Take My Tip
| Take My Tip | |
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| Directed by | Herbert Mason |
| Produced by | Michael Balcon |
| Written by |
Francis de Croisset (play) Sidney Gilliat Michael Hogan Jack Hulbert |
| Starring |
Jack Hulbert Cicely Courtneidge Harold Huth Frank Cellier |
| Music by | Bretton Byrd |
| Cinematography | Bernard Knowles |
| Edited by | Charles Saunders |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | General Film Distributors |
Release dates |
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Running time | 74 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Take My Tip is a 1937 British musical comedy film directed by Herbert Mason (who stage managed some musical revues in the past) and starring Jack Hulbert, Cicely Courtneidge, Harold Huth and Frank Cellier.[1] A pair of aristocrats adopt various disguises to unmask a confidence trickster.[2] The film's sets were designed by art director Ernö Metzner. Songs featured include I Was Anything but Sentimental and I'm Like a Little Birdie out of My Cage.[3]
Cast
- Jack Hulbert - Lord George Pilkington
- Cicely Courtneidge - Lady Hattie Pilkington
- Harold Huth - Buchan
- Frank Cellier - Paradine
- Frank Pettingell - Willis
- Philip Buchel - Dancing guest
- Eliot Makeham - Digworthy
- H.F. Maltby - Patchett
- Paul Sheridan - Clerk in Hotel
- Robb Wilton - Foreman
Critical reception
Britmovie called it a "hilarious rapid-fire musical farce." [4]
References
- ↑ "Take My Tip (1937)". BFI.
- ↑ Sutton p.182
- ↑ Sandra Brennan. "Take My Tip (1937) - Herbert Mason - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related - AllMovie". AllMovie.
- ↑ "Take My Tip". britmovie.co.uk.
Bibliography
- Sutton, David R. A chorus of raspberries: British film comedy 1929-1939. University of Exeter Press, 2000.
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