It's a Grand Old World

It's a Grand Old World
Directed byHerbert Smith
Written byIngram D'Abbes
Fenn Sherie
Tom Arnold (story)
Sandy Powell
Produced byTom Arnold
StarringSandy Powell
Gina Malo
Cyril Ritchard
Garry Marsh
CinematographyGeorge Stretton
Edited byBrereton Porter
Production
companies
British Lion
Tom Arnold Productions
Distributed byBritish Lion (UK)
Release date
  • January 1937 (1937-01) (UK)
[1]
Running time
71 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

It's a Grand Old World is a 1937 British comedy film directed by Herbert Smith and starring Sandy Powell, Gina Malo and Cyril Ritchard.[2] It was made at Beaconsfield Studios.[3] The film's sets were designed by Norman Arnold.[4]

Synopsis

An unemployed man wins the football pools, and decides to buy a country house for his actress girlfriend.

Cast

References

  1. ^ Low p.336
  2. ^ "It's a Grand Old World (1937)". Archived from the original on 13 May 2021.
  3. ^ Wood p.90
  4. ^ "Norman Arnold". Archived from the original on 11 August 2016.

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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