''House Broken'' is a 1936 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
Michael Hankinson and starring
Louis Borel
Louis Borel (6 October 1905 – 24 April 1973) was a Dutch stage and film actor. During the 1930s, he appeared in a number of British films, such as the musical '' Head over Heels'' (1937).Larkin p.203 He later moved to the United States
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,
Jack Lambert and
Mary Lawson. A wife tries to make her husband jealous by flirting with a Frenchman.
The film was made at
Rock Studios, Elstree, 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.289]
Cast
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Louis Borel
Louis Borel (6 October 1905 – 24 April 1973) was a Dutch stage and film actor. During the 1930s, he appeared in a number of British films, such as the musical '' Head over Heels'' (1937).Larkin p.203 He later moved to the United States
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as Charles Delmont
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Jack Lambert as Jock Macgregor
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Mary Lawson as Angela Macgregor
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Enid Stamp-Taylor
Enid Georgiana Stamp Taylor (12 June 1904 – 13 January 1946) was an English actress. Her childhood home was 17, Percy Avenue, in Whitley Bay, Northumberland, in what is now Tyne and Wear.
Taylor first became known when she won a beauty pa ...
as Peggy Allen
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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1936 films
British comedy films
British black-and-white films
1936 comedy films
Films directed by Michael Hankinson
Films shot at Rock Studios
Films produced by Anthony Havelock-Allan
British and Dominions Studios films
Paramount Pictures films
Quota quickies
1930s English-language films
1930s British films
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