Home | Movies By Year | Movies from 1932


Looking on the Bright Side

Buy Looking on the Bright Side now from Amazon

First, read the Wikipedia article. Then, scroll down to see what other TopShelfReviews readers thought about the movie. And once you've experienced the movie, tell everyone what you thought about it.

Wikipedia article




'Looking on The Bright Side' is a 1932 British musical comedy film It was directed by Graham Cutts and Basil Dean and starring Gracie Fields, Richard Dolman, and Betty Shale.

Plot summary



Gracie (Fields) and Laurie (Dolman) are lovers who together form a musical act. Gracie sings and Laurie writes the songs, but when Laurie gets a taste of fame, he runs off after a glamorous actress.

Cast



* Gracie Fields as Gracie

* Richard Dolman as Laurie

* Julian Rose as Oscar Schultz

* Wyn Richmond as Josie Joy

* Tony De Lungo as Delmonico

* Betty Shale as Hetty Hunt

* Viola Compton as Police Sergeant

* Bettina Montahners as Bettina

* Charles Farrell as Released criminal

Home media



The film was released on DVD as part of the Gracie Fields collector's edition which, in addition to this film, includes the films 'Sally in Our Alley' (1931), 'Love, Life and Laughter' (1934), 'Sing As We Go' (1934), 'Look Up and Laugh' (1935), 'Queen of Hearts' (1936) and 'The Show Goes On' (1937), these are on 4 discs. Two films each on three of the discs with the other film on disc four.

Bibliography



* Low, Rachael. 'Filmmaking in 1930s Britain'. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.

* Perry, George. 'Forever Ealing'. Pavilion Books, 1994.

References




Buy Looking on the Bright Side now from Amazon

<-- Return to movies from 1932



This work is released under CC-BY-SA. Some or all of this content attributed to http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1108223754.