Up for the Derby
1933 film
- 1933 (1933)
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Up for the Derby is a 1933 British sports comedy film directed by Maclean Rogers and starring Sydney Howard, Dorothy Bartlam and Tom Helmore. The screenplay concerns a tramp who unexpectedly gains money.
It was made at British and Dominion Elstree Studios.[1] The film's sets were designed by the art director Frederick Pusey.
Plot
A tramp unexpectedly comes into some money, and buys a racehorse which goes on to win The Derby.
Cast
- Sydney Howard as Joe Burton
- Dorothy Bartlam as Dorothy Gordon
- Mark Daly as Jerry Higgs
- Tom Helmore as Ronnie Gordon
- Frederick Lloyd as Major Edwards
- Franklyn Bellamy as Palmer
- Jane Carr as Singer
- Frank Harvey as George Moberley
- Lew Stone and his band as Themselves
References
- ^ Wood p.76
Bibliography
- Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
- Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.
External links
- Up for the Derby at IMDb
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Films by Maclean Rogers
- The Third Eye (1929)
- The Mayor's Nest (1932)
- The Crime at Blossoms (1933)
- Summer Lightning (1933)
- Up for the Derby (1933)
- Trouble (1933)
- It's a Cop (1934)
- Virginia's Husband (1934)
- The Scoop (1934)
- The Feathered Serpent (1934)
- A Little Bit of Bluff (1935)
- The Right Age to Marry (1935)
- Old Faithful (1935)
- Marry the Girl (1935)
- A Wife or Two (1936)
- The Shadow of Mike Emerald (1936)
- A Touch of the Moon (1936)
- Not So Dusty (1936)
- To Catch a Thief (1936)
- The Heirloom Mystery (1936)
- The Happy Family (1936)
- Nothing Like Publicity (1936)
- Busman's Holiday (1936)
- Farewell to Cinderella (1937)
- Strange Adventures of Mr. Smith (1937)
- Fifty-Shilling Boxer (1937)
- All That Glitters (1937)
- Father Steps Out (1937)
- Why Pick on Me? (1937)
- Racing Romance (1937)
- Easy Riches (1938)
- If I Were Boss (1938)
- His Lordship Regrets (1938)
- Darts Are Trumps (1938)
- Weddings Are Wonderful (1938)
- Paid in Error (1938)
- Miracles Do Happen (1939)
- His Lordship Goes to Press (1939)
- Garrison Follies (1940)
- Old Mother Riley Joins Up (1940)
- Shadowed Eyes (1940)
- Facing the Music (1941)
- Front Line Kids (1942)
- Gert and Daisy's Weekend (1942)
- Gert and Daisy Clean Up (1942)
- Variety Jubilee (1943)
- I'll Walk Beside You (1943)
- Somewhere in Civvies (1943)
- Give Me the Stars (1945)
- Don Chicago (1945)
- The Trojan Brothers (1946)
- Woman to Woman (1947)
- Calling Paul Temple (1948)
- The Story of Shirley Yorke (1948)
- Dark Secret (1949)
- Paul Temple's Triumph (1950)
- Something in the City (1950)
- Old Mother Riley's Jungle Treasure (1951)
- Madame Louise (1951)
- Paul Temple Returns (1952)
- Salute the Toff (1952)
- Hammer the Toff (1952)
- Down Among the Z Men (1952)
- Alf's Baby (1953)
- Force's Sweetheart (1953)
- Behind the Headlines (1953)
- Flannelfoot (1953)
- Johnny on the Spot (1954)
- Calling All Cars (1954)
- Assignment Redhead (1956)
- Not So Dusty (1956)
- You Pay Your Money (1957)
- Not Wanted on Voyage (1957)
- Mark of the Phoenix (1958)
- A Clean Sweep (1958)
- Just Joe (1960)
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