''A Warm Corner'' is a 1930 British comedy film directed by
Victor Saville
Victor Saville (25 September 1895 – 8 May 1979) was an English film director, producer, and screenwriter. He directed 39 films between 1927 and 1954. He also produced 36 films between 1923 and 1962.
Biography
Saville produced his first f ...
and starring
Leslie Henson
Leslie Lincoln Henson (3 August 1891 – 2 December 1957) was an English comedian, actor, producer for films and theatre, and film director. He initially worked in silent films and Edwardian musical comedy and became a popular music hall comed ...
,
Heather Thatcher
Heather Thatcher (3 September 1896 – 15 January 1987) was an English actress in theatre and films.
Dancer
By 1922, Thatcher was a dancer. She was especially noted for her interpretation of an Egyptian harem dance. Her exotic clothes were desig ...
and
Austin Melford
Austin Melford (1884—1971) was a British screenwriter and film director. He was the older brother of actor Jack Melford.
Partial filmography Director
* ''Car of Dreams'' (1935)
* ''Oh, Daddy!'' (1935)
* ''Radio Lover'' (1936)
Screenwriter
* '' ...
. The film's sets were designed by
Walter Murton
Walter Murton was a British art director, who worked from the 1920s until the 1940s. During his early career in the 1920s Murton was the regular set designer on the silent film series ''The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes'' and '' The Myst ...
. It was based on a successful play by
Franz Arnold
Franz Arnold (1878–1960) was a German actor and playwright. He frequently collaborated with Ernst Bach after their debut play '' The Spanish Fly'' was a hit.Grange p.61 He emigrated to Britain in 1933.
Plays by Arnold and Bach
*'' The Spanish ...
and
Ernst Bach
Ernst Bach (10 May 1876 – 1 November 1929) was an Austrian actor and playwright. He made his debut as an actor at the Wiener Raimond Theater in 1899. In 1903 he moved to Berlin to the Residenztheater, then to Lustspielhaus in 1905, where he beca ...
. It featured an early screen appearance by
Merle Oberon
Merle Oberon (born Estelle Merle O'Brien Thompson; 19 February 191123 November 1979) was a British actress who began her film career in British films as Anne Boleyn in ''The Private Life of Henry VIII'' (1933). After her success in ''The Scarle ...
.
It was made at
British and Dominions Elstree Studios by
Gainsborough Pictures
Gainsborough Pictures was a British film studio based on the south bank of the Regent's Canal, in Poole Street, Hoxton in the former Metropolitan Borough of Shoreditch, north London. Gainsborough Studios was active between 1924 and 1951. The com ...
.
[Wood p.70] The film's sets were designed by
Walter Murton
Walter Murton was a British art director, who worked from the 1920s until the 1940s. During his early career in the 1920s Murton was the regular set designer on the silent film series ''The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes'' and '' The Myst ...
.
Cast
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Leslie Henson
Leslie Lincoln Henson (3 August 1891 – 2 December 1957) was an English comedian, actor, producer for films and theatre, and film director. He initially worked in silent films and Edwardian musical comedy and became a popular music hall comed ...
as Mr Corner
*
Heather Thatcher
Heather Thatcher (3 September 1896 – 15 January 1987) was an English actress in theatre and films.
Dancer
By 1922, Thatcher was a dancer. She was especially noted for her interpretation of an Egyptian harem dance. Her exotic clothes were desig ...
as Mimi
*
Austin Melford
Austin Melford (1884—1971) was a British screenwriter and film director. He was the older brother of actor Jack Melford.
Partial filmography Director
* ''Car of Dreams'' (1935)
* ''Oh, Daddy!'' (1935)
* ''Radio Lover'' (1936)
Screenwriter
* '' ...
as Peter Price
*
Connie Ediss
Connie Ediss (born Ada Harriet Whitley; 11 August 1870 – 18 April 1934) Gänzl, Kurt"The real Connie Ediss, or 'She was a Milliner's Daughter'" Kurt of Gerolstein, 6 November 2020 was an English actress and singer best known as a buxom, good-h ...
as Mrs Corner
*
Toni Edgar-Bruce
Toni Edgar-Bruce (4 June 1892 – 28 March 1966) was a British actress, frequently seen on stage. Her theatre work included the original West End production of Somerset Maugham's '' The Circle'' in 1921.
The actor-manager Edgar Bruce was h ...
as Lady Bayswater
*
Alfred Wellesley
Alfred Wellesley (25 July 1872 – 7 December 1943) was an English stage and film actor.British Film Institute websiteAlfred Wellesley /ref>
Partial filmography
* '' The Twelve Pound Look'' (1920)
* ''A Warm Corner'' (1930)
* '' The New Hotel'' ...
as Mr Turner
*
Kim Peacock
Kim Peacock (1901–1966) was born on 24 March 1901 in Watford, Hertfordshire, England. He was an actor and writer, known for ''Midnight at the Wax Museum'' (1936), ''BBC Sunday-Night Theatre'' (1950) and ''Hit Parade'' (1952). He died on 26 Decem ...
as Count Toscani
*
Belle Chrystall
Belle Chrystall (25 April 19107 June 2003) was a British actress who appeared in a number of leading roles in British films during the 1930s. She was born in Preston, Lancashire in 1910. She came to London and after appearing on stage was given a ...
as Peggy
* George DeWarfaz as Count Pasetti
*
Harry Crocker
Henry Joseph Crocker II (July 2, 1893 – May 23, 1958) was an American journalist and occasional film actor.
Life and career
Although Crocker was for most of his career a ''Los Angeles Examiner'' newsman, he also appeared as Rex in Charlie ...
as Joseph
*
Merle Oberon
Merle Oberon (born Estelle Merle O'Brien Thompson; 19 February 191123 November 1979) was a British actress who began her film career in British films as Anne Boleyn in ''The Private Life of Henry VIII'' (1933). After her success in ''The Scarle ...
as Minor role
Notes and references
Bibliography
* Wood, Linda. ''British Films, 1927-1939''. British Film Institute, 1986.
External links
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1930 films
1930 comedy films
British comedy films
Films directed by Victor Saville
British films based on plays
Films shot at Imperial Studios, Elstree
Gainsborough Pictures films
British black-and-white films
Films with screenplays by Victor Saville
1930s English-language films
1930s British films
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