One Good Turn (1936 film)

One Good Turn
Directed by	Alfred J. Goulding
Written by	Jack Byrd Syd Courtenay Georgie Harris Con West
Produced by	Joe Rock Stanley Haynes
Starring	Leslie Fuller Georgie Harris Hal Gordon
Cinematography	Ernest Palmer
Edited by	Sam Simmonds
Music by	Cyril Ray
Production companies	Joe Rock Productions Leslie Fuller Productions
Distributed by	Associated British Film Distributors
Release date	5 June 1936 (1936-06-05)
Running time	72 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

One Good Turn is a 1936 British comedy film directed by Alfred J. Goulding and starring Leslie Fuller, Georgie Harris and Hal Gordon.[1] It was shot at Elstree Studios near London. The film's sets were designed by the art director George Provis.

Synopsis

The screenplay concerns two coffee stall workers, who try to prevent their landlady's daughter being cheated by a villainous theatre producer.[2]

Cast

• Leslie Fuller as Bill Parsons
• Georgie Harris as Georgie
• Hal Gordon as Bert
• Molly Fisher as Dolly Pearson
• Basil Langton as Jack Pearson
• Clarissa Selwynne as Ma Pearson
• Faith Bennett as Violet
• Arthur Finn as Townsend
• Val Rosing as Vocalist
• Syd Crossley as Griggs - Townsend's Manservant
• Frederick Piper as Sausage Sandwich Customer

References

1. BFI.org
2. Shafer p.139

Bibliography

• Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
• Shafer, Stephen C. British Popular Films, 1929-1939: The Cinema of Reassurance. Routledge, 1997.
• Sutton, David R. A Chorus of Raspberries: British Film Comedy, 1929-1939. University of Exeter Press, 2000.
• Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.

External links

• One Good Turn at IMDb