''Commissionaire'' is a 1933 British
crime film directed by
Edward Dryhurst
Edward Dryhurst (1904–1989) was an English screenwriter, film producer and director.
Selected filmography
Screenwriter
* ''Three Men in a Cart'' (1929)
* '' Find the Lady'' (1936)
* ''The End of the Road'' (1936)
* ''Jennifer Hale'' (1937 ...
and starring
Sam Livesey
Samuel Livesey (14 October 1873 – 7 November 1936) was a Welsh stage and film actor.
Life
Livesey's father, Thomas, had been a railway engineer before leaving the industry to establish a travelling theatre with his wife Mary.
The two had six ...
,
Barry Livesey and
George Carney
George Carney (21 November 1887 – 9 December 1947) was a British comedian and film actor.
Born in Bristol, he worked in the Liverpool Cotton Exchange, in a furniture business, then in the Belfast shipyards. In 1906 he made his debut stage ...
. It was shot at
Cricklewood Studios
Cricklewood Studios, also known as the Stoll Film Studios, were British film studios located in Cricklewood, London which operated from 1920 to 1938. Run by Sir Oswald Stoll as the principal base for his newly formed Stoll Pictures, which als ...
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 ...
for release by
MGM
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc., also known as Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures and abbreviated as MGM, is an American film, television production, distribution and media company owned by Amazon through MGM Holdings, founded on April 17, 1924 a ...
.
[Chibnall p.271]
Plot
A
Commissionaire
In mainland Europe, a commissionaire is an attendant, messenger or subordinate employed in hotels, whose chief duty is to attend at railway stations, secure customers, take charge of their luggage, carry out the necessary formalities with respect t ...
is suspected of a robbery committed by his son.
Cast
*
Sam Livesey
Samuel Livesey (14 October 1873 – 7 November 1936) was a Welsh stage and film actor.
Life
Livesey's father, Thomas, had been a railway engineer before leaving the industry to establish a travelling theatre with his wife Mary.
The two had six ...
as Sergeant George Brown
*
Barry Livesey as Tom Brown
*
George Carney
George Carney (21 November 1887 – 9 December 1947) was a British comedian and film actor.
Born in Bristol, he worked in the Liverpool Cotton Exchange, in a furniture business, then in the Belfast shipyards. In 1906 he made his debut stage ...
as Sergeant Ted Seymour
*
Betty Huntley-Wright
Betty Huntley-Wright (3 December 1911 – 27 May 1993) was a British actress and vocalist. Daughter of the comic actor Huntley Wright, she had a long career on stage, chiefly in comedy and pantomime, and in film, radio and television. Later she a ...
as Betty Seymour
*
Julie Suedo
Julie Suedo (1901–1978) was a British actress. She played a succession of glamorous roles in the 1920s and 1930s, usually in supporting roles.
Filmography
*'' One Arabian Night'' (1923)
*'' The Rat'' (1925)
*'' One Colombo Night'' (1926)
*'' ...
as Thelma Monsell
*
Robert English as Colonel Gretton
* Hannah Jones as Mrs. Brown
* Granville Ferrier as Desborough
*
Georgie Harris as Briggs
*
Humberston Wright
Humbertson Wright (1876 in London, England, UK – 1953), sometimes credited as Humberstone Wright or Humberston H. Wright, was a British film actor.
Filmography
* '' Trapped by the London Sharks'' (1916)
* '' Thelma'' (1918)
* '' The Secre ...
as Quartermaster
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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1933 films
1933 crime films
Films directed by Edward Dryhurst
British black-and-white films
British crime films
1930s English-language films
1930s British films
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films
Quota quickies
Films shot at Cricklewood Studios
English-language crime films
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