One Good Turn (1936 film)
Appearance
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Directed by | Alfred J. Goulding |
Written by | Jack Byrd Syd Courtenay Georgie Harris Con West |
Produced by | Joe Rock Stanley Haynes |
Starring | Leslie Fuller Georgie Harris Hal Gordon |
Cinematography | Ernest Palmer |
Edited by | Sam Simmonds |
Music by | Cyril Ray |
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Distributed by | Associated British Film Distributors |
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Running time | 72 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
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
[edit]The screenplay concerns two coffee stall workers, who try to prevent their landlady's daughter being cheated by a villainous theatre producer.[2]
Cast
[edit]- Leslie Fuller as Bill Parsons
- Georgie Harris as Georgie
- Hal Gordon as Bert
- Molly Fisher as Dolly Pearson
- Basil Langton as Jack Pearson
- Clarissa Selwynne as Ma Pearson
- Faith Bennett as Violet
- Arthur Finn as Townsend
- Val Rosing as Vocalist
- Syd Crossley as Griggs - Townsend's Manservant
- Frederick Piper as Sausage Sandwich Customer
References
[edit]Bibliography
[edit]- 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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