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1937 film

Sam Small Leaves Town
Directed byAlfred J. Goulding
Produced byMaurice J. Wilson
StarringStanley Holloway
June Clyde
Fred Conyngham
Music byPercival Mackey
Production
company
British Screen Service
Distributed byBritish Screen Service
Release date
  • November 1937 (1937-11)
Running time79 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Sam Small Leaves Town, is a 1937 British comedy film directed by Alfred J. Goulding and starring Stanley Holloway, June Clyde and Fred Conyngham. It was made at Highbury Studios in London and released as a quota quickie by the independent British Screen Service. Location shooting took place in Skegness in Lincolnshire. It is also known by the alternative title It's Sam Small Again,.

Premise

In order to win a bet a famous actor leaves London and goes to work incognito in a holiday camp.

Cast

References

  1. BFI.org
  2. Chibnall p.296

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

Films directed by Alfred J. Goulding


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