''Chelsea Life'' is a 1933 British
drama film
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super ...
directed by
Sidney Morgan and starring
Louis Hayward
Louis Charles Hayward (19 March 1909 – 21 February 1985) was a Johannesburg-born, British-American actor.
Biography
Born in Johannesburg, Louis Hayward lived in South Africa and was educated in France and England, including Latymer Upper Scho ...
,
Molly Johnson
Margaret Leslie "Molly" Johnson, Order of Canada, OC is a Canadian Juno Award-winning singer-songwriter of pop and jazz.
Biography
Johnson began as a child performer, receiving formal training from the National Ballet School and the Banff Schoo ...
and
Anna Lee
Anna Lee, MBE (born Joan Boniface Winnifrith; 2 January 1913 – 14 May 2004) was a British actress, labelled by studios "The British Bombshell".
Early life
Anna Lee was born Joan Boniface Winnifrith in Ightham, (pronounced 'Item'), Kent, th ...
. It was shot at
Elstree Studios
Elstree Studios is a generic term which can refer to several current and demolished British film studios and television studios based in or around the town of Borehamwood and village of Elstree in Hertfordshire, England. Production studios ha ...
as a
quota quickie
The Cinematograph Films Act of 1927 ('' 17 & 18 Geo. V'') was an act of the United Kingdom Parliament designed to stimulate the declining British film industry. It received Royal Assent on 20 December 1927 and came into force on 1 April 1928.
D ...
for release by the British subsidiary of
Paramount Pictures.
[Chibnall p.271]
Plot
A painter passes off another artist's work as his own and mixes in high society.
Cast
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Louis Hayward
Louis Charles Hayward (19 March 1909 – 21 February 1985) was a Johannesburg-born, British-American actor.
Biography
Born in Johannesburg, Louis Hayward lived in South Africa and was educated in France and England, including Latymer Upper Scho ...
as David Fenner
*
Molly Johnson
Margaret Leslie "Molly" Johnson, Order of Canada, OC is a Canadian Juno Award-winning singer-songwriter of pop and jazz.
Biography
Johnson began as a child performer, receiving formal training from the National Ballet School and the Banff Schoo ...
as Lulu
*
Anna Lee
Anna Lee, MBE (born Joan Boniface Winnifrith; 2 January 1913 – 14 May 2004) was a British actress, labelled by studios "The British Bombshell".
Early life
Anna Lee was born Joan Boniface Winnifrith in Ightham, (pronounced 'Item'), Kent, th ...
as Honourable Muriel Maxton
* Kathleen Saxon as Mrs. Bonnington
* Stanley Vilven as Grillini
*
Gordon McLeod as Lawton Hodge
*
Eric Hales as Harry Gordon
*
Patrick Ludlow as Lancelot Humphrey
*
Arthur Chesney
Arthur William Kellaway (21 November 1881 – 27 August 1949), known as Arthur Chesney, was an English character actor who worked on stage and screen.
Biography
He was born 21 November 1881 in Hampstead, London, the son of John and Catherine K ...
as Ambrose Lincoln
References
External links
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Bibliography
* Chibnall, Steve. ''Quota Quickies: The Birth of the British 'B' Film''. British Film Institute, 2007.
* Low, Rachael. ''Filmmaking in 1930s Britain''. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
* Wood, Linda. ''British Films, 1927-1939''. British Film Institute, 1986.
1933 films
1933 drama films
Films directed by Sidney Morgan
British drama films
Films set in London
British black-and-white films
British and Dominions Studios films
Films shot at Imperial Studios, Elstree
Paramount Pictures films
Quota quickies
1930s English-language films
1930s British films
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