''Wild Boy'' is a 1934 British
comedy
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sports film
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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
Sonnie Hale
John Robert Hale-Monro (1 May 1902 – 9 June 1959), known as Sonnie Hale, was an English actor, screenwriter, and director.
Early life
John Robert Hale-Monro was born in Kensington, London, the son of Belle Reynolds and actor Robert Hal ...
,
Bud Flanagan
Bud Flanagan, (born Chaim Reuben Weintrop, 14 October 1896 – 20 October 1968) was a British music hall and vaudeville entertainer and comedian, and later a television and film actor. He was best known as a double act with Chesney Allen. Fla ...
and
Chesney Allen. It was by
Gainsborough Pictures
Gainsborough Pictures was a British film studio based on the south bank of the Regent's Canal, in Poole Street, Hoxton in the former Metropolitan Borough of Shoreditch, north London. Gainsborough Studios was active between 1924 and 1951. The com ...
at
Lime Grove Studios. The sets were designed by
Alfred Junge
Alfred Junge (29 January 1886, Görlitz, Silesia (now Saxony), Germany – 16 July 1964, London) was a German-born production designer who spent a large part of his career working in the British film industry.
Junge had wanted to be an artis ...
. Often forgotten, but the role of "Wild Boy" was played by the greyhound
Mick the Miller.
Premise
This film is a
caper story
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of greyhound racing and the efforts of a crooked dog owner to stop a rival's dog, Wild Boy, from running in the Greyhound Derby.
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shows a different synopsis.
Cast
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Sonnie Hale
John Robert Hale-Monro (1 May 1902 – 9 June 1959), known as Sonnie Hale, was an English actor, screenwriter, and director.
Early life
John Robert Hale-Monro was born in Kensington, London, the son of Belle Reynolds and actor Robert Hal ...
as Billy Grosvenor
* Gwyneth Lloyd as Marjorie Warren
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Bud Flanagan
Bud Flanagan, (born Chaim Reuben Weintrop, 14 October 1896 – 20 October 1968) was a British music hall and vaudeville entertainer and comedian, and later a television and film actor. He was best known as a double act with Chesney Allen. Fla ...
as Dick Smith
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Chesney Allen as Auctioneer and Bookmaker
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Lyn Harding
David Llewellyn Harding (12 October 1867 – 26 December 1952), known professionally as Lyn Harding, was a Welsh actor who spent 40 years on the stage before entering British made silent films, talkies and radio. He had an imposing and menac ...
as Frank Redfern
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Leonora Corbett
Leonora Corbett (28 June 1908 – 29 July 1960) was an English actress, noted for her charm and elegance in stage roles, and for a number of films made in the 1930s.
Life and career
Corbett was born in London, the daughter of Richard Ashwin Cor ...
as Gladys Scrivener
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Ronald Squire
Ronald Launcelot Squire (25 March 1886 – 16 November 1958) was an English character actor.
Biography
Born in Tiverton, Devon, England, the son of an army officer, Lt.-Col. Frederick Squirl and his Irish-born wife Mary (Ronald's surname 'Sq ...
as Rollo
* Fred Kitchen as Joe Plumer
* Arthur Sinclair as P. Murphy
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Cyril Smith
Sir Cyril Richard Smith (28 June 1928 – 3 September 2010) was a prominent British politician who after his death was revealed to have been a prolific serial sex offender against children. A member of the Liberal Party, he was Member of ...
as Kennel Boy
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Mick the Miller as Wild Boy
References
Bibliography
* Low, Rachael. ''Filmmaking in 1930s Britain''. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
* Wood, Linda. ''British Films, 1927-1939''. British Film Institute, 1986.
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1934 films
1930s sports comedy films
British crime comedy films
British sports comedy films
British black-and-white films
Gainsborough Pictures films
Films directed by Albert de Courville
1930s crime comedy films
Films set in England
Films shot at Lime Grove Studios
Films and television featuring Greyhound racing
1934 comedy films
Greyhound racing films
1930s English-language films
1930s British films
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