''Skylarks'' 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

Thornton Freeland Thornton Freeland (February 10, 1898 – May 22, 1987) was an American film director who directed 26 British and American films in a career that lasted from 1924 to 1949. Early success He was born in Hope, North Dakota in 1898 and originally wor ...

and starring Jimmy Nervo, Teddy Knox and

Nancy Burne Nancy Burne (23 December 1907 – 25 March 1954) was an English stage and film actress. Born in Chorlton, Lancashire, she began her film career at British International Pictures, starring alongside comedians such as Gene Gerrard, Stanley Lupin ...

.Low p.386

Nervo and Knox Jimmy Nervo and Teddy Knox were part of the original Crazy Gang. They started their stage careers as an acrobatic dancing team. They used this ability in many of the earlier Crazy Gang shows. Among their many routines, a slow motion wrestling a ...

were a comic team, who became associated with the larger Crazy Gang grouping with whom they subsequently appeared in several films. It is a partially

lost film A lost film is a feature or short film that no longer exists in any studio archive, private collection, public archive or the U.S. Library of Congress. Conditions During most of the 20th century, U.S. copyright law required at least one copy o ...

, with only a short soundless fragment surviving. The team's earlier film '' It's in the Bag'', their 1936 sound debut, does still survive.

Partial cast

* Jimmy Nervo - Jimmy Doakes * Teddy Knox - Teddy Cook *

- Marion Hicks *

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- Maggie Hicks * Eddie Gray *

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References

Bibliography

* Low, Rachael. ''The History of British Film. Volume VII''. Routledge, 1997.

External links

* 1936 films 1936 comedy films Films directed by Thornton Freeland British comedy films Films set in England Lost British films British black-and-white films Films scored by Percival Mackey 1930s English-language films 1930s British films {{1930s-UK-comedy-film-stub