No Monkey Business
| No Monkey Business | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Thomas Bentley |
| Written by | Joe May Károly Nóti Roger Burford Val Guest |
| Produced by | Julius Haimann C. M. Woolf |
| Starring | Gene Gerrard June Clyde Renée Houston Richard Hearne |
| Cinematography | Claude Friese-Greene |
| Edited by | Edward B. Jarvis |
| Music by | Hans May Benjamin Frankel |
Production company | Radius Productions |
| Distributed by | General Film Distributors |
Release date | 12 November 1935 |
Running time | 78 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
No Monkey Business is a 1935 British comedy film directed by Marcel Varnel and starring Gene Gerrard, June Clyde and Renée Houston.[1]
Synopsis
After a music hall performer has his performing partner, an ape, confiscated by his financial creditors he persuades his assistant to dress up and impersonate the animal so that he can continue his act. However a series of embarressments arise when they are invited to stay at a country house by a young woman who wishes to demonstrate to her father her theory that apes are as intelligent as people.
Production
The film was made by the independent company Radius Productions at the British and Dominion Studios at Elstree.
Cast
- Gene Gerrard – Jim Carroll
- June Clyde – Clare Barrington
- Renée Houston – Jessie
- Richard Hearne – Charlie
- Peter Haddon – Arthur
- Claude Dampier – Roberts
- Hugh Wakefield – Prof. Barrington
- Fred Duprez – Theater Manager
- Clifford Heatherley – Bailiff
- O. B. Clarence – Professor
- Robert Nainby – Professor
- Reuben Castang - Ape Trainer
- Alexander Field - Greengrocer
- Hal Gordon - Circus Proprietor
- Wally Patch - Stage Hand
- Charles Paton - Lodging House Keeper
References
Bibliography
- Sutton, David R. A chorus of raspberries: British film comedy 1929–1939. University of Exeter Press, 2000.
External links
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