Up for the Derby

Up for the Derby
Directed by	Maclean Rogers
Written by	Bert Lee Jack Marks R. P. Weston
Produced by	Herbert Wilcox
Starring	Sydney Howard Dorothy Bartlam Tom Helmore
Cinematography	Cyril Bristow Freddie Young
Edited by	Cecil H. Williamson
Music by	Lew Stone Harris Weston
Production company	British and Dominions
Distributed by	Woolf & Freedman Film Service
Release date	1933 (1933)
Running time	70 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Up for the Derby is a 1933 British sports comedy film directed by Maclean Rogers and starring Sydney Howard, Dorothy Bartlam and Tom Helmore. The screenplay concerns a tramp who unexpectedly gains money.

It was made at British and Dominion Elstree Studios. ^[1] The film's sets were designed by the art director Frederick Pusey.

Plot

A tramp unexpectedly comes into some money, and buys a racehorse which goes on to win The Derby.

Cast

• Sydney Howard as Joe Burton
• Dorothy Bartlam as Dorothy Gordon
• Mark Daly as Jerry Higgs
• Tom Helmore as Ronnie Gordon
• Frederick Lloyd as Major Edwards
• Franklyn Bellamy as Palmer
• Jane Carr as Singer
• Frank Harvey as George Moberley
• Lew Stone and his band as Themselves

See also

• List of films about horses
• List of films about horse racing

References

1. Wood p.76

Bibliography

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

External links

• Up for the Derby at IMDb