''Nothing Like Publicity'' 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
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
William Hartnell
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,
Marjorie Taylor and
Moira Lynd
Moira Lynd (1903-1984) was a British stage, television and film actress. During the 1930s she became a leading lady in British quota quickies. She made her last film in 1940, but made several television appearances in the post-war era.
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. It was made at
Walton Studios
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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.
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[Wood p.91]
Cast
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William Hartnell
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as Pat Spencer
*
Marjorie Taylor as Denise Delorme
*
Moira Lynd
Moira Lynd (1903-1984) was a British stage, television and film actress. During the 1930s she became a leading lady in British quota quickies. She made her last film in 1940, but made several television appearances in the post-war era.
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as Miss Bradley
*
Ruby Miller as Sadie Sunshine
*
Max Adrian
Max Adrian (born Guy Thornton Bor; 1 November 1903 – 19 January 1973) was an Irish stage, film and television actor and singer. He was a founding member of both the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre.
In addition to his succ ...
as Bob Wharncliffe
*
Isobel Scaife
Isobel Scaife (1911–1985) was a British stage and film actress.
Selected filmography
* ''Old Faithful
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as Maid
*
Gordon McLeod as Sir Arthur Wharncliffe
*
Dorothy Hammond
Dorothy Hammond (born Dorothy Frances Plaskitt; 1876 – 1950) was an English actress.
Life
Hammond was born Dorothy Frances Plaskitt in 1876, the daughter of Lydia (née Webb) and Joshua Plaskitt.
Hammond married actor Guy Standing in 1907 ...
as Lady Wharncliffe
*
Aubrey Mallalieu
Aubrey Mallalieu (8 June 1873 – 28 May 1948) was an English actor with a prolific career in supporting roles in films in the 1930s and 1940s.
Mallalieu began life as George William Mallalieu, the son of William Mallalieu (c. 1845–1927), a ...
as Mr. Dines
* Rex Alderman as First reporter
* Billy Bray as Billy Merrick
*
Neal Arden
Neal Arden (born Arthur Neal Aiston; 27 December 1909 – 4 June 2014) was an English-born actor and writer who appeared in films, television shows, theatre productions and radio programs. He was born in Fulham, London.
In 1928, Arden moved t ...
*
Michael Ripper
Michael George Ripper (27 January 1913 – 28 June 2000) was an English character actor.
He began his film career in quota quickies in the 1930s and until the late 1950s was virtually unknown; he was seldom credited. Along with Michael Gough ...
References
Bibliography
* 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
1936 comedy films
Films shot at Nettlefold Studios
Films directed by Maclean Rogers
Quota quickies
British black-and-white films
1930s English-language films
1930s British films
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