The Laughter of Fools

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The Laughter of Fools
Directed by Adrian Brunel
Written by H. F. Maltby (play)
Adrian Brunel
Reginald Beck
Produced byGeorge Smith
Starring D. A. Clarke-Smith
Derrick De Marney
Helen Ferrers
Eliot Makeham
Cinematography Eric Cross
Edited by Roy Lockwood
Production
company
George Smith Productions
Distributed by Fox
Release date
  • October 1933 (1933-10)
Running time
47 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

The Laughter of Fools is a 1933 British drama film directed by Adrian Brunel and starring D. A. Clarke-Smith, Derrick De Marney and Helen Ferrers. It was based on a play by H. F. Maltby. [1] The screenplay concerns an ambitious mother who plans to marry her daughter to a sea captain. [2]

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The film was a quota quickie made at Nettlefold Studios in Walton by the independent producer George Smith as part of a contract from Fox, [3] [4] who needed a supply of films to distribute in order to comply with the terms of the quota.

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References

  1. ↑ Gifford, Denis (24 October 2018). The British Film Catalogue: The Fiction Film. Routledge. ISBN   978-1-317-83701-5.
  2. ↑ Chibnall, Steve (25 July 2019). Quota Quickies. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN   978-1-83871-771-1.
  3. ↑ Low, Rachael (26 March 2020). The History of British Film (Volume 7): Film Making in 1930's Britain. Routledge. ISBN   978-1-136-20689-4.
  4. ↑ Murphy, Robert (25 July 2019). Directors in British and Irish Cinema: A Reference Companion. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN   978-1-83871-532-8.

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