Summer Lightning | |
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Directed by | Maclean Rogers |
Written by | Miles Malleson |
Based on | novel Summer Lightning by P.G. Wodehouse |
Produced by | Herbert Wilcox |
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Cinematography | Freddie Young |
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Distributed by | United Artists Corporation (UK) |
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Running time | 78 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Summer Lightning is a 1933 British comedy film directed by Maclean Rogers and starring Ralph Lynn, Winifred Shotter, Chili Bouchier and Horace Hodges. It is based on the 1929 novel Summer Lightning by P.G. Wodehouse.
Premise
Hugo Carmody, the impoverished secretary to Lord Emsworth falls for Millicent the boss's niece, and steals his Lordship's prize pig in a scheme to raise funds to marry her.
Cast
- Ralph Lynn as Hugo Carmody
- Winifred Shotter as Millicent Keeble
- Chili Bouchier as Sue Brown
- Horace Hodges as Lord Emsworth
- Helen Ferrers as Lady Emsworth
- Esme Percy as Baxter
- Miles Malleson as Beach
- Gordon James as Pillbeam
- Joe Monkhouse as Pigman
References
- "Summer Lightning (1933)". Archived from the original on 14 January 2009.
- Gifford, Denis (1 April 2016). British Film Catalogue: Two Volume Set - The Fiction Film/The Non-Fiction Film. Routledge. ISBN 9781317740636 – via Google Books.
- "Summer Lightning (1933) - Maclean Rogers - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related - AllMovie".
External links
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- 1933 films
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- British black-and-white films
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- Films directed by Maclean Rogers
- 1930s English-language films
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