Forging Ahead (film)

Forging Ahead
Directed by	Norman Walker
Written by	K.R.G. Browne (novel) Brandon Fleming
Produced by	Harry Cohen
Starring	Margot Grahame Garry Marsh Anthony Holles
Production company	Harry Cohen Productions
Distributed by	Fox Film
Release date	March 1933 (1933-03)
Running time	49 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Forging Ahead is a 1933 British comedy mystery film directed by Norman Walker and starring Margot Grahame, Garry Marsh and Anthony Holles. Its plot involves a gang of criminals who pretend a house is haunted in order to keep people away.

It was made at Wembley Studios as a quota quickie.[1]

Cast

• Margot Grahame as Crystal Grey
• Garry Marsh as Honorable Horace Slimminger
• Anthony Holles as Percival Custard
• Clifford Heatherley as Professor Bowe
• Clifford Makeham as Abraham Lombard
• Melville Cooper as Smedley
• Edgar Norfolk as Lieutenant-Colonel Fair
• Edith Saville as Lady Leverton

References

1. Wood p.74

Bibliography

• Chibnall, Steve. Quota Quickies: The Birth of the British 'B' Film. British Film Institute, 2007.
• Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
• Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.

External links

• Forging Ahead at IMDb