Chick

About Chick

Chick is a 1936 British comedy crime film directed by Michael Hankinson and starring Sydney Howard, Betty Ann Davies and Fred Conyngham. It was written by Daniel Wheddon, D. B. Wyndham-Lewis, Gerard Fairlie, Cyril Gardner and Irving Leroy, based on the 1923 novel of the same title by Edgar Wallace, which had previously been made into a 1928 silent film. The film was made at Elstree Studios. The hall porter at an Oxbridge College inherits an Earldom and enjoys a series of adventures.

Overview

Chick is a 1936 British comedy crime film directed by Michael Hankinson and starring Sydney Howard, Betty Ann Davies and Fred Conyngham. It is based on the 1923 novel of the same title by Edgar Wallace, which had previously been made into a 1928 silent film. The film was made at Elstree Studios. The hall porter at an Oxbridge College inherits an Earldom and enjoys a series of adventures. Cast Sydney Howard as Chick Beane Betty Ann Davies as Peggy Fred Conyngham as Sir Anthony Monsard Cecil Humphreys as Sturgis Mae Bacon as Gert Wallace Geoffrey as Latimer Aubrey Mather as The Dean Arthur Chesney as Lord Frensham Edmund D'Alby as Rennie Robert Nainby as Mr. Beane Merle Tottenham as Maid Aubrey Fitzgerald as Banks Fred Rains as Warden Eric Micklewood as Undergraduate Joe Monkhouse as Mason Richard Morris as Clerk Aubrey Pollock as Lawyer References Bibliography Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985. .

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