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Jack of All Trades
Directed byRobert Stevenson
Jack Hulbert
Written byHubert Griffith (play)
Paul Vulpius (play)
Jack Hulbert
Austin Melford
J.O.C. Orton
Produced byMichael Balcon
StarringJack Hulbert
Gina Malo
Robertson Hare
CinematographyCharles Van Enger
Edited byTerence Fisher
Music byBretton Byrd
Louis Levy
Production
company
Distributed byGaumont British Distributors
Release date
30 December 1936
Running time
76 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Jack of All Trades is a 1936 British comedy film directed by Robert Stevenson and Jack Hulbert and starring Hulbert, Gina Malo and Robertson Hare.[1] It is based on the 1934 play Youth at the Helm. The film was made at Islington Studios, with sets designed by Alex Vetchinsky.[2]

Plot

Jack, out of work and responsible for an aged mother, takes a succession of jobs, bluffing his way through them all.[3]

Cast

References

  1. ^ "Jack of All Trades (1936) - Trailers, Reviews, Synopsis, Showtimes and Cast". AllMovie. Retrieved 13 April 2014.
  2. ^ Wood p.86
  3. ^ "Jack of all Trades | BFI | BFI". Explore.bfi.org.uk. Retrieved 13 April 2014.

Bibliography

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