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The Fortunate Fool
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Wikipedia article
'The Fortunate Fool' is a 1933 British comedy film directed by Norman Walker and starring Hugh Wakefield, Joan Wyndham and Jack Raine.[https://web.archive.org/web/20090113211055/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/62005 BFI.org]
It was made at Ealing Studios as a quota quickie.Chibnall p.272 The film's sets were designed by the art director Wilfred Shingleton.
Cast
* Hugh Wakefield as Jim Falconer
* Joan Wyndham as Helen
* Jack Raine credited as Jack Raines as Gerald
* Elizabeth Jenns as Mildred
* Arthur Chesney as Batty
* Sara Allgood as Rose
* Bobbie Comber as Marlowe
* Mary Mayfren as Mrs Falconer
References
Bibliography
* Chibnall, Steve. 'Quota Quickies: The Birth of the British 'B' Film'. British Film Institute, 2007.
* Low, Rachael. 'Filmmaking in 1930s Britain'. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
* Wood, Linda. 'British Films, 1927-1939'. British Film Institute, 1986.
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