That's a Good Girl

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That's a Good Girl
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Directed by Jack Buchanan
Written by
Produced by Herbert Wilcox
Starring
Cinematography Freddie Young
Edited by Merrill G. White
Production
company
Distributed by United Artists
Release date
  • 27 September 1933 (1933-09-27) [1]
Running time
83 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

That's a Good Girl is a 1933 British comedy film directed by Jack Buchanan and starring Buchanan, Elsie Randolph and Dorothy Hyson. [2] The film was based on a musical show of the same title that opened at the Lewisham Hippodrome on 19 March 1928, in which Jack Buchanan also starred. The music was written by Joseph Meyer and Phil Charig, with lyrics by Douglas Furber. The film omitted much of the music of the original show (and all of Ira Gershwin's contributions to the lyrics [3] ), but popularised one song in particular, Fancy our Meeting. The song remained a Jack Buchanan favourite and a version of it was also recorded by Al Bowlly shortly after the film's release.

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The film was made at British and Dominion Elstree Studios, [4] and its sets were designed by the art director Lawrence P. Williams.

Cast

References

  1. "All Star Event for Buchanan; Picture Personalities at Tomorrow's Premiere". The Daily Film Renter. 26 September 1933. p. 1. ProQuest   2594656814. Most of the talkie stars in London will be seen tomorrow night at the gala premiere of 'That's a Good Girl,' at the Leicester Square Theatre. It is Jack Buchanan's advent into picture theatre management..
  2. "That's a Good Girl (1933) - BFI". BFI. Archived from the original on 1 July 2016.
  3. "That's a Good Girl". George & Ira Gershwin. Gershwin Enterprises. Retrieved 6 July 2025.
  4. Wood p.79

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