All In is a 1936 British sports comedy film directed by Marcel Varnel and starring Ralph Lynn, Gina Malo and Garry Marsh.[2] The owner of a racing stables has high hopes of winning The Derby, but fate intervenes. It is also known by the alternative title Tattenham Corner, from the play on which it is based.
| All In | |
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| Directed by | Marcel Varnel |
| Written by | Val Guest Leslie Arliss |
| Based on | Tattenham Corner by Philip Merivale & Brandon Fleming |
| Produced by | Michael Balcon |
| Starring | Ralph Lynn Gina Malo Jack Barty Claude Dampier |
| Cinematography | Arthur Crabtree |
| Edited by | Alfred Roome |
| Music by | Louis Levy |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Gaumont British Distributors |
Release date |
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Running time | 71 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
The film was made at Islington Studios by Gainsborough Pictures with sets designed by the art director Alex Vetchinsky. It was based on a play, Tattenham Corner, by Philip Merivale and Brandon Fleming, which takes its name from a sharp bend on Epsom Racecourse, where the Derby is run.
Cast
edit- Ralph Lynn as Archie Slott
- Gina Malo as Kay Slott
- Jack Barty as Tingaling Tom
- Claude Dampier as Toop
- Sydney Fairbrother as Genesta Slott
- Garry Marsh as Lilleywhite
- Robert Nainby as Eustace Slott
- O. B. Clarence as Hemingway
- Gibb McLaughlin as Reverend Cuppleditch
- Glennis Lorimer as Kitty
- Fewlass Llewellyn as Dean of Plinge
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Cook p.191
- ^ "BFI | Film & TV Database | ALL IN (1936)". Archived from the original on 2 September 2009. Retrieved 4 September 2010.
Bibliography
edit- Cook, Pam. Gainsborough Pictures: Cassell, 1997,
- Low, Rachael. The History of the British Film, 1929-1939. Film Making in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
- Wood, Linda. British Films, 1929-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.
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