Fame (1936 film)

Fame
Fame
Directed by	Leslie S. Hiscott
Written by	Michael Barringer ; Bert Lee ; Jack Marks ; R. P. Weston ;
Produced by	Herbert Wilcox
Starring	Sydney Howard ; Muriel Aked ; Miki Hood ;
Cinematography	Freddie Young
Music by	Geraldo
Production; company	Herbert Wilcox Productions
Distributed by	General Film Distributors
Release date	12 March 1936;
Running time	68 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Last updated July 24, 2025

Fame is a 1936 British comedy film directed by Leslie S. Hiscott and starring Sydney Howard, Muriel Aked and Miki Hood. It was made at Elstree Studios.^[1]

Plot summary

Cast

Sydney Howard as Oswald Bertwhistle
Muriel Aked as Mrs. Bertwhistle
Miki Hood as Joan Riley
Brian Lawrance as Douglas Cameron
Guy Middleton as Lester Cordwell
Geraldine Hislop as Geraldine
Arthur Finn as Film Director
H. F. Maltby as Mayor
Herbert Lomas as Rumbold Wakefield
Russell Thorndike as Judge
Frank Pettingell as Reuben Pendleton
Sydney Fairbrother as Train Passenger
Maire O'Neill as Mrs. Docker
Henry Victor as Actor
Frederick Piper as Press Representative

References

↑ Wood p.85
↑ "HERBERT WILCOX'S PROGRAMME". The West Australian . Vol. 52, no. 15, 542. Western Australia. 17 April 1936. p. 2. Retrieved 17 August 2017– via National Library of Australia.

Bibliography

Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.

External links

Fame at IMDb
Fame at the TCM Movie Database

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[1] Wood p.85

[2] "HERBERT WILCOX'S PROGRAMME". The West Australian . Vol. 52, no. 15, 542. Western Australia. 17 April 1936. p. 2. Retrieved 17 August 2017– via National Library of Australia.

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