Me and Marlborough
| Me and Marlborough | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Victor Saville |
| Written by | Marjorie Gaffney Ian Hay W.P. Lipscomb Reginald Pound |
| Produced by | Michael Balcon |
| Starring | Cicely Courtneidge Tom Walls Barry McKay Peter Gawthorne Henry Oscar Cecil Parker |
| Cinematography | Curt Courant Charles Van Enger |
| Edited by | Michael Gordon |
| Music by | Louis Levy |
| Distributed by | Gainsborough Pictures Gaumont |
Release date | 1935 |
Running time | 84 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Me and Marlborough is a 1935 British comedy film, directed by Victor Saville, and starring Cicely Courtneidge, Tom Walls, Barry MacKay, Peter Gawthorne, Henry Oscar and Cecil Parker.[1]
Plot summary
England, 1710. A woman disguises herself as a man and joins up with the Duke of Marlborough's army in Flanders to find her missing husband.[2][3]
Cast
- Cicely Courtneidge - Kit Ross
- Tom Walls - Duke of Marlborough
- Barry MacKay - Dick Welch
- Alfred Drayton - Sergeant Bull
- Iris Ashley - Josephine
- Ivor McLaren - Sergeant Cummings
- Gibb McLaughlin - Old soldier
- Peter Gawthorne - Staff Colonel
- Cecil Parker - Colonel of the Greys
- George Merritt - Harley
- Mickey Brantford - Ensign Coke
- Randle Ayrton - Louis XIV
- Henry Oscar - Goultier
- Cyril Smith as Corporal Fox
Reception
Writing for The Spectator, Graham Greene criticized the theatrical qualities of Courtneidge's performance, claiming that "I found myself too embarrassed by Miss Courtneidge's facial contortions to appreciate their share. Miss Courtneidge is used to throwing her effects to the back row of a theatre gallery, and the camera is not kind to her exaggerations".[4]
References
- ^ "Me and Marlborough (1935)". IMDb.com. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
- ^ "BFI | Film & TV Database | ME AND MARLBOROUGH (1935)". Ftvdb.bfi.org.uk. 16 April 2009. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
- ^ "Me and Marlborough | Britmovie | Home of British Films". Britmovie. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
- ^ Greene, Graham (6 September 1935). "Dood Wasser/Me and Marlborough". The Spectator. (reprinted in: John Russel, Taylor, ed. (1980). The Pleasure Dome. p. 19. ISBN 0192812866.)
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