Over She Goes
| Over She Goes | |
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| Directed by | Graham Cutts |
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| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Otto Kanturek |
| Edited by | Flora Newton |
| Music by | Harry Acres |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Associated British Picture Corporation |
Release date |
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Running time | 78 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Over She Goes is a 1937 British musical comedy film directed by Graham Cutts and starring Stanley Lupino, Claire Luce, Laddie Cliff, Gina Malo and Max Baer.[1] It was based on a successful London stage play by Lupino, with music by Billy Mayerl.[2] The film is an early example of the way American vaudeville tradition in film migrated in the United Kingdom.[3]
Plot
[edit]A music hall performer inherits an English title and estate, and invites his friends to stay with him where they are targeted by avaricious woman hoping for a rich marriage.[4][5]
Cast
[edit]- Stanley Lupino as Tommy Teacher
- Claire Luce as Pamela Ward
- Gina Malo as Dolly Jordan
- Max Baer as Silas Morner
- Laddie Cliff as Billy Bowler
- Sally Gray as Kitty
- Judy Kelly as Alice Mayhill
- John Wood as Harry, Lord Drewsden
- Syd Walker as Inspector Giffnock
- Bertha Belmore as Ethel, The Dowager Lady Drewsden
- Richard Murdoch as Sergeant Oliver
- Fred Hearne as Lord Drewsden
- Archibald Batty as Alfred
References
[edit]- ^ The Era 1937-08-19: Vol 100 Iss 5159. Internet Archive. 19 August 1937.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link) - ^ Mundy, John (2007). The British musical film. Internet Archive. Manchester : Manchester University Press. ISBN 978-0-7190-6320-6.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: publisher location (link) - ^ Rawlings, Roger (4 December 2017). Ripping England!: Postwar British Satire from Ealing to the Goons. SUNY Press. ISBN 978-1-4384-6733-7.
- ^ BFI Database
- ^ Gifford, Denis (24 October 2018). The British Film Catalogue: The Fiction Film. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-317-83702-2.
Bibliography
[edit]- Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
- Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.
External links
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