''Looking on The Bright Side'' is a 1932 British

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It was directed by

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and

Basil Dean Basil Herbert Dean CBE (27 September 1888 – 22 April 1978) was an English actor, writer, producer and director in the theatre and in cinema. He founded the Liverpool Repertory Company in 1911 and in the First World War, after organising unoff ...

and starring

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, Richard Dolman and

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Plot summary

Gracie (Fields) and Laurie (Dolman) are lovers who together form a musical act. Gracie sings and Laurie writes the songs, but when Laurie gets a taste of fame, he runs off after a glamorous actress.

Cast

as Gracie * Richard Dolman as Laurie *

as Oscar Schultz * Wyn Richmond as Josie Joy * Tony De Lungo as Delmonico * Betty Shale as Hetty Hunt *

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as Police Sergeant * Bettina Montahners as Bettina *

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as Released criminal

Home media

The film was released on DVD as part of the Gracie Fields collector's edition which, in addition to this film, includes the films '' Sally in Our Alley'' (1931), '' Love, Life and Laughter'' (1934), ''

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'' (1934), ''

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'' (1935), ''

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'' (1936) and '' The Show Goes On'' (1937), these are on 4 discs. Two films each on three of the discs with the other film on disc four.

Bibliography

* Low, Rachael. ''Filmmaking in 1930s Britain''. George Allen & Unwin, 1985. * Perry, George. ''Forever Ealing''. Pavilion Books, 1994.

References

External links

''Looking on the Bright Side'' at IMDB
1932 films 1930s romance films 1932 musical comedy films British musical comedy films British romance films Films directed by Basil Dean Films directed by Graham Cutts Films set in England Associated Talking Pictures British black-and-white films 1930s English-language films 1930s British films {{musical-comedy-film-stub