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Chick (1936 film)

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Chick
Directed byMichael Hankinson
Written byEdgar Wallace (novel)
Daniel Wheddon
D. B. Wyndham-Lewis
Gerard Fairlie
Cyril Gardner
Irving Leroy
Produced byJack Raymond
StarringSydney Howard
Betty Ann Davies
Fred Conyngham
Cecil Humphreys
CinematographyFrancis Carver
Edited byJohn E. Morris
Music byPercival Mackey
Production
company
Distributed byUnited Artists
Release date
  • September 1936 (1936-09)
Running time
72 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

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.[1] The hall porter at an Oxbridge College inherits an Earldom and enjoys a series of adventures.

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References

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  1. ^ Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986. p. 89.

Bibliography

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  • Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985. ISBN 0047910216.
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