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Dodging the Dole

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Dodging the Dole
Directed byJohn E. Blakeley
Written byArthur Mertz
Produced byJohn E. Blakeley
StarringRoy Barbour
Dan Young
Jenny Howard
Barry K. Barnes
Production
company
Distributed byMancunian Films
Release date
July 1936
Running time
95 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Dodging the Dole is a 1936 British musical comedy film directed by John E. Blakeley and starring Roy Barbour, Dan Young and Jenny Howard.[1] It was made by Mancunian Films at Highbury Studios and Southall Studios.

Synopsis

An exasperated clerk at a labour exchange tries to find jobs for two idle scroungers.

Cast

  • Roy Barbour - The Simplicity of Genius
  • Dan Young - The Charming Fool
  • Jenny Howard - The Generator of Electric Radiance
  • Barry K. Barnes - The Dole Dodger
  • Fred Walmsley - The Lancashire Favourite
  • Tot Sloan - The Little Bundle of Fun
  • Bertha Ricardo - Dainty and Demure

References

Bibliography

  • Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
  • Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.