Calling All Ma's

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Calling All Ma's
Directed by Redd Davis
Written byAl Booth
Produced byIvor McLaren
Starring
Cinematography Roy Kellino
Edited by Reginald Beck
Production
company
Distributed by20th Century Fox
Release date
  • March 1937 (1937-03)
Running time
49 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
Language English

Calling All Ma's is a 1937 British comedy film directed by Redd Davis and starring Billy Caryll, Hilda Mundy and Margaret Yarde. A henpecked husband attempts to escape from his domineering wife. [1] The film was made at Wembley Studios by 20th Century Fox's British subsidiary, for release as a quota quickie. [2]

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  1. Chibnall p.287
  2. Wood p.89

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