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Up for the Derby
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Wikipedia article
'Up for the Derby' is a 1933 British sports comedy film directed by Maclean Rogers and starring Sydney Howard, Dorothy Bartlam and Tom Helmore. The screenplay concerns a tramp who unexpectedly gains money.
It was made at British and Dominion Elstree Studios.Wood p.76 The film's sets were designed by the art director Frederick Pusey.
Plot
A tramp unexpectedly comes into some money, and buys a racehorse which goes on to win The Derby.
Cast
* Sydney Howard as Joe Burton
* Dorothy Bartlam as Dorothy Gordon
* Mark Daly as Jerry Higgs
* Tom Helmore as Ronnie Gordon
* Frederick Lloyd as Major Edwards
* Franklyn Bellamy as Palmer
* Jane Carr as Singer
* Frank Harvey as George Moberley
* Lew Stone and his band as Themselves
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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