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Up to the Neck
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Wikipedia article
'Up to the Neck' is a 1933 British comedy film directed by Jack Raymond and starring Ralph Lynn, Winifred Shotter and Francis Lister. It was made at British and Dominion's Elstree Studios.Wood p.80
Plot
Shy bank clerk Norman B. Good comes into a big inheritance and uses it to realise his ambition to be a theatre impresario. Falling for chorus girl April Dawne, he invests most of his money in an expensive show designed to make her a star. When the production is a disaster, Norman takes to the stage in a desperate bid to improve the play by playing the lead. His monocle and toothy grin win him raves as a comic genius (despite the fact that he was playing the role straight), and the show becomes a hit as a comedy.
Cast
* Ralph Lynn as Norman B. Good
* Winifred Shotter as April Dawne
* Francis Lister as Eric Warwick
* Reginald Purdell as Jimmy Catlin
* Mary Brough as Landlady
* Marjorie Hume as Vera Dane
* Grizelda Harvey as Miss Fish
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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