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Lucky Jade

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Lucky Jade
Directed byWalter Summers
Written byJane Browne
Walter Summers
Produced byFred Browett
StarringBetty Ann Davies
John Warwick
Syd Crossley
CinematographyHorace Wheddon
Edited byTed Richards
Production
company
Welwyn Productions
Distributed byParamount British Pictures
Release date
  • 19 July 1937 (1937-07-19)
Running time
69 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Lucky Jade is a 1937 British comedy crime film directed by Walter Summers and starring Betty Ann Davies, John Warwick and Syd Crossley.[1] It was shot at Welwyn Studios.[2] The film's sets were designed by the art director Duncan Sutherland. It was a quota quickie released by the British subsidiary of Paramount Pictures[3]

Plot

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A collector of jade has an accident leading to the theft of his valuable collection, with a maid posing as an actress wrongly suspected of the crime.

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ BFI.org
  2. ^ Wood p.95
  3. ^ Chibnall p.295

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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