Penny Paradise (Original title)Penny Wise (Working title)
Date: 24 September 1938 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirected by: Carol Reed
Synopsis: Comedy of a tug captain who has two ambitions: to captain the new tug and win the pools. He believes he has won the second until he finds the coupon was not posted, but gets the first.
Genre: Musical
Releases
Date: 24 September 1938Country: USARelease type: unknownFormat: not specified - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 72 mins Length: 6476 FeetDialogue (original): English
Title: [Kinematograph Weekly - n2125 22 Jan 1948: no known title]Language: English
In: Today's Cinema v70 n5597 16 Jan 1948
Title: [Today's Cinema - v70 n5597 16 Jan 1948: no known title]Language: English
In: Kinematograph Weekly n1638 8 Sep 1938
Title: [Kinematograph Weekly - n1638 8 Sep 1938: no known title]Language: English
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v5 n57 September 1938 Page: 218
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v5 n57 September 1938: no known title]Language: English
In: Motion Picture Herald v132 n13 24 Sep 1938
Title: [Motion Picture Herald - v132 n13 24 Sep 1938: no known title]Language: English
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(7)
Video materials(2)
Description: Video - BFI identifier: C-1489469
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Description: HD Cam SRBFI identifier: C-1583740
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved videotape
Film materials(5)
Description: 35mm BFI identifier: C-1477292
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: NitrateSound: CombinedBFI identifier: C-126503
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film (servicing required)
Description: 35mm Duplicating PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 6569 FeetStock date: 1960BFI identifier: C-126502
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Original NegativeBase: NitrateSound: MuteLength: 7150 FeetBFI identifier: C-1477374
Status: On loan - Restricted access to film on loan to BFI (servicing required)
Description: 35mm Original NegativeBase: NitrateSound: SoundLength: 7150 FeetBFI identifier: C-1477412
Status: On loan - Restricted access to film on loan to BFI (servicing required)
Date: 24 September 1938 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirected by: Carol Reed
Synopsis: Comedy of a tug captain who has two ambitions: to captain the new tug and win the pools. He believes he has won the second until he finds the coupon was not posted, but gets the first.
Genre: Musical
Releases
Date: 24 September 1938Country: USARelease type: unknownFormat: not specified - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 72 mins Length: 6476 FeetDialogue (original): English
Credits
(18)
Production Company: Associated Talking Pictures, Producer: Basil Dean, [Production] Supervised by: Jack Kitchin, Assistant Director: Basil Dearden, Scenario and Dialogue: Thomas Thompson, Scenario and Dialogue: W.L. Meade, Thomas Browne, Story Suggestion by: Basil Dean, Photography: Ronald Neame, Photography: Gordon Dines, Editor: Ernest Aldridge, Art Director: Wilfrid Shingleton, Music and Lyrics: Harry Parr-Davies, Harry O'Donovan, Sound Recordist: Eric Williams, Sound System: RCA, Made/Recorded at: ATP Studios (Ealing)
Cast
(10)
Edmund Gwenn (Joe), Jimmy O'Dea (Pat), Betty Driver (Betty), Maire O'Neill (Widow Clegg), Ethel Coleridge (Aunt Agnes), Syd Crossley (Uncle Lancelot), James Harcourt (Amos Cook), Jack Livesey (Bert), Billy Russell ([uncredited]), Frederick Burtwell (policeman)
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library
(5)
In: Kinematograph Weekly n2125 22 Jan 1948Title: [Kinematograph Weekly - n2125 22 Jan 1948: no known title]Language: English
In: Today's Cinema v70 n5597 16 Jan 1948
Title: [Today's Cinema - v70 n5597 16 Jan 1948: no known title]Language: English
In: Kinematograph Weekly n1638 8 Sep 1938
Title: [Kinematograph Weekly - n1638 8 Sep 1938: no known title]Language: English
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v5 n57 September 1938 Page: 218
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v5 n57 September 1938: no known title]Language: English
In: Motion Picture Herald v132 n13 24 Sep 1938
Title: [Motion Picture Herald - v132 n13 24 Sep 1938: no known title]Language: English
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(7)
Video materials(2)
Description: Video - BFI identifier: C-1489469
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Description: HD Cam SRBFI identifier: C-1583740
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved videotape
Film materials(5)
Description: 35mm BFI identifier: C-1477292
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: NitrateSound: CombinedBFI identifier: C-126503
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film (servicing required)
Description: 35mm Duplicating PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 6569 FeetStock date: 1960BFI identifier: C-126502
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Original NegativeBase: NitrateSound: MuteLength: 7150 FeetBFI identifier: C-1477374
Status: On loan - Restricted access to film on loan to BFI (servicing required)
Description: 35mm Original NegativeBase: NitrateSound: SoundLength: 7150 FeetBFI identifier: C-1477412
Status: On loan - Restricted access to film on loan to BFI (servicing required)