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- BFI identifier310463
- Date1935-04-22 (Release)
- Production countryUnited Kingdom
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- SynopsisWhen schoolmistress Bertha Fytte elopes with circus wrestler The Big Black Fox, her younger sister, Mary, a pupil at the school, persuades yet another sister, Cicely, a circus performer and identical twin to Bertha, to stand in for the latter at the school. Initially this is to be only for twenty-four hours until Joey, a colleague of Cicely's at the circus, can bring Bertha back. However, Bertha ends up in Africa and Cicely has to take her sister's place for longer than planned. While Bertha is away, Cicely also has to continue performing with the circus as she wants to sell it as a going concern. Bertha, however, eventually returns and finds that Cicely has managed to get her appointed as the new headmistress with the present encumbent due to retire. Cicely also manages to sell the circus, after which she runs away with Mr. Van Gaard, one of the teachers at the school. (NFA Catalogue) Comedy of twin sisters, a circus performer and a schoolmistress, and the masquerade of the former as the latter. (Synopsis)
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- CreditsDirector: Albert de Courville
Production Company: Gaumont-British Picture Corporation
[Producer]: Michael Balcon
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Title
Things Are Looking Up (Original)
EIDR identifier
10.5240/7C58-C729-9C79-E10C-7F7C-4Category
FictionThis work is included in the BFI Filmography.
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Work - 310463 - 1935-04-22 (Release)
United Kingdom - Film - Fiction
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