Chick (1936 film)
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| Chick | |
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| Directed by | Michael Hankinson |
| Produced by | Jack Raymond |
| Written by | Edgar Wallace (novel) Daniel Wheddon D.B. Wyndham-Lewis Gerard Fairlie Cyril Gardner Irving Leroy |
| Starring | Sydney Howard Betty Ann Davies Fred Conyngham Cecil Humphreys |
| Music by | Percival Mackey |
| Cinematography | Francis Carver |
| Edited by | John E. Morris |
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| Distributed by | United Artists |
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Release dates
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September 1936 |
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Running time
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72 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Chick is a 1936 British comedy crime film directed by Michael Hankinson and starring Sydney Howard, Betty Ann Davies and Fred Conyngham. It is based on the 1923 novel of the same title by Edgar Wallace, which had previously been made into a 1928 silent film. The film was made at Elstree Studios.[1] The hall porter at an Oxbridge College inherits an Earldom and enjoys a series of adventures.
Contents
Cast
- Sydney Howard as Chick Beane
- Betty Ann Davies as Peggy
- Fred Conyngham as Sir Anthony Monsard
- Cecil Humphreys as Sturgis
- Mae Bacon as Gert
- Wallace Geoffrey as Latimer
- Aubrey Mather as The Dean
- Arthur Chesney as Lord Frensham
- Edmund D'Alby as Rennie
- Robert Nainby as Mr. Beane
- Merle Tottenham as Maid
- Aubrey Fitzgerald as Banks
- Fred Rains as Warden
- Eric Micklewood as Undergraduate
- Joe Monkhouse as Mason
- Richard Morris as Clerk
- Aubrey Pollock as Lawyer
References
- ↑ Wood p.89
Bibliography
- Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
- Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.
External links
- Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). Chick at IMDb
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