Cheer Boys Cheer (Original title)
Date: 27 November 1939 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirector: Walter Forde
Synopsis: Comedy about two rival breweries; corporate, profit-driven Ironside and traditional, quality-driven Greenleaf. Both are family concerns. When Edward Ironside's ruthless son John determines to take over Greenleaf's pubs he aims to do so by charming old Tom Greenleaf's daughter, Margaret. But he little supposes that he will find much to admire in her and in her family's brewery.
Genre: Comedy
Subject: Breweries
Releases
Date: 31 July 1939Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 84 mins Length: 7600 FeetDialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Associated British Film Distributors
Date: 27 November 1939Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 11 mins Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Associated British Film Distributors
Date: 1956Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundDialogue (original): English
Title: [Kinematograph Weekly - n1685 3 Aug 1939: no known title]Article type: ReviewLanguage: English
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Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 7632 FeetBFI identifier: C-16321
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 7630 FeetBFI identifier: C-1489981
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Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Date: 27 November 1939 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirector: Walter Forde
Synopsis: Comedy about two rival breweries; corporate, profit-driven Ironside and traditional, quality-driven Greenleaf. Both are family concerns. When Edward Ironside's ruthless son John determines to take over Greenleaf's pubs he aims to do so by charming old Tom Greenleaf's daughter, Margaret. But he little supposes that he will find much to admire in her and in her family's brewery.
Genre: Comedy
Subject: Breweries
Releases
Date: 31 July 1939Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 84 mins Length: 7600 FeetDialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Associated British Film Distributors
Date: 27 November 1939Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 11 mins Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Associated British Film Distributors
Date: 1956Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundDialogue (original): English
Credits
(17)
Presents: Associated Talking Pictures Ltd., Produced by: Michael Balcon, Associate Producer: S.C. Balcon, Production Manager: Harry Hand, Assistant Director: Ralph D. Hogg, Screen Play: Allan MacKinnon, Roger MacDougall, [Written] By: Ian Dalrymple, Donald Bull, Photography: Ronald Neame, Editor: Ray Pitt, Art Direction: Wilfrid Shingleton, Gowns: Ariana, Sound: Eric Williams, [Sound] Recording: Stephen Dalby, Produced and Recorded at: Ltd. Ealing Studios
Cast
(12)
Nova Pilbeam (Margaret Greenleaf), Edmund Gwenn (Edward Ironside), Jimmy O'Dea (Mat Boyle), Moore Marriott (Geordie), Graham Moffatt (Albert Baldwin), C.V. France (Tom Greenleaf), Peter Coke (John Ironside), Alexander Knox (Saunders), Ivor Barnard (Naseby), Jean Webster Brough (Belle), Walter Forde (pianist at wedding), Hay Plumb (Greenleaf employee)
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library
(1)
In: Kinematograph Weekly n1685 3 Aug 1939 Page: 0Title: [Kinematograph Weekly - n1685 3 Aug 1939: no known title]Article type: ReviewLanguage: English
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Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 7632 FeetBFI identifier: C-16321
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 7630 FeetBFI identifier: C-1489981
Status: Viewing - Viewing experience and projection may be compromised by condition of film print (servicing required)
Description: MP4 - Hard DiskMPEG-4 AVC - BFI identifier: C-1513909
Status: Viewing - Digital file can be accessed on request
Description: WMVBFI identifier: N-635880
Status: Viewing - Digital file is accessible to view within BFI
Digital materials(3)
Description: 50I - Hard DiskSound: SoundDuration: 81.15 minutesD10 - BFI identifier: C-1513566
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved digital file
Description: MP4 - Hard DiskMPEG-4 AVC - BFI identifier: C-1513909
Status: Viewing - Digital file can be accessed on request
Description: WMVBFI identifier: N-635880
Status: Viewing - Digital file is accessible to view within BFI
Video materials(1)
Description: Digital BetacamBFI identifier: N-376776
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved videotape
Film materials(4)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 7632 FeetBFI identifier: C-16321
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 7630 FeetBFI identifier: C-1489981
Status: Viewing - Viewing experience and projection may be compromised by condition of film print (servicing required)
Description: 35mm Duplicating PositiveBase: SafetySound: MuteLength: 7633 FeetBFI identifier: C-16317
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Master PositiveBase: SafetySound: SoundLength: 7517 FeetBFI identifier: C-16318
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film