Over She Goes

Over She Goes
Over She Goes
Directed by	Graham Cutts
Written by	Hugh Brooke; Stanley Lupino (play); Elizabeth Meehan ;
Starring	Stanley Lupino ; Claire Luce ; Gina Malo ; Sally Gray ; Laddie Cliff ; John Wood ;
Cinematography	Otto Kanturek
Edited by	Flora Newton
Music by	Harry Acres
Production; company	Associated British Picture Corporation
Distributed by	Associated British Picture Corporation
Release date	17 August 1937;
Running time	78 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Last updated May 19, 2025

Over She Goes is a 1937 British musical comedy film directed by Graham Cutts and starring Stanley Lupino, Claire Luce, Laddie Cliff, Gina Malo and Max Baer.^[1] It was based on a successful London stage play by Lupino, with music by Billy Mayerl.^[2] The film is an early example of the way American vaudeville tradition in film migrated in the United Kingdom.^[3]

Plot

A music hall performer inherits an English title and estate, and invites his friends to stay with him where they are targeted by avaricious woman hoping for a rich marriage.^[4]^[5]

Cast

Stanley Lupino as Tommy Teacher
Claire Luce as Pamela Ward
Gina Malo as Dolly Jordan
Max Baer as Silas Morner
Laddie Cliff as Billy Bowler
Sally Gray as Kitty
Judy Kelly as Alice Mayhill
John Wood as Harry, Lord Drewsden
Syd Walker as Inspector Giffnock
Bertha Belmore as Ethel, The Dowager Lady Drewsden
Richard Murdoch as Sergeant Oliver
Fred Hearne as Lord Drewsden
Archibald Batty as Alfred

References

↑ The Era 1937-08-19: Vol 100 Iss 5159. Internet Archive. 19 August 1937.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
↑ Mundy, John (2007). The British musical film. Internet Archive. Manchester : Manchester University Press. ISBN 978-0-7190-6320-6.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: publisher location (link)
↑ Rawlings, Roger (4 December 2017). Ripping England!: Postwar British Satire from Ealing to the Goons. SUNY Press. ISBN 978-1-4384-6733-7.
↑ BFI Database
↑ Gifford, Denis (24 October 2018). The British Film Catalogue: The Fiction Film. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-317-83702-2.

Bibliography

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

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[1] The Era 1937-08-19: Vol 100 Iss 5159. Internet Archive. 19 August 1937.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)

[2] Mundy, John (2007). The British musical film. Internet Archive. Manchester : Manchester University Press. ISBN 978-0-7190-6320-6.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: publisher location (link)

[3] Rawlings, Roger (4 December 2017). Ripping England!: Postwar British Satire from Ealing to the Goons. SUNY Press. ISBN 978-1-4384-6733-7.

[4] BFI Database

[5] Gifford, Denis (24 October 2018). The British Film Catalogue: The Fiction Film. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-317-83702-2.

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