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The Big Noise (1936 British film)
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Wikipedia article
'The Big Noise' is a 1936 British musical comedy film directed by Alex Bryce and starring Alastair Sim, Norah Howard and Fred Duprez. The film was a quota quickie made at Wembley Studios by the Hollywood studio Fox's British subsidiary.Wood p.89
Synopsis
A clerk in an oil company is promoted in order to make him the fall guy for a series of illegal transactions that have brought it to the brink of ruin, but instead manages to turn the business around
Cast
* Alastair Sim as Finny
* Norah Howard as Mary Miller
* Fred Duprez as Henry Hadley
* Grizelda Harvey as Consuelo
* C. Denier Warren as E. Pinkerton Gale
* Viola Compton as Mrs. Dayton
* Peter Popp as Jenkins
* Howard Douglas as Gluckstein
* Reginald Forsyth as Orchestra Leader
* Edie Martin as Old Lady
References
Bibliography
* Chibnall, Steve. 'Quota Quickies: The British of the British 'B' Film'. British Film Institute, 2007.
* Low, Rachael. 'Filmmaking in 1930s Britain'. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
* Wood, Linda. 'British Films, 1927-1939'. British Film Institute, 1986.
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