Leave It to Smith
{{Short description|1933 film}}
{{for|the P. G. Wodehouse novel|Leave It to Psmith}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2021}}
{{Use British English|date=June 2016}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Leave It to Smith
| image =
| caption =
| director = Tom Walls
| producer = Michael Balcon
|based_on = {{based on|Never Come Back|Frederick Lonsdale}}
| writer = J. O. C. Orton
| starring = Tom Walls
Carol Goodner
Anne Grey
| music = Louis Levy
| cinematography = Leslie Rowson
| editing =
| studio = Gaumont British Picture Corporation
| distributor = Woolf and Freedman
| released = {{Film date|1933|09|13|df=yes}}
| runtime = 74 minutes
| country = United Kingdom
| language = English
| budget =
| gross =
}}
Leave It to Smith is a 1933 British comedy film directed by and starring Tom Walls. It also featured Carol Goodner, Anne Grey, Peter Gawthorne and Basil Radford. It is also known as Just Smith.{{cite web |url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/38630/?availableLicense=yes |title=BFI | Film & TV Database | JUST SMITH (1933) |accessdate=24 March 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121018081542/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/38630/?availableLicense=yes |archivedate=18 October 2012}}
The film was based on a play by Frederick Lonsdale and produced by Michael Balcon. It was made at the Lime Grove StudiosWood p.78 with sets by the German art director Alfred Junge.
Cast
- Tom Walls as Smith
- Carol Goodner as Mary Linkley
- Anne Grey as Lady Moynton
- Allan Aynesworth as Lord Trench
- Eva Moore as Lady Trench
- Reginald Gardiner as Lord Redwood
- Veronica Rose as Lady Redwood
- Hartley Power as John Mortimer
- Basil Radford as Sir John Moynton
- Peter Gawthorne as Rolls
- Leslie Perrins as Duke of Bristol
References
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Bibliography
- Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
- Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.
External links
{{IMDb title|0025377}}
{{Tom Walls}}
Category:British films based on plays
Category:Films shot at Lime Grove Studios
Category:Gainsborough Pictures films
Category:Films directed by Tom Walls
Category:British black-and-white films
Category:1930s English-language films
Category:Films scored by Louis Levy
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