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One Good Turn (1936 film)
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Wikipedia article
'One Good Turn' is a 1936 British comedy film directed by Alfred J. Goulding and starring Leslie Fuller, Georgie Harris and Hal Gordon.[https://web.archive.org/web/20090117130634/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/45029 BFI.org] It was shot at Elstree Studios near London. The film's sets were designed by the art director George Provis.
Synopsis
The screenplay concerns two coffee stall workers, who try to prevent their landlady's daughter being cheated by a villainous theatre producer.Shafer p.139
Cast
* Leslie Fuller as Bill Parsons
* Georgie Harris as Georgie
* Hal Gordon as Bert
* Molly Fisher as Dolly Pearson
* Basil Langton as Jack Pearson
* Clarissa Selwynne as Ma Pearson
* Faith Bennett as Violet
* Arthur Finn as Townsend
* Gilbert Russell as Vocalist
* Syd Crossley as Griggs - Townsend's Manservant
* Frederick Piper as Sausage Sandwich Customer
References
Bibliography
* Low, Rachael. 'Filmmaking in 1930s Britain'. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
* Shafer, Stephen C. 'British Popular Films, 1929-1939: The Cinema of Reassurance'. Routledge, 1997.
* Sutton, David R. 'A Chorus of Raspberries: British Film Comedy, 1929-1939'. University of Exeter Press, 2000.
* Wood, Linda. 'British Films, 1927-1939'. British Film Institute, 1986.
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