Over She Goes

Over She Goes
Directed byGraham Cutts
Written by
Starring
CinematographyOtto Kanturek
Edited byFlora Newton
Music byHarry Acres
Production
company
Distributed byAssociated British Picture Corporation
Release date
  • 17 August 1937 (1937-08-17)
Running time
78 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Over She Goes is a 1937 British musical comedy film directed by Graham Cutts and starring Stanley Lupino, Claire Luce, Laddie Cliff, Gina Malo and Max Baer.[1] It was based on a successful London stage play by Lupino, with music by Billy Mayerl.[2] The film is an early example of the way American vaudeville tradition in film migrated in the United Kingdom.[3]

Plot

A music hall performer inherits an English title and estate, and invites his friends to stay with him where they are targeted by avaricious woman hoping for a rich marriage.[4][5]

Cast

References

  1. ^ The Era 1937-08-19: Vol 100 Iss 5159. Internet Archive. 19 August 1937.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  2. ^ Mundy, John (2007). The British musical film. Internet Archive. Manchester : Manchester University Press. ISBN 978-0-7190-6320-6.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: publisher location (link)
  3. ^ Rawlings, Roger (4 December 2017). Ripping England!: Postwar British Satire from Ealing to the Goons. SUNY Press. ISBN 978-1-4384-6733-7.
  4. ^ BFI Database
  5. ^ Gifford, Denis (24 October 2018). The British Film Catalogue: The Fiction Film. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-317-83702-2.

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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