''Crazy People'' is a 1934 British
comedy film
A comedy film is a category of film which emphasizes humor. These films are designed to make the audience laugh through amusement. Films in this style traditionally have a happy ending (black comedy being an exception). Comedy is one of the ol ...
directed by
Leslie S. Hiscott
Leslie Stephenson Hiscott (25 July 18943 May 1968) was an English film director and screenwriter who made over sixty films between 1925 and 1956. He was born in London in 1894. He directed ''Alibi'' (1931), the first ever depiction of Hercule ...
and starring
Henry Kendall,
Nancy O'Neil
Nancy O'Neil (born Nancy Muriel Smith; 25 August 1907 - 5 March 1995) was an Australian-born British actress
An actor or actress is a person who portrays a Character (arts), character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in ...
and
Kenneth Kove
Kenneth Kove (1892–1984) was a British actor. He was a regular member of the Aldwych farce team between 1923 and 1930, often in "silly-ass" roles; appearing in '' It Pays to Advertise'' (1923), '' Thark'' (1927), '' A Cup of Kindness'' (1929), ...
. It was made at
Beaconsfield Studios
Beaconsfield Film Studios is a British television and film studio in Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire. The studios were operational as a production site for films in 1922, and continued producing films - and, later, TV shows - until the 1960s. Bri ...
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 ...
. It was based on the novel ''Safety First'' by Margot Neville.
[Goble p.344]
Cast
*
Henry Kendall as Hippo Rayne
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Nancy O'Neil
Nancy O'Neil (born Nancy Muriel Smith; 25 August 1907 - 5 March 1995) was an Australian-born British actress
An actor or actress is a person who portrays a Character (arts), character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in ...
as Nanda Macdonald
*
Kenneth Kove
Kenneth Kove (1892–1984) was a British actor. He was a regular member of the Aldwych farce team between 1923 and 1930, often in "silly-ass" roles; appearing in '' It Pays to Advertise'' (1923), '' Thark'' (1927), '' A Cup of Kindness'' (1929), ...
as Birdie Nightingale
*
Helen Haye
Helen Haye (born Helen Hay, 28 August 1874 – 1 September 1957) was a British stage and film actress.
New York Times. 3 Septem ...
as Aunt Caroline
*
Vera Bogetti
Vera Josephine Boggetti (5 October 1902 – 10 October 1985) was a British stage and film actress. She married Laurence J. Rickards in Hampstead, London in 1925, and the couple had a daughter, Pauline, in 1931, who died as an infant in 1932 ...
*
Wally Patch
Walter Sydney Vinnicombe (26 September 1888 – 27 October 1970) was an English actor and comedian. He worked in film, television and theatre.
Biography
Vinnicombe was born in Willesden, Middlesex and began working on the music hall stages in ...
*
Hal Walters
Henry Paul "Hal" Walters (29 January 1892 – 7 September 1940) was a British actor. He was best known for his role in ''The Four Feathers'' (1939). He was killed by a bomb in an air raid during the London Blitz.
Selected filmography
* ''Just ...
*
Hugh E. Wright
See also
* ''
Safety First
''Safety First'' is a 1926 British silent comedy film directed by Fred Paul and starring Brian Aherne, Queenie Thomas and Mary Brough. It was based on a novel of the same name by Margot Neville.Goble p.344
Cast
* Brian Aherne as Hippocrates ...
'' (1926)
References
Bibliography
* Low, Rachael. ''Filmmaking in 1930s Britain''. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
* Goble, Alan.
The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film'. Walter de Gruyter, 2011.
* Wood, Linda. ''British Films, 1927-1939''. British Film Institute, 1986.
External links
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1934 films
British comedy films
1934 comedy films
1930s English-language films
Films shot at Beaconsfield Studios
Films directed by Leslie S. Hiscott
Quota quickies
Films based on Australian novels
Remakes of British films
Sound film remakes of silent films
British black-and-white films
1930s British films
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