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One Good Turn (1936 film)

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One Good Turn
Directed byAlfred J. Goulding
Written byJack Byrd
Syd Courtenay
Georgie Harris
Con West
Produced byJoe Rock
Stanley Haynes
StarringLeslie Fuller
Georgie Harris
Hal Gordon
CinematographyErnest Palmer
Edited bySam Simmonds
Music byCyril Ray
Production
companies
Distributed byAssociated British Film Distributors
Release date
  • 5 June 1936 (1936-06-05)
Running time
72 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

One Good Turn is a 1936 British comedy film directed by Alfred J. Goulding and starring Leslie Fuller, Georgie Harris and Hal Gordon.[1] It was shot at Elstree Studios near London. The film's sets were designed by the art director George Provis.

Synopsis

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The screenplay concerns two coffee stall workers, who try to prevent their landlady's daughter being cheated by a villainous theatre producer.[2]

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ BFI.org
  2. ^ Shafer p.139

Bibliography

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  • Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
  • Shafer, Stephen C. British Popular Films, 1929-1939: The Cinema of Reassurance. Routledge, 1997.
  • Sutton, David R. A Chorus of Raspberries: British Film Comedy, 1929-1939. University of Exeter Press, 2000.
  • Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.
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