Up to the Neck

CinematographyCyril BristowMusic byLew StoneDistributed byUnited Artists73 minutesCountryUnited KingdomLanguageEnglish

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

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

• Ralph Lynn as Norman B. Good
• Winifred Shotter as April Dawne
• Francis Lister as Eric Warwick
• Reginald Purdell as Jimmy Catlin
• Mary Brough as Landlady
• Marjorie Hume as Vera Dane
• Grizelda Harvey as Miss Fish

References

Bibliography

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

External links

• Up to the Neck at IMDb