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Tons of Money (1930 film)
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Wikipedia article
'Tons of Money' is a 1930 British comedy film directed by Tom Walls and starring Ralph Lynn, Yvonne Arnaud, Mary Brough, Robertson Hare and Gordon James, the same artistes responsible for the Aldwych farces.[https://web.archive.org/web/20090117085553/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/54790 BFI.org] It was a remake of the 1924 film 'Tons of Money' which had been based on the 1922 play 'Tons of Money' by Will Evans and Arthur Valentine. It was made at British and Dominion's Elstree StudiosWood p.70 with sets designed by the art director Lawrence P. Williams.
Premise
A debt-ridden inventor has to pretend to be his cousin to avoid his creditors.
Cast
* Ralph Lynn as Aubrey Allington
* Yvonne Arnaud as Louise Allington
* Mary Brough as Benita Mullet
* Robertson Hare as Chesterman
* Gordon James as George Maitland
* Madge Saunders as Jane Everard
* Philip Hewland as Henry
* Willie Warde as Giles
* John Turnbull as Sprules
* Peggy Douglas as Simpson - the maid
References
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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