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Wikipedia article




'If I Were Rich' is a 1936 British comedy film directed by Randall Faye and starring Jack Melford, Kay Walsh and Clifford Heatherley.

Plot summary



A Socialist barber inherits an Earldom.

Cast



*Jack Melford as Albert Mott

*Kay Walsh as Chrissie de la Mothe

*Clifford Heatherley as General de la Mothe

*Minnie Rayner as Mrs. Mott

*Henry Carlisle as Puttick

*Frederick Bradshaw as Jack de la Mothe

*Ruth Haven as Nancy

*Quentin McPhearson as Higginbotham

Production



The film was made at Nettlefold Studios as a quota quickie for release by the Hollywood company. RKO Pictures.Chibnall p.289 It was based on the play 'Humpty-Dumpty' by Horace Annesley Vachell.

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, 19271939'. British Film Institute, 1986.


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