Squibs (1935 film)

Squibs
Directed by	Henry Edwards
Produced by	Julius Hagen
Written by	Michael Hogan H. Fowler Mear R.P. Weston Bert Lee
Starring	Betty Balfour Gordon Harker Stanley Holloway
Music by	W.L. Trytel
Cinematography	Sydney Blythe
Edited by	Jack Harris
Production company	Real Art Productions
Distributed by	Gaumont British Distributors
Release dates	June 1935
Running time	77 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Squibs is a 1935 British musical romantic comedy film directed by Henry Edwards and starring Betty Balfour, Gordon Harker and Stanley Holloway.^[1]

It was produced by Twickenham Film Studios with sets designed by James A. Carter. It was a remake of the 1921 film Squibs which also starred Balfour.

Synopsis

In this musical comedy, a Cockney flower girl is in love with a policeman whom she wants to marry. Unfortunately, her father opposes the union because he is involved in a little crooked investing. Fortunately, the young woman wins a lottery and is able to find wealth and marital bliss.^[2]

Cast

Betty Balfour as Amelia "Squibs" Hopkins
Gordon Harker as Sam Hopkins
Stanley Holloway as Constable Charley Lee
Margaret Yarde as Mrs. Lee
Morris Harvey as Inspector Lee
Michael Shepley as Colin Barratt
Drusilla Wills as Mrs. Parker
O.B. Clarence as Sir John Barratt
Ronald Shiner as Bill
Thomas Weguelin as Alf
Vivienne Chatterton
William Daunt
Aubrey Fitzgerald
Henryetta Edwards as Susan
Olive Sloane as Barmaid

References

Bibliography

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

External links

Squibs at AllMovie
Squibs at the British Film Institute's Film and TV Database
Squibs at the Internet Movie Database

The films of Henry Edwards

1910s	A Welsh Singer (1915) Doorsteps (1916) East Is East (1916) Merely Mrs. Stubbs (1917) If Thou Wert Blind (1917) Broken Threads (1917) The Failure (1917) What's the Use of Grumbling (1918) Towards the Light (1918) The Poet's Windfall (1918) The Hanging Judge (1918) The City of Beautiful Nonsense (1919) Possession (1919) His Dearest Possession (1919) The Kinsman (1919)

1920s	The Amazing Quest of Mr. Ernest Bliss (1920) John Forrest Finds Himself (1920) Aylwin (1920) A Temporary Vagabond (1920) Tit for Tat (1921) The Lunatic at Large (1921) The Bargain (1921) Simple Simon (1922) Lily of the Alley (1923) Boden's Boy (1923) The Naked Man (1923) The World of Wonderful Reality (1924) Owd Bob (1924) King of the Castle (1925) A Girl of London (1925) The Island of Despair (1926) One Colombo Night (1926)

1930s	The Girl in the Night (1931) Stranglehold (1931) Brother Alfred (1932) The Flag Lieutenant (1932) The Barton Mystery (1932) General John Regan (1933) Discord (1933) One Precious Year (1933) Lord of the Manor (1933) Anne One Hundred (1933) Purse Strings (1933) The Lash (1934) The Man Who Changed His Name (1934) Lord Edgware Dies (1934) Are You a Mason? (1934) The Rocks of Valpre (1935) The Lad (1935) D'Ye Ken John Peel? (1935) Vintage Wine (1935) Squibs (1935) The Private Secretary (1935) Scrooge (1935) Eliza Comes to Stay (1936) In the Soup (1936) Juggernaut (1936) Beauty and the Barge (1937) Song of the Forge (1937) Vicar of Bray (1937)

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