Chick (1936 film)

Chick
Chick
Directed by	Michael Hankinson
Written by	Edgar Wallace (novel); Daniel Wheddon; D. B. Wyndham-Lewis; Gerard Fairlie; Cyril Gardner; Irving Leroy
Produced by	Jack Raymond
Starring	Sydney Howard; Betty Ann Davies; Fred Conyngham; Cecil Humphreys
Cinematography	Francis Carver
Edited by	John E. Morris
Music by	Percival Mackey
Production; company	British & Dominions Film Corporation
Distributed by	United Artists
Release date	September 1936;
Running time	72 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Chick is a 1936 British comedy crime film directed by Michael Hankinson and starring Sydney Howard, Betty Ann Davies and Fred Conyngham. It is based on the 1923 novel of the same title by Edgar Wallace, which had previously been made into a 1928 silent film. The film was made at Elstree Studios.^[1] The hall porter at an Oxbridge College inherits an Earldom and enjoys a series of adventures.

Cast[]

Sydney Howard as Chick Beane
Betty Ann Davies as Peggy
Fred Conyngham as Sir Anthony Monsard
Cecil Humphreys as Sturgis
Mae Bacon as Gert
Wallace Geoffrey as Latimer
Aubrey Mather as The Dean
Arthur Chesney as Lord Frensham
Edmund D'Alby as Rennie
Robert Nainby as Mr. Beane
Merle Tottenham as Maid
Aubrey Fitzgerald as Banks
Fred Rains as Warden
Eric Micklewood as Undergraduate
Joe Monkhouse as Mason
Richard Morris as Clerk
Aubrey Pollock as Lawyer

References[]

^ Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986. p. 89.

Bibliography[]

Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985. ISBN 0047910216.

External links[]

Chick at IMDb

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[1] Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986. p. 89.

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