Brothers Percy and Peter Brace attempt a sequence of schemes whilst betting on horses to avoid bankruptcy, whilst attempting to woo the sisters Mable and Maude and to inherit money from a rich aunt.
Production Details
A British Lion Picture. A Hammer Production
Distributed throughout the United Kingdom and Irish Free State by British Lion Film Corporation Ltd. &6-78 Wardour St., London, W1. S.W.Smith Managing Director
Black & White 67 minutes
Filming dates: 20th May – 23rd June 1936
UK Release: 24th November 1936
Filming:
British Lion Studios, Beaconsfield , Buckinghamshire – Studio
Stills from the film
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Cast & Crew
| CREW | NAME | CREDITED | AGE AT RELEASE | BIRTH | DEATH | AGE | CREDITS | UNCREDITED | TOTAL HAMMER |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adaptation | Ingram D’Abbes | Yes | 38 | 6 Jan 1898 | 21 Dec 1975 | 77 | 2 | 2 | |
| Adapted by | Fenn Sherie | Yes | 39 | 12 Aug 1896 | 29 Jul 1947 | 50 | 2 | 2 | |
| Additional Music | Jack Beaver | No | 36 | 27 Mar 1900 | 10 Sep 1963 | 63 | 3 | 3 | |
| Art Director | J. Elder Wills | Yes | 36 | 26 Apr 1900 | 1970 | 69 | 22 | 22 | |
| Art Director | Norman Arnold | Yes | 43 | 19 Sep 1892 | 7 Dec 1963 | 71 | 2 | 2 | |
| Assistant Director | Parry Davis | Yes | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Choreographer | Fred Leslie | No | 55 | 19 Aug 1880 | 1 Aug 1945 | 64 | 1 | 1 | |
| Director | J. Elder Wills | Yes | 36 | 26 Apr 1900 | 1970 | 69 | 22 | 22 | |
| Executive Producer | Will Hammer | No | 48 | 21 Nov 1887 | 1 Jun 1957 | 69 | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| Film Editor | Hugh Stewart | Yes | 25 | 14 Dec 1910 | 31 May 2011 | 100 | 1 | 1 | |
| From the play by | Stanley Lupino | Yes | 43 | 15 May 1893 | 10 Jun 1942 | 49 | 2 | 2 | |
| Music | Eric Ansell | Yes | 35 | 21 Aug 1900 | 1981 | 80 | 3 | 3 | |
| Musical Director | Billy Mayerl | Yes | 33 | 31 May 1902 | 25 Mar 1959 | 56 | 1 | 1 | |
| Photography | Eric Cross | Yes | 33 | 31 May 1902 | 1 Mar 2004 | 101 | 4 | 4 | |
| Production Supervisor | Henry Passmore | Yes | 31 | 1905 | Aug 1987 | 82 | 4 | 4 | |
| Sound Engineer | Harold King | Yes | 28 | 3 Nov 1907 | 22 May 1959 | 51 | 2 | 2 | |
| Sound Engineer | York Scarlett | Yes | 29 | 1907 | 1984 | 77 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| CAST | |||||||||
| Aunt Fanny | Clarissa Selwynne | Yes | 50 | 26 Feb 1886 | 13 Jun 1948 | 62 | 1 | 1 | |
| Gerald Dane | Bobbie Comber | Yes | 50 | 8 Jan 1886 | 1 Mar 1942 | 56 | 1 | 1 | |
| Lord Dimsdale | Henry Carlisle | Yes | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Maid | Merle Tottenham | Yes | 35 | 22 Jan 1901 | 18 Jul 1958 | 57 | 2 | 2 | |
| Maude Dane | Eda Peel | Yes | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Nellie Gray | Lu Ann Meredith | Yes | 22 | 7 Jul 1913 | 12 Nov 1998 | 85 | 1 | 1 | |
| Percy Brace | Stanley Lupino | Yes | 43 | 15 May 1893 | 10 Jun 1942 | 49 | 2 | 2 | |
| Peter Brace | Laddie Cliff | Yes | 44 | 3 Sep 1891 | 8 Dec 1937 | 46 | 1 | 1 | |
| Wilfred Wimple | Wyn Weaver | Yes | 65 | 1871 | 14 Mar 1951 | 80 | 1 | 1 | |
| With | Syd Crossley | No | 50 | 18 Nov 1885 | 15 Nov 1960 | 74 | 1 | 1 | |
| With | Arty Ash | Yes | 44 | 14 Jan 1892 | 6 Sep 1962 | 70 | 1 | 1 | |
| With | Barry Lupino | Yes | 54 | 7 Jan 1882 | 26 Mar 1951 | 69 | 1 | 1 |
Original Poster
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Footnotes
Based on the musical “Sporting Life” which was writtted by Stanley Lupino.
Merle Tottenham also appeared in Hammer’s Room to Let 1950.