Cotton Queen
{{Short description|1937 British film by Bernard Vorhaus}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Cotton Queen
| image =File:Cotton Queen.jpg
| caption =
| director = Bernard Vorhaus
| producer = Joe Rock
| writer = Syd Courtenay
Louis Golding
Scott Pembroke
Barry Peake
| narrator =
| starring = Stanley Holloway
Will Fyffe
Mary Lawson
Helen Haye
| music = Cyril Ray
| cinematography = Cyril Bristow
Horace Wheddon
| editing = Max Brenner
| studio = Rock Studios
| distributor = British Independent Exhibitors' Distributors (UK)
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|1937|05| |ref1=Richards p.195}}
| runtime = 80 minutes
| country = United Kingdom
| language = English
| budget =
| gross =
}}
Cotton Queen, also known as Crying Out Loud, is a 1937 British comedy film directed by Bernard Vorhaus, and starring Stanley Holloway, Will Fyffe, and Mary Lawson.
Production
The film was directed by Vorhaus at Elstree Studios for the independent producer Joe Rock. Its Lancashire setting was an attempt to capitalise on the popularity of the George Formby series of films.
Cotton Queen was the final film Vorhaus made in Britain. Following the collapse of Julius Hagen's Twickenham Studios, where he had directed most of his films during the previous few years, he returned to the United States.
Cast
- Will Fyffe as Bob Todcastle
- Stanley Holloway as Sam Owen
- Mary Lawson as Joan
- Helen Haye as Margaret Owen
- Marcelle Rogez as Zita de la Rue
- C. Denier Warren as Joseph Cotter
- Syd Courtenay as Mayor
- Gibson Gowland as Jailer
References
{{Reflist}}
Bibliography
- Richards, Jeffrey (ed.). The Unknown 1930s: An Alternative History of the British Cinema, 1929- 1939. I.B. Tauris & Co, 1998.
External links
- {{IMDb title|0028742}}
{{Bernard Vorhaus}}
Category:1930s English-language films
Category:Films directed by Bernard Vorhaus
Category:Films set in Blackpool
Category:Films shot at Rock Studios
Category:British black-and-white films
Category:Films shot in Greater Manchester
Category:English-language comedy films
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