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He Found a Star (Original title)
Date: 22 September 1941 (Release)

Country: United Kingdom

Director: John Paddy Carstairs

Synopsis: A stage manager starts a theatrical agency with the intention of finding unknown talent and making them stars.

Genres:
Comedy, Musical
Releases
Date: 1941Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 89 mins Length: 7997 FeetDialogue (original): English

Credits (23)
Production Company: John Corfield Productions, A John Corfield Production: John Corfield, Production Management: A. Nelson Keys, Assistant Director: George Pollock, Screenplay by: Bridget Boland, Additional Dialogue by: Austin Melford, Based on Monica Ewer's novel 'Ring O Roses': Monica Ewer, Photography: Ernest Palmer, Camera Operator: Gus Drisse, 2nd Camera: Harry Gillam, Camera Assistant: Jim Body, Camera Assistant: Chris Holden, Editing: Michael Chorlton, Art Direction: Alfred Junge, Miss Churchill's and Miss Dall's Dresses by: Strassner, Norman Hartnell, Make-up: Nelly Taylor, The song 'Waitin'' by: Harold Purcell, Manning Sherwin, Musical Direction: Ben Frankel, Dance Direction: Philip Buchel, Sound: George Burgess
Cast (21)
Vic Oliver (Lucky Lyndon), Sarah Churchill (Ruth Cavour), Evelyn Dall (Suzanne), Gabrielle Brune (Diane), George Merritt (Max Nagel), Charles Victor (Ben Marsh), Robert Atkins (Frank Forrester), Peggy Novak (Madame), Jonathan Field (Bob Oliphant), Peggy McCormack (herself), Uriel Porter (George Washington "Wash" Brown), J.H. Roberts (Victor Cavour), Raymond Lovell (Maurier), Barbara Everest (Mrs Cavour), Joan Greenwood ('Babe' Cavour), David Evans (Jimmy Cavour), Cyril Chamberlain (Louis), Robert Sansom (Dick Hargreaves), Mignon O'Doherty (Mrs Mahoney), The Kellways (Elsie & Jack), Peter Saunders (Raymond)