''Stepping Toes'' is a 1938 British
musical film
Musical film is a film genre in which songs by the characters are interwoven into the narrative, sometimes accompanied by dancing. The songs usually advance the plot or develop the film's characters, but in some cases, they serve merely as breaks ...
directed by
John Baxter and starring
Hazel Ascot,
Enid Stamp-Taylor
Enid Georgiana Stamp Taylor (12 June 1904 – 13 January 1946) was an English actress. Her childhood home was 17, Percy Avenue, in Whitley Bay, Northumberland, in what is now Tyne and Wear.
Taylor first became known when she won a beauty pa ...
and
Jack Barty
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* Jack (given name), a male given name, ...
. The screenplay concerns a young girl who achieves her ambition to become a
tap dance
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r.
The film was made by
Two Cities Films
Two Cities Films was a British film production company. Formed in 1937, it was originally envisaged as a production company operating in the two cities of London and Rome which gave the company its name.
The driving forces behind the company were ...
at
Shepperton Studios
Shepperton Studios is a film studio located in Shepperton, Surrey, England, with a history dating back to 1931. It is now part of the Pinewood Studios Group. During its early existence, the studio was branded as Sound City (not to be confused w ...
.
[Wood p.99] Its sets were designed by
John Bryan.
Cast
*
Hazel Ascot as Hazel Warrington
*
Enid Stamp-Taylor
Enid Georgiana Stamp Taylor (12 June 1904 – 13 January 1946) was an English actress. Her childhood home was 17, Percy Avenue, in Whitley Bay, Northumberland, in what is now Tyne and Wear.
Taylor first became known when she won a beauty pa ...
as Mrs Warrington
*
Jack Barty
Jack may refer to:
Places
* Jack, Alabama, US, an unincorporated community
* Jack, Missouri, US, an unincorporated community
* Jack County, Texas, a county in Texas, USA
People and fictional characters
* Jack (given name), a male given name, ...
as Joe
*
as Tich
*
Ernest Butcher
Edward Ernest Butcher (7 April 1885 – 8 June 1965) was a British actor, on stage from 1935, and with many film and TV appearances. He was the second husband of the actress Muriel George, and stepfather to her son, the critic John Davenpor ...
as Stringer
*
Richard Cooper as Kenneth Warrington
*
Ivan Samson
Ivan Samson (28 August 1894 – 1 May 1963) was a British stage, film and television actor. Samson appeared regularly in West End plays and from 1920 began appearing in British silent films. He played Viscount de Mornay in '' I Will Repay'' ...
as Mr Warrington
*
Wilson Coleman
Wilson Coleman (1873–1940) was a British actor.
He started his stage career in 1891, playing juvenile and heavy parts. He worked with Barry Jackson for five years. He toured both North and South America as well as South Africa. His hobbies w ...
as Bob Burnham
*
John Turnbull as Representative
* Jo Masters as Chorus
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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1938 films
1938 musical films
1930s English-language films
Films directed by John Baxter
Films shot at Shepperton Studios
British musical films
British black-and-white films
1930s British films
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