Skylarks
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{{Infobox film
| name = Skylarks
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| director = Thornton Freeland
| producer = John W. Gossage
| writer = Russell G. Medcraft
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| starring = {{ubl|Jimmy Nervo|Teddy Knox|Nancy Burne}}
| music = Percival Mackey
| cinematography =
| editing =
| studio = Reunion Films
| distributor = British Lion
| released = {{Film date|1936|12|}}
| runtime = 74 minutes
| country = United Kingdom
| language = English
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Skylarks is a 1936 British comedy film directed by Thornton Freeland and starring Jimmy Nervo, Teddy Knox and Nancy Burne.[https://web.archive.org/web/20090114012514/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/349557 BFI.org]Low p.386 Nervo and Knox were a comic team, who became associated with the larger Crazy Gang grouping with whom they subsequently appeared in several films. It is a partially lost film, with only a short soundless fragment surviving. The team's earlier film It's in the Bag, their 1936 sound debut, does still survive.
Partial cast
- Jimmy Nervo - Jimmy Doakes
- Teddy Knox - Teddy Cook
- Nancy Burne - Marion Hicks
- Queenie Leonard - Maggie Hicks
- Eddie Gray
- Mervyn Blake
- Amy Veness
References
Bibliography
- Low, Rachael. The History of British Film. Volume VII. Routledge, 1997.
External links
- {{IMDb title|0168174}}
{{Thornton Freeland}}
Category:1930s English-language films
Category:British black-and-white films
Category:Films directed by Thornton Freeland
Category:Films scored by Percival Mackey
Category:Lost British comedy films
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