Lucky Jade

1937 film

  • 19 July 1937 (1937-07-19)
Running time
69 minutesCountryUnited KingdomLanguageEnglish

Lucky Jade is a 1937 British comedy crime film directed by Walter Summers and starring Betty Ann Davies, John Warwick and Syd Crossley.[1] It was shot at Welwyn Studios.[2] The film's sets were designed by the art director Duncan Sutherland. It was a quota quickie released by the British subsidiary of Paramount Pictures[3]

Plot

A collector of jade has an accident leading to the theft of his valuable collection, with a maid posing as an actress wrongly suspected of the crime.

Cast

  • Betty Ann Davies as Betsy Bunn
  • John Warwick as John Marsden
  • Claire Arnold as Mrs Sparsely
  • Syd Crossley as Rickets
  • Derek Gorst as Bob Grant
  • Gordon Court as Ricky Rickhart
  • Richard Littledale as Dingbat Eisan
  • Tony Wylde as Whitebait

References

  1. ^ BFI.org
  2. ^ Wood p.95
  3. ^ Chibnall p.295

Bibliography

  • Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
  • Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.

External links

  • Lucky Jade at IMDb Edit this at Wikidata
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