''Cross My Heart'' is a 1937 British
drama film
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super ...
directed by
Bernard Mainwaring and starring
Kathleen Gibson
Kathleen Gibson (born Kitty Stride, 1915-1974) was a British actress who developed her craft in repertory theatre. In 1932, Gibson played one of the friends of the character D'Recamier (Pearl Argyle) in the Frederick Ashton ballet "Magic Nights".
...
,
Kenne Duncan
Kenne Duncan (February 17, 1903 – February 5, 1972) was a Canadian-born American B-movie character actor. Hyped professionally as "The Meanest Man in the Movies," the vast majority of his over 250 appearances on camera were Westerns, bu ...
and Tully Comber. It was made at
Pinewood Studios 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
Paramount Pictures.
[Chibnall p.288]
Plot
A woman turns a
boarding house into a
nightclub
A nightclub (music club, discothèque, disco club, or simply club) is an entertainment venue during nighttime comprising a dance floor, lightshow, and a stage for live music or a disc jockey (DJ) who plays recorded music.
Nightclubs gener ...
, but faces problems when it is raided by the police.
Cast
*
Kathleen Gibson
Kathleen Gibson (born Kitty Stride, 1915-1974) was a British actress who developed her craft in repertory theatre. In 1932, Gibson played one of the friends of the character D'Recamier (Pearl Argyle) in the Frederick Ashton ballet "Magic Nights".
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as Sally Nichols
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Kenne Duncan
Kenne Duncan (February 17, 1903 – February 5, 1972) was a Canadian-born American B-movie character actor. Hyped professionally as "The Meanest Man in the Movies," the vast majority of his over 250 appearances on camera were Westerns, bu ...
as Steve King
* Tully Comber as Chesty Barlow
*
Aubrey Fitzgerald as The Major
* Robert Field as Mabardi
* Muriel Johnston as Miss Bly
*
Eric Hales
Eric Hales (1901–1993) was a British actor.
Selected filmography
* ''The Second Mate'' (1928)
* '' The Lure of the Atlantic'' (1929)
* ''Chelsea Life'' (1933)
* '' Anne One Hundred'' (1933)
* '' The Secret of the Loch'' (1934)
* '' Lucky D ...
as Mr. Bland
*
Sylvia Coleridge as Alice
* Sam Blake as Snowball
* Frank Tickle as Henry
References
Bibliography
* Chibnall, Steve. ''Quota Quickies: The British 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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1937 films
1937 drama films
British drama films
1930s English-language films
Films directed by Bernard Mainwaring
Films shot at Pinewood Studios
Paramount Pictures films
Films produced by Anthony Havelock-Allan
British black-and-white films
British and Dominions Studios films
1930s British films
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