Leap Year (1932 film)

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Leap Year
Directed by Tom Walls
Written by A. R. Rawlinson
Produced by Herbert Wilcox
StarringTom Walls
Anne Grey
Edmund Breon
Cinematography Freddie Young
Music by Lew Stone
Production
company
Distributed by Woolf and Freedman
Release date
11 October 1932
Running time
91 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
Language English

Leap Year is a 1932 British comedy film directed by Tom Walls, who co-stars with Anne Grey, Edmund Breon and Ellis Jeffreys. [1] Made at British and Dominion's Elstree Studios, it was written by A. R. Rawlinson, and produced by Herbert Wilcox. The film was re-released in 1937. [2]

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References

  1. "BFI | Film & TV Database | LEAP YEAR (1932)". Archived from the original on 19 October 2012. Retrieved 21 May 2010.
  2. "Leap Year (1932) - IMDb". IMDb .

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