''Josser on the River'' is a 1932 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
Norman Lee
Norman Lee (10 October 1898 – 2 June 1964) was a British screenwriter and film director.
Selected filmography
* ''The Lure of the Atlantic'' (1929)
* '' The Streets of London'' (1929)
* ''Night Patrol'' (1930, documentary)
* '' Doctor Joss ...
and starring
Ernie Lotinga
Ernest Lotinga (19 March 1875 – 28 October 1951) was a British comedian and film actor. Lotinga became known for the Josser character whom he portrayed in a series of comedy films during the 1930s.
Biography
Lotinga was born in Sunderland into ...
,
Molly Lamont
Molly Lamont (22 May 1910 – 7 July 2001) was a South African-British film actress.
Life and career
Lamont was born in Boksburg, Transvaal, South Africa. After winning a beauty contest in South Africa she was offered a contract by Britis ...
and
Charles Hickman.
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Plot summary
Two seaside photographers become entangled with a blackmailer
Blackmail is an act of coercion using the threat of revealing or publicizing either substantially true or false information about a person or people unless certain demands are met. It is often damaging information, and it may be revealed to fam ...
.
Cast
* Ernie Lotinga
Ernest Lotinga (19 March 1875 – 28 October 1951) was a British comedian and film actor. Lotinga became known for the Josser character whom he portrayed in a series of comedy films during the 1930s.
Biography
Lotinga was born in Sunderland into ...
as Jimmy Josser
* Molly Lamont
Molly Lamont (22 May 1910 – 7 July 2001) was a South African-British film actress.
Life and career
Lamont was born in Boksburg, Transvaal, South Africa. After winning a beauty contest in South Africa she was offered a contract by Britis ...
as Julia Kaye
* Charles Hickman as Eddie Kaye
* Reginald Gardiner
William Reginald Gardiner (27 February 1903 – 7 July 1980) was an English actor on the stage, in films and on television.
Early years
Gardiner was born in Wimbledon, England, and he was a graduate of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.Katz, ...
as Donald
* Wallace Lupino
Wallace Lupino (23 January 1898 – 11 October 1961) was a British-born stage and film actor who was a member of the Lupino family. He appeared in 63 films between 1918 and 1945, most often with his older brother, Lupino Lane. He was born in ...
as Uncle Abel
* Joan Wyndham
Joan Olivia Wyndham (11 October 1921, in East Knoyle, Wiltshire – 8 April 2007, in London) was a British writer and memoirist who rose to literary prominence late in life through the diaries she had kept more than 40 years earlier, which were a ...
as Little Lady
* Arty Ash
Arty Ash, real name Arthur Richard Dodge (14 April 1895 – 6 February 1954) was a British actor. He is well known for appearing with Leslie Sarony in ''Clonk!'' (1928), a short comedy film made in the Phonofilm sound-on-film process.
Ash was bo ...
as Hank
References
Bibliography
* Sutton, David R. ''A chorus of raspberries: British film comedy 1929-1939''. University of Exeter Press, 2000.
External links
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1932 films
1932 comedy films
British comedy films
Films shot at Welwyn Studios
Films directed by Norman Lee
British black-and-white films
1930s English-language films
1930s British films
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