''An Obvious Situation'' is a 1930 British
crime film directed by
Giuseppe Guarino and starring
Sunday Wilshin, Walter Sondes and
Carl Harbord
Carl Harbord (26 January 1908 – 18 October 1958) was an English stage, film and television actor.
Stage
When he was 19, Harbord appeared in the play ''The Happy Husband'', which was presented at the Criterion Theatre in London, England. ...
. It was made as a
quota quickie
The Cinematograph Films Act of 1927 ('' 17 & 18 Geo. V'') was an act of the United Kingdom Parliament designed to stimulate the declining British film industry. It received Royal Assent on 20 December 1927 and came into force on 1 April 1928.
D ...
at
Teddington Studios
Teddington Studios was a large British television studio in Teddington, London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, providing studio facilities for programmes airing on the BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Channel 5, Sky1 and others. The complex also prov ...
for release by
Warner Brothers
Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. (commonly known as Warner Bros. or abbreviated as WB) is an American film and entertainment studio headquartered at the Warner Bros. Studios complex in Burbank, California, and a subsidiary of Warner Bros. D ...
.
[Chibnall p.262]
Cast
*
Sunday Wilshin as Cella Stuart
* Walter Sondes as John Stuart
*
Carl Harbord
Carl Harbord (26 January 1908 – 18 October 1958) was an English stage, film and television actor.
Stage
When he was 19, Harbord appeared in the play ''The Happy Husband'', which was presented at the Criterion Theatre in London, England. ...
as Michael Turner
* Marjorie Jennings as Betty Chase
*
Michael Hogan as Trimmett
*
Iris Ashley as Babe Carson
* Mina Burnett as Manette
*
Harold Huth
Harold Huth (20 January 1892 – 26 October 1967) was a British actor, film director and producer.
Biography Early life
He was born in Huddersfield, Yorkshire, in 1892. He was a nephew of Eva Moore and a cousin of the actor Roland Pertwee.
Fo ...
as Gustave
References
Bibliography
* Chibnall, Steve. ''Quota Quickies: The Birth of the British 'B' Film''. British Film Institute, 2007.
* 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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1930 films
British crime films
British black-and-white films
1930 crime films
Films directed by Giuseppe Guarino
Films set in England
Films shot at Teddington Studios
Quota quickies
Warner Bros. films
1930s English-language films
1930s British films
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