''Smithy'' is a 1933 British
comedy drama film
Comedy drama, also known by the portmanteau ''dramedy'', is a genre of dramatic works that combines elements of comedy and drama. The modern, scripted-television examples tend to have more humorous bits than simple comic relief seen in a typical ...
directed by
George King George King may refer to:
Politics
* George King (Australian politician) (1814–1894), New South Wales and Queensland politician
* George King, 3rd Earl of Kingston (1771–1839), Irish nobleman and MP for County Roscommon
* George Clift King (18 ...
and starring
Edmund Gwenn
Edmund Gwenn (born Edmund John Kellaway; 26 September 1877 – 6 September 1959) was an English actor. On film, he is best remembered for his role as Kris Kringle in the Christmas film ''Miracle on 34th Street'' (1947), for which he won t ...
,
Peggy Novak
Peggy Novak was a British actress.
Selected filmography
* '' Smithy'' (1933)
* '' I Adore You'' (1933)
*'' The Diplomatic Lover'' (1934)
* ''Oh No Doctor!'' (1934)
* ''Music Hall'' (1934)
* ''Flood Tide'' (1934)
* ''A Little Bit of Bluff'' (1935 ...
and
D. A. Clarke-Smith. It was made 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 ...
by the British subsidiary of
Warner Brothers
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at their
Teddington Studios
Teddington Studios was a large British television studio in Teddington, London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, providing studio facilities for programmes airing on the BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Channel 5, Sky1 and others. The complex also prov ...
.
[Wood p.79]
Cast
*
Edmund Gwenn
Edmund Gwenn (born Edmund John Kellaway; 26 September 1877 – 6 September 1959) was an English actor. On film, he is best remembered for his role as Kris Kringle in the Christmas film ''Miracle on 34th Street'' (1947), for which he won t ...
as John Smith
*
Peggy Novak
Peggy Novak was a British actress.
Selected filmography
* '' Smithy'' (1933)
* '' I Adore You'' (1933)
*'' The Diplomatic Lover'' (1934)
* ''Oh No Doctor!'' (1934)
* ''Music Hall'' (1934)
* ''Flood Tide'' (1934)
* ''A Little Bit of Bluff'' (1935 ...
as Jane
*
D. A. Clarke-Smith as Boyd
*
Eve Gray
Eve Gray (27 November 1900 – 23 May 1983) was an English film actress.
Born Fanny Evelyn Garrett, she was taken to Australia as a child and later had a stage career there. She returned to England in 1924 and within three days of arrival had ...
as Daughter
*
Clifford Heatherley
Clifford Heatherley Lamb (8 October 1888 in Preston, Lancashire – 15 September 1937 in London) was an English stage and film actor.
Filmography
* ''Henry VIII'' (1911)
* ''Bleak House'' (1920)
* '' The Tavern Knight'' (1920)
* '' The Mys ...
as Sir Olds
*
Viola Compton
Viola Maud Compton–Mackenzie (26 November 1886 – 7 April 1971), known as Viola Compton, was an English film actress. Born in Fulham, London, she was the second of three siblings born to the actors Edward Compton and Virginia Frances Batem ...
as Lucy
* Charles Hickman as Son
*
Charles Hawtrey
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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1933 films
British comedy-drama films
1933 comedy-drama films
Films shot at Teddington Studios
Quota quickies
Films directed by George King
Warner Bros. films
Films set in England
British black-and-white films
1930s English-language films
1930s British films
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