Birds of a Feather (Original title)
Date: 13 April 1936 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirector: John Baxter
Synopsis: Domestic farce of a sausage-king with social ambitions and a poverty-stricken earl whose castle he rents.Synopsis: COMEDY. Impoverished lord rents his castle to a sausage magnate and poses as a servant to find the hidden treasure.
Genre: Comedy
Releases
Date: 1935Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: not specified - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 69 mins Length: 6234 FeetDialogue (original): English
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v2 n22 November 1935: no known title]Language: English
In: Kinematograph Weekly n1490 7 Nov 1935
Title: [Kinematograph Weekly - n1490 7 Nov 1935: no known title]Language: English
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(6)
Film materials(6)
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: SafetySound: Combined as MuteLength: 2700 FeetBFI identifier: C-666995
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Duplicating PositiveBase: CTASound: MuteLength: 1786 FeetBFI identifier: C-667099
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Master PositiveBase: CTASound: SoundLength: 2622 FeetBFI identifier: C-666953
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Original NegativeBase: NitrateSound: SoundLength: 2609 FeetStock date: 1935BFI identifier: C-7982
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Original NegativeBase: NitrateSound: MuteLength: 1785 FeetStock date: 1935BFI identifier: C-7983
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Re-recorded NegativeBase: SafetySound: SoundLength: 2700 FeetBFI identifier: C-666996
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Date: 13 April 1936 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirector: John Baxter
Synopsis: Domestic farce of a sausage-king with social ambitions and a poverty-stricken earl whose castle he rents.Synopsis: COMEDY. Impoverished lord rents his castle to a sausage magnate and poses as a servant to find the hidden treasure.
Genre: Comedy
Releases
Date: 1935Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: not specified - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 69 mins Length: 6234 FeetDialogue (original): English
Credits
(10)
Production Company: Baxter and Barter Productions, Producer: John Barter, Script: Gerald Elliott, Script: Con West, Original novel: George Cecil Foster, Photography: Ernest Palmer, Music and songs: Arthur Stanley, Kennedy Russell, Studio: Shepperton Studios
Cast
(9)
George Robey (Henry Wortle), Horace Hodges (Lord Cheverton), Eve Lister (Lady Susan), Jack Melford (Rudolph), Diana Beaumont (May Wortle), Veronica Brady (Mrs Wortle), Sebastian Shaw (Jack Wortle), Julian Royce (Worrington), C. Denier Warren (Tailor)
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library
(2)
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v2 n22 November 1935 Page: 167Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v2 n22 November 1935: no known title]Language: English
In: Kinematograph Weekly n1490 7 Nov 1935
Title: [Kinematograph Weekly - n1490 7 Nov 1935: no known title]Language: English
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(6)
Film materials(6)
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: SafetySound: Combined as MuteLength: 2700 FeetBFI identifier: C-666995
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Duplicating PositiveBase: CTASound: MuteLength: 1786 FeetBFI identifier: C-667099
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Master PositiveBase: CTASound: SoundLength: 2622 FeetBFI identifier: C-666953
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Original NegativeBase: NitrateSound: SoundLength: 2609 FeetStock date: 1935BFI identifier: C-7982
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Original NegativeBase: NitrateSound: MuteLength: 1785 FeetStock date: 1935BFI identifier: C-7983
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Re-recorded NegativeBase: SafetySound: SoundLength: 2700 FeetBFI identifier: C-666996
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film