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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
Starring
Production
company
Distributed byMancunian Films
Release date
  • July 1936 (1936-07)
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

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

Cast

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  • 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

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Bibliography

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