''Show Flat'' is a 1936 British

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directed by Bernard Mainwaring and starring Eileen Munro, Anthony Hankey and

Clifford Heatherley Clifford Heatherley Lamb (8 October 1888 in Preston, Lancashire – 15 September 1937 in London) was an English stage and film actor. Filmography * ''Henry VIII'' (1911) * ''Bleak House'' (1920) * '' The Tavern Knight'' (1920) * '' The Mys ...

. It was made at Shepperton Studios.Low p.385 The screenplay concerns a struggling couple who take over a vacant flat in order to impress somebody by holding a dinner there.

Cast

* Eileen Munroas Aunt Louisa * Anthony Hankey as Paul Collett *

as Ginnsberg * Max Faber as Ronnie Chubb * Polly Ward as Mary Blake * Vernon Harris as Tom Vernon * Miki Decima as Miss Jube *

Billy Bray William Trewartha Bray (1 June 1794 – 25 May 1868), known as Billy Bray, was an unconventional Cornish preacher. Biography Billy Bray was born in 1794 in the village of Twelveheads, Cornwall, England, UK. He was the eldest of three chil ...

as Fox *

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References

Bibliography

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

External links

* 1936 films 1936 comedy films British comedy films Films shot at Shepperton Studios Films set in England British films based on plays Films directed by Bernard Mainwaring Films produced by Anthony Havelock-Allan Paramount Pictures films British black-and-white films British and Dominions Studios films 1930s English-language films 1930s British films {{1930s-UK-comedy-film-stub