Everybody Dance is a 1936 British musical film directed by Charles Reisner and starring Cicely Courtneidge, Ernest Truex, Percy Parsons and Alma Taylor.[1] The film's sets were designed by Alex Vetchinsky. It was made at Islington Studios.[2]
| Everybody Dance | |
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| Directed by | Charles Reisner |
| Screenplay by | |
| Based on | a story by Leslie Arliss & Stafford Dickens |
| Produced by | Michael Balcon |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Jack Cox |
| Edited by | R. E. Dearing |
| Music by | Words & music: Mack Gordon Harry Revel Musical director: Louis Levy |
Production companies | |
| Distributed by | Gaumont British Distributors |
Release dates |
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Running time | 74 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Sidney Gilliat called it "dreadful".[3]
Plot
editWhen a successful nightclub singer (Cicely Courtneidge) finds herself guardian to her late sisters children, she ditches her singing career and takes the kids to live on a farm. Her manager is less than happy and resorts to legal means to try and stop her.
Cast
edit- Cicely Courtneidge as Katharine 'Lady Kate' Levering
- Ernest Truex as Wilbur Spurgeon
- Percy Parsons as Josiah Spurgeon
- Alma Taylor as Rosemary Spurgeon
- Chuck Reisner Jr. as Tony Spurgeon
- Billie De la Volta as Shirley Spurgeon
- Kathleen Harrison as Lucy
- Bruce Winston as Pierre
- C. Denier Warren as Dan Fleming
- Peter Gawthorne as Sir Rowland Morton
- Helen Haye as Lady Morton
- Janet Johnson as Lilian Morton
- Joan Ponsford as Dorothy Morton
References
edit- ^ "Everybody Dance (1936) - Charles "Chuck" Riesner - Cast and Crew - AllMovie". AllMovie.
- ^ "BFI | Film & TV Database | EVERYBODY DANCE (1936)". Ftvdb.bfi.org.uk. 16 April 2009. Archived from the original on 13 January 2009. Retrieved 15 February 2012.
- ^ Fowler, Roy; Haines, Taffy (15 May 1990). "Interview with Sidney Gilliat" (PDF). British Entertainment History Project. p. 54.
Bibliography
edit- 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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