O-Kay for Sound

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{{Infobox film

| name = O-Kay for Sound

| image = O-Kay_for_Sound_(1937_film).jpg

| caption = Cover of Danish pressbook

| director = Marcel Varnel

| producer = Edward Black

| writer = {{ubl|Bert Lee (play)|R. P. Weston (play)|Marriott Edgar|Val Guest}}

| narrator =

| starring = {{ubl|The Crazy Gang|Fred Duprez|Graham Moffatt|Enid Stamp Taylor}}

| music = Louis Levy

| cinematography = Jack E. Cox

| editing = R. E. Dearing

| studio = Gainsborough Pictures

| distributor = Gaumont British Distributors

| released = {{Film date|1937|04|22|df=yes}}

| runtime = 86 minutes

| country = United Kingdom

| language = English

| budget =

| gross =

}}

O-Kay for Sound is a 1937 British comedy film directed by Marcel Varnel and starring the Crazy Gang troupe of comedians.{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/okay-for-sound-v104552|title=Okay for Sound (1940) - Marcel Varnel | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related|website=AllMovie}} After falling on hard times the members of the Crazy Gang are busking on the streets of London. However, they are hired as extras on a film set.Mundy p.80 After arriving at the studios they are mistaken for a group of potential investors and given free run of the studios, causing chaos.

The film was based on a stage work by Bert Lee and R. P. Weston.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1c7eCwAAQBAJ&q=o-kay+for+sound+1937+denis+gifford&pg=PA460|title=British Film Catalogue: Two Volume Set - The Fiction Film/The Non-Fiction Film|first=Denis|last=Gifford|date=1 April 2016|publisher=Routledge|isbn=9781317740636|via=Google Books}} It was made at Islington Studios by Gainsborough Pictures, with sets designed by the art director Alex Vetchinsky.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6b1ea9da|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160310213937/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6b1ea9da|url-status=dead|archive-date=10 March 2016|title=O-kay for Sound (1937)|website=BFI}}

Plot

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Main cast

Production

The film was one of several comedies made by Gainsborough under Ted Black.{{cite magazine|magazine=Filmink|url=https://www.filmink.com.au/forgotten-british-film-moguls-ted-black/|first=Stephen|last=Vagg|date=1 December 2024|access-date=1 December 2024|title=Forgotten British Film Moguls: Ted Black}}

References

Bibliography

  • Mundy, John. The British musical film. Manchester University Press, 2007.