''Father Steps Out'' is a 1937 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
Maclean Rogers
Maclean Rogers (13 July 1899 – 4 January 1962) was a British film director and screenwriter.
Selected filmography
Director
* '' The Third Eye'' (1929)
* ''The Mayor's Nest'' (1932)
* '' Up for the Derby'' (1933)
* ''The Crime at Blossoms' ...
and starring
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 ...
,
Dinah Sheridan
Dinah Sheridan (born Dinah Nadyejda Ginsburg; 17 September 1920 – 25 November 2012) was an English actress with a career spanning seven decades. She was best known for the films ''Genevieve'' (1953) and ''The Railway Children'' (1970); the lon ...
,
Bruce Seton
Sir Bruce Lovat Seton, 11th Baronet (29 May 1909 – 28 September 1969) was a British actor and soldier. He is best remembered for his eponymous lead role in ''Fabian of the Yard''.
Early life
Bruce Lovat Seton was born in Simla, British Ind ...
and
Peter Gawthorne
Peter Gawthorne (1 September 1884 – 17 March 1962) was an Anglo-Irish actor, probably best known for his roles in the films of Will Hay and other popular British comedians of the 1930s and 1940s. Gawthorne was one of Britain's most called-upo ...
. Wealthy cheese manufacturer Joe Hardcastle (George Carney) falls prey to a gang of con men, but is rescued in the nick of time by his chauffeur (Bruce Seton).
Cast
*
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 ...
- Joe Hardcastle
*
Bruce Seton
Sir Bruce Lovat Seton, 11th Baronet (29 May 1909 – 28 September 1969) was a British actor and soldier. He is best remembered for his eponymous lead role in ''Fabian of the Yard''.
Early life
Bruce Lovat Seton was born in Simla, British Ind ...
- Johnnie Miller
*
Dinah Sheridan
Dinah Sheridan (born Dinah Nadyejda Ginsburg; 17 September 1920 – 25 November 2012) was an English actress with a career spanning seven decades. She was best known for the films ''Genevieve'' (1953) and ''The Railway Children'' (1970); the lon ...
- Helen Hardcastle
*
Peter Gawthorne
Peter Gawthorne (1 September 1884 – 17 March 1962) was an Anglo-Irish actor, probably best known for his roles in the films of Will Hay and other popular British comedians of the 1930s and 1940s. Gawthorne was one of Britain's most called-upo ...
- Mr Fitzwilliam
*
Vivienne Chatterton
Vivienne Chatterton (8 June 1896 - 1 January 1974) was a British singer and noted radio actress of the 20th-century.
Biography
Vivienne Chatterton was born in Paddington, London. Her father was English, her mother French. She was educated at the ...
- Mrs Hardcastle
*
Basil Langton
Basil Calvert Langton (9 January 1912 – 29 May 2003) was an English actor, director and photographer, who made a career on both sides of the Atlantic. He was an authority on the plays of George Bernard Shaw and compiled an archive of more than ...
- Philip Fitzwilliam
* Zillah Bateman - Mrs Fitzwilliam
* Elizabeth Kent - Joan
*
Isobel Scaife
Isobel Scaife (1911–1985) was a British stage and film actress.
Selected filmography
* ''Old Faithful
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- Alice
References
External links
1937 films
Films directed by Maclean Rogers
1937 comedy films
British comedy films
British black-and-white films
1930s English-language films
1930s British films
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