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1951 British film

Two on the Tiles
British quad poster
Directed by	John Guillermin
Written by	Alec Coppel
Produced by	Nigel Proudlock Roger Proudlock
Starring	Herbert Lom
Cinematography	Ray Elton
Edited by	Robert Jordan Hill
Music by	Frank Spencer
Production company	Vandyke Productions
Distributed by	Grand National Pictures (UK)
Release date	September 1951 (1951-09) (UK)
Running time	73 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Two on the Tiles is a 1951 British comedy film directed by John Guillermin and starring Herbert Lom, Hugh McDermott and Brenda Bruce. It was made at the Walton Studios by the independent Vandyke Productions for release as a second feature. It was one of three back-to-back productions Guillermin directed for the company at Walton Studios, along with Smart Alec and Four Days,. It was released in the U.S. as School for Brides.

Synopsis

A married couple, Dick and Janet Lawson, both face temptations while separated for a few days. Dick meets an attractive female fellow-traveller in Paris while Janet accidentally spends a night aboard a Royal Navy ship with a male friend after she is stranded following a party. Despite knowing the essential innocence of both husband and wife, their sinister new butler, Ford, uses information about their escapades to demand blackmail payments.

Cast

Herbert Lom as Ford
Hugh McDermott as Dick Lawson
Brenda Bruce as Janet Lawson
Ingeborg von Kusserow as Madeleine
Humphrey Lestocq as Jimmy Bradley
Armand Guinle as Pierre
Basil Dignam as Ship's Captain
Les Compagnons de la Chanson as Themselves
Hyma Beckley as Hotel Receptionist

Production

Like Smart Alec, this film is based on a script by Alec Coppel.

Critical reception

TV Guide gave the film two out of five stars, calling it an "innocuous comedy," but also finding it "enjoyable."

References

"Two on the Tiles (1951)". Archived from the original on 4 August 2012.
Chibnall & McFarlane p.122-23
"School for Brides (1952) - John Guillermin - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related - AllMovie". AllMovie.
Vagg, Stephen (17 November 2020). "John Guillermin: Action Man". Filmink.
"School For Brides". TVGuide.com.

External links

Two on the Tiles at IMDb
Two on the Tiles at Reel Streets
Two on the Tiles at Letterbox DVD
Two on the Tile at park Circus
Review of film at Variety

Bibliography

Chibnall, Steve & McFarlane, Brian. The British 'B' Film. Palgrave MacMillan, 2009.

v t e Films directed by John Guillermin
High Jinks in Society (1949) Torment (1950) Smart Alec (1951) Two on the Tiles (1951) Four Days (1951) Song of Paris (1952) Miss Robin Hood (1952) Operation Diplomat (1953) Strange Stories (1953) Adventure in the Hopfields (1954) The Crowded Day (1954) Thunderstorm (1956) Town on Trial (1957) The Whole Truth (1958) I Was Monty's Double (1958) Tarzan's Greatest Adventure (1959) The Day They Robbed the Bank of England (1960) Never Let Go (1960) Waltz of the Toreadors (1962) Tarzan Goes to India (1962) Guns at Batasi (1964) Rapture (1965) The Blue Max (1966) P.J. (1968) House of Cards (1968) The Bridge at Remagen (1969) El Condor (1970) Skyjacked (1972) Shaft in Africa (1973) The Towering Inferno (1974) King Kong (1976) Death on the Nile (1978) Crossover (1980) Sheena (1984) King Kong Lives (1986) The Tracker (1988)

Films directed by John Guillermin

High Jinks in Society (1949)
Torment (1950)
Smart Alec (1951)
Two on the Tiles (1951)
Four Days (1951)
Song of Paris (1952)
Miss Robin Hood (1952)
Operation Diplomat (1953)
Strange Stories (1953)
Adventure in the Hopfields (1954)
The Crowded Day (1954)
Thunderstorm (1956)
Town on Trial (1957)
The Whole Truth (1958)
I Was Monty's Double (1958)
Tarzan's Greatest Adventure (1959)
The Day They Robbed the Bank of England (1960)
Never Let Go (1960)
Waltz of the Toreadors (1962)
Tarzan Goes to India (1962)
Guns at Batasi (1964)
Rapture (1965)
The Blue Max (1966)
P.J. (1968)
House of Cards (1968)
The Bridge at Remagen (1969)
El Condor (1970)
Skyjacked (1972)
Shaft in Africa (1973)
The Towering Inferno (1974)
King Kong (1976)
Death on the Nile (1978)
Crossover (1980)
Sheena (1984)
King Kong Lives (1986)
The Tracker (1988)

v t e Works by Alec Coppel
Plays	Short Circuit (1935) The Stars Foretell (1936) I Killed the Count (1937) Let’s Pretend (1938) Believe It or Not (1940) Mr Smart Guy (1941) My Friend Lester (1947) A Man About a Dog (1949) The Genius and the Goddess (1957) The Joshua Tree (1958) Oh, Captain! (1958) The Gazebo (1959) Viva Le Difference (1960) The Captain's Paradise (1961) Not in My Bed, You Don’t (1968) Cadenza (1977)
Novels	I Killed the Count (1938) A Man About a Dog (1947) Mr. Denning Drives North (1950) The Last Parable (1953) Moment to Moment (1966) Tweeldedum and Tweedledee (1967)
Screenplays	Over the Moon (1939) I Killed the Count (1939) Just like a Woman (1939) Smithy (1946) Brass Monkey (1948) Woman Hater (1948) Obsession (1949) Two on the Tiles (1950) Smart Alec (1951) No Highway in the Sky (1951) Mr. Denning Drives North (1952) The Captain's Paradise (1953) Hell Below Zero (1954) The Black Knight (1954) To Catch a Thief (1954) Appointment with a Shadow (1957) Vertigo (1958) The Gazebo (1959) Swordsman of Siena (1962) Moment to Moment (1966) The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom (1968) The Statue (1971) A Kiss Is Just a Kiss (1971)
Other Adaptations	I Killed the Count (1957) (TV) The Diplomatic Corpse Jo (1971)
Radio	A Rum Affair (1940) Mr Smart Guy (1941) I Killed the Count (1941) Stories from Scotland Yard (1948)

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