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Up to the Neck

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Up to the Neck
Directed byJack Raymond
Written byBen Travers
Produced byHerbert Wilcox
Starring
CinematographyCyril Bristow
Music byLew Stone
Production
company
Distributed byUnited Artists
Release date
  • August 1933 (1933-08)
Running time
73 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Up to the Neck is a 1933 British comedy film directed by Jack Raymond and starring Ralph Lynn, Winifred Shotter and Francis Lister.[1] It was made at British and Dominion's Elstree Studios.[2]

Plot

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Shy bank clerk Norman B. Good comes into a big inheritance and uses it to realise his ambition to be a theatre impresario. Falling for chorus girl April Dawne, he invests most of his money in an expensive show designed to make her a star. When the production is a disaster, Norman takes to the stage in a desperate bid to improve the play by playing the lead. His monocle and toothy grin win him raves as a comic genius (despite the fact that he was playing the role straight), and the show becomes a hit as a comedy.

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ "Up to the Neck (1933)". Archived from the original on 17 August 2016.
  2. ^ Wood p.80

Bibliography

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