Riding High (1937 film)
Riding High is a 1937 British comedy film directed by David MacDonald and starring Claude Dampier, John Garrick, Kathleen Gibson and Helen Haye. It is very loosely based on the story of the inventor Thomas McCall, who came up with a radically new design for a bicycle in Victorian Britain.[1]
| Riding High | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | David MacDonald |
| Screenplay by | H. Fowler Mear |
| Produced by | George King |
| Starring | Claude Dampier John Garrick Kathleen Gibson Helen Haye |
| Cinematography | Hone Glendinning |
| Edited by | John Seabourne Sr. |
| Music by | Kennedy Russell |
Production company | Embassy Pictures |
| Distributed by | British Lion Films |
Release date |
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Running time | 68 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
It was made at Shepperton Studios.[2]
Cast
- Claude Dampier as Septimus Earwicker
- Helen Haye as Miss Ada Broadbent
- John Garrick as Tom Blake
- Kathleen Gibson as Grace Meadows
- John Warwick as George Davenport
- Billy Merson as Popping
- Mae Bacon as Mrs. Winterbottom
- Peter Gawthorne as Sir Joseph Wilmot
- Billy Holland as Jack Adamson
- Billy Bray as Ted Rance
- Aileen Latham as Fanny
- The Georgian Singers as Minstrel singers
- Mansell & Ling as Banjo duet
- Bertie Kendrick as Boy vocalist
- Mike Johnson as Mayor
- John Singer as Simon
- H Victor Weske
References
- BFI.org
- Wood p.96
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