''Commissionaire'' is a 1933 British

crime film Crime films, in the broadest sense, is a film genre inspired by and analogous to the crime fiction literary genre. Films of this genre generally involve various aspects of crime and its detection. Stylistically, the genre may overlap and combi ...

directed by Edward Dryhurst and starring

Sam Livesey Samuel Livesey (14 October 1873 – 7 November 1936) was a Welsh stage and film actor. Life Livesey's father, Thomas, had been a railway engineer before leaving the industry to establish a travelling theatre with his wife Mary. The two had six ...

Barry Livesey Barry Edwards Livesey (16 Oct 1905 in Barry, Vale of Glamorgan – 1959 in Maidstone, Kent) was a British stage and film actor. He was sometimes credited as Barrie Livesey. He was the son of Sam Livesey, the brother of actor Jack Livesey, and t ...

and

George Carney George Carney (21 November 1887 – 9 December 1947) was a British comedian and film actor. Born in Bristol, he worked in the Liverpool Cotton Exchange, in a furniture business, then in the Belfast shipyards. In 1906 he made his debut stage ...

. It was shot at

Cricklewood Studios Cricklewood Studios, also known as the Stoll Film Studios, were British film studios located in Cricklewood, London which operated from 1920 to 1938. Run by Sir Oswald Stoll as the principal base for his newly formed Stoll Pictures, which al ...

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. De ...

for release by

MGM Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc., also known as Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures and abbreviated as MGM, is an American film, television production, distribution and media company owned by Amazon through MGM Holdings, founded on April 17, 1924 ...

.Chibnall p.271

Plot

Commissionaire In mainland Europe, a commissionaire is an attendant, messenger or subordinate employed in hotels, whose chief duty is to attend at railway stations, secure customers, take charge of their luggage, carry out the necessary formalities with respect t ...

is suspected of a robbery committed by his son.

Cast

as Sergeant George Brown *

as Tom Brown *

as Sergeant Ted Seymour *

Betty Huntley-Wright Betty Huntley-Wright (3 December 1911 – 27 May 1993) was a British actress and vocalist. Daughter of the comic actor Huntley Wright, she had a long career on stage, chiefly in comedy and pantomime, and in film, radio and television. Later she ...

as Betty Seymour *

Julie Suedo Julie Suedo (1901–1978) was a British actress. She played a succession of glamorous roles in the 1920s and 1930s, usually in supporting roles. Filmography *''One Arabian Night'' (1923) *''The Rat'' (1925) *'' One Colombo Night'' (1926) *''The ...

as Thelma Monsell * Robert English as Colonel Gretton * Hannah Jones as Mrs. Brown * Granville Ferrier as Desborough *

Georgie Harris Georgie Harris (1898–1986) was a British film actor. Selected filmography * '' Don't Be a Dummy'' (1932) * '' Doctor's Orders'' (1934) * '' Radio Parade of 1935'' (1934) * ''The Stoker'' (1935) * ''Strictly Illegal'' (1935) * '' One Good Turn' ...

as Briggs *

Humberston Wright Humbertson Wright (1876 in London, England, UK – 1953), sometimes credited as Humberstone Wright or Humberston H. Wright, was a British film actor. Filmography * ''Trapped by the London Sharks'' (1916) * ''Thelma'' (1918) * ''The Secret W ...

as Quartermaster

References

Bibliography

* Chibnall, Steve. ''Quota Quickies: The Birth of the British 'B' Film''. British Film Institute, 2007. * Low, Rachael. ''Filmmaking in 1930s Britain''. George Allen & Unwin, 1985. * Wood, Linda. ''British Films, 1927-1939''. British Film Institute, 1986.

External links

* 1933 films 1933 crime films Films directed by Edward Dryhurst British black-and-white films British crime films 1930s English-language films 1930s British films Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films Quota quickies Films shot at Cricklewood Studios English-language crime films {{1930s-crime-film-stub