Take My Tip
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{{Infobox film
| name = Take My Tip
| image = "Take_My_Tip"_(1937).jpg
| caption = Cicely Courtneidge and Jack Hulbert
| director = Herbert Mason
| producer = Michael Balcon
| writer = {{ubl|Francis de Croisset (play)|Sidney Gilliat|Michael Hogan|Jack Hulbert}}
| narrator =
| starring = {{ubl|Jack Hulbert|Cicely Courtneidge|Harold Huth|Frank Cellier}}
| music = Bretton Byrd
| cinematography = Bernard Knowles
| editing = Charles Saunders
| studio = Gaumont British
| distributor = General Film Distributors
| released = {{Film date|1937|5|7|London|df=y}}
| runtime = 74 minutes
| country = United Kingdom
| language = English
| budget =
| gross =
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Take My Tip is a 1937 British musical comedy film directed by Herbert Mason (who stage managed some musical revues in the past), produced by Michael Balcon and starring Jack Hulbert, Cicely Courtneidge, Harold Huth and Frank Cellier.{{cite web|url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/53187|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090113233315/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/53187|url-status=dead|archive-date=2009-01-13|title=Take My Tip (1937)|publisher=British Film Institute}}
It was made at the Lime Grove Studios in Shepherd's Bush.Wood p.92 The film's sets were designed by art director Ernö Metzner. Songs featured include "I Was Anything but Sentimental" and "I'm Like a Little Birdie out of My Cage".{{cite web|url=http://www.allmovie.com/movie/take-my-tip-v112597|title=Take My Tip (1937) - Herbert Mason - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related - AllMovie|author=Sandra Brennan|publisher=AllMovie}}
Premise
A pair of aristocrats adopt various disguises to unmask a confidence trickster.Sutton p.182
Cast
- Jack Hulbert as Lord George Pilkington
- Cicely Courtneidge as Lady Hattie Pilkington
- Harold Huth as Buchan
- Frank Cellier as Paradine
- Frank Pettingell as Willis
- Philip Buchel as Dancing guest
- Eliot Makeham as Digworthy
- H. F. Maltby as Patchett
- Paul Sheridan as Clerk in Hotel
- Robb Wilton as Foreman
Critical reception
Britmovie called the film a "hilarious rapid-fire musical farce."{{cite web|url=http://www.britmovie.co.uk/films/Take-My-Tip_1937|title=Take My Tip|work=britmovie.co.uk}}
Halliwell's Film & Video Guide described the film as a "[reasonably] lively comedy musical adapted for the stars."{{cite book |author1=John Walker |title=Halliwell's Film & Video Guide |date=1998 |publisher=HarperCollins Publishers |page=753 |edition=13}}
References
Bibliography
- Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
- Sutton, David R. A chorus of raspberries: British film comedy 1929-1939. University of Exeter Press, 2000.
- Walker, John. (ed). Halliwell's Film & Video Guide 1998. HarperCollins Entertainment, 1998. 13th edition
- Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.
External links
- {{IMDb title|0029634}}
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