman suddenly confronted with old flame Isabel Jeans. She shows up out of nowhere, claiming that her illegitimate son is his. The possibility of scandal creates a brouhaha with Drayton's wife Adela Dixon, and daughter Nova Pilbeam. Old chum Robertson Hare offers to help Drayton out--and nearly wrecks his own marriage in the process.
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inheritance, child, claim, con/scam, father, lover, missing-person, plantation, scheme, shock, son
