The Laughter of Fools

The Laughter of Fools
Directed by	Adrian Brunel
Produced by	George Smith
Written by	H. F. Maltby (play) Adrian Brunel Reginald Beck
Starring	D. A. Clarke-Smith Derrick De Marney Helen Ferrers Eliot Makeham
Cinematography	Eric Cross
Edited by	Roy Lockwood
Production company	George Smith Productions
Distributed by	Fox
Release dates	October 1933
Running time	47 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

The Laughter of Fools is a 1933 British drama film directed by Adrian Brunel and starring D. A. Clarke-Smith, Derrick De Marney and Helen Ferrers. It was based on a play by H. F. Maltby. The screenplay concerns an ambitious mother who plans to marry her daughter to a sea captain.

The film was a quota quickie made at Nettlefold Studios in Walton by the independent producer George Smith as part of a contract from Fox who needed a supply of films to distribute in order to comply with the terms of the quota.

Cast

• D. A. Clarke-Smith as Plunket
• Derrick De Marney as Captain Vidal
• Helen Ferrers as Mrs. Gregg
• Eliot Makeham as John Gregg
• Granville Ferrier as Hughes Sr.
• Pat Paterson as Doris Gregg
• Minnie Taylor as Elizabeth
• George Thirlwell as Bertie Gregg
• Dorothy Vernon as Cook
• Fred Withers as Nuttall

Bibliography

• Chibnall, Steve. Quota Quickies: The Birth of the British 'B' film. British Film Institute, 2007.
• Low, Rachael. History of the British Film: Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.

External links

• The Laughter of Fools at the Internet Movie Database