''This Is the Life'' is a 1933 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
Albert de Courville
Albert Pierre de Courville (26 March 1887 – 15 March 1960) (born in Croydon, England) was a writer and director of theatrical revues, many of which featured the actress and singer Shirley Kellogg, whom he married in June 1913.
Career
In abo ...
and starring
Gordon Harker
William Gordon Harker (7 August 1885 – 2 March 1967) was an English stage and film actor.
Harker was one of the sons of Sarah Elizabeth Harker, née Hall, (1856–1927), and Joseph Harker (1855–1927), a much admired set painter for the ...
,
Binnie Hale
Beatrice "Binnie" Mary Hale-Monro (22 May 1899 – 10 January 1984) was an English actress, singer and dancer. She was one of the most successful musical theatre stars in London in the 1920s and 1930s, able to sing leading roles in operetta a ...
and
Betty Astell
Betty Astell (23 May 1912 – 26 July 2005), born Betty Julia Hymans, was an English actress, best known for comedy and pantomime productions on stage, screen, and radio with her husband, Cyril Fletcher. She was one of the first performers t ...
. It was made at
Beaconsfield Studios
Beaconsfield Film Studios is a British television and film studio in Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire. The studios were operational as a production site for films in 1922, and continued producing films - and, later, TV shows - until the 1960s. Bri ...
by
British Lion.
[Wood p.79]
Cast
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Gordon Harker
William Gordon Harker (7 August 1885 – 2 March 1967) was an English stage and film actor.
Harker was one of the sons of Sarah Elizabeth Harker, née Hall, (1856–1927), and Joseph Harker (1855–1927), a much admired set painter for the ...
as Albert Tuttle
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Binnie Hale
Beatrice "Binnie" Mary Hale-Monro (22 May 1899 – 10 January 1984) was an English actress, singer and dancer. She was one of the most successful musical theatre stars in London in the 1920s and 1930s, able to sing leading roles in operetta a ...
as Sarah Tuttle
*
Betty Astell
Betty Astell (23 May 1912 – 26 July 2005), born Betty Julia Hymans, was an English actress, best known for comedy and pantomime productions on stage, screen, and radio with her husband, Cyril Fletcher. She was one of the first performers t ...
as Edna Wynne
*
Ray Milland
Ray Milland (born Alfred Reginald Jones; 3 January 1907 – 10 March 1986) was a Welsh-American actor and film director. His screen career ran from 1929 to 1985. He is remembered for his Academy Award and Cannes Film Festival Award-winning ...
as Bob Travers
*
Jack Barty
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Places
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as Bert Scroggins
*
Charles Heslop
Charles Heslop (8 June 1883 in Thames Ditton, England – 13 April 1966) was a British actor.
His stage successes include a musical version of '' Tons of Money'', which toured Australia for Hugh J. Ward in 1924, co-starring Dot Brunton.
He ...
as Mr. Diggs
*
Percy Parsons
Edward Percy Parsons (1878–1944) was an American actor and singer who worked largely in the British film industry.
Selected filmography
* ''Suspense (1930 film), Suspense'' (1930)
* ''Beyond the Cities'' (1930)
* ''Creeping Shadows'' (1931)
* ' ...
as Lefty Finn
*
Ben Welden
Ben Welden (born Benjamin Weinblatt; June 12, 1901 – October 17, 1997) was an American character actor who played a wide variety of Damon Runyon-type gangsters in various movies and television shows.
Early years
Welden was born in Toledo, O ...
as Two Gun Mullins
*
Norma Whalley
Norma Whalley (? – 1954) was an Australian theatre and film actress active in the United States and Britain.
Biography
Whalley was the daughter of Henry Octavius Whalley, a doctor working in Sydney, Australia.
During the late 1890s she toured ...
as Miss Vavasour
*
Julian Royce
Julian Royce (26 March 1866 – 10 May 1946), born William Leonard Gardener, was a British stage and, later, film actor. Gänzl, Kurt"Ivy: the girl who married Sherlock Holmes" Kurt of Gerolstein, 19 June 2018
Life and career
Royce was christened ...
as Bronson
*
Percival Mackey
Thomas Percival Montague Mackey (1 June 1894 – 23 November 1950) was a British pianist, composer and bandleader. He is particularly known for his work as a composer and musical director for films during the 1930s and 1940s.
Life and career
Mac ...
and His Orchestra as Themselves
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 films
1933 comedy films
Films shot at Beaconsfield Studios
Films directed by Albert de Courville
British black-and-white films
Films scored by Percival Mackey
1930s English-language films
1930s British films
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