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The Good Companions (1933)

JOY! MUSIC! MIRTH! "WORTHY OF THE HONOUR of being the first talking picture seen in public by the King and Queen."

Genre : Romance, Comedy, Music

Runtime : 1H 53M

Director : Victor Saville

Synopsis

Film musical taken from JB Priestley's novel about three musicians joining together to save a failing concert party, the Dinky Doos.

Actors

Jessie Matthews
Jessie Matthews
Susie Dean
Edmund Gwenn
Edmund Gwenn
Jess Oakroyd
John Gielgud
John Gielgud
Inigo Jollifant
Mary Glynne
Mary Glynne
Miss Elizabeth Trant
Percy Parsons
Percy Parsons
Morton Mitcham
A.W. Baskcomb
A.W. Baskcomb
Jimmy Nunn
Florence Gregson
Florence Gregson
Mrs. Oakroyd
Frank Pettingell
Frank Pettingell
Sam Oglethorpe
Laurence Hanray
Laurence Hanray
Mr. James Tarvin
Annie Esmond
Annie Esmond
Mrs. James Tarvin
George Zucco
George Zucco
Fauntley
Harold Meade
Harold Meade
Solicitor
Finlay Currie
Finlay Currie
Monte Mortimer
Jack Hawkins
Jack Hawkins
Albert
Max Miller
Max Miller
Millbrau
Ivor Barnard
Ivor Barnard
Eric Tipstead
Olive Sloane
Olive Sloane
Effie

Crews

Victor Saville
Victor Saville
Director
W.P. Lipscomb
W.P. Lipscomb
Scenario Writer
Ian Dalrymple
Ian Dalrymple
Writer
Angus MacPhail
Angus MacPhail
Writer
J. B. Priestley
J. B. Priestley
Novel
Michael Balcon
Michael Balcon
Producer
T.A. Welsh
T.A. Welsh
Producer
Alfred Junge
Alfred Junge
Art Direction
Bernard Knowles
Bernard Knowles
Director of Photography

Posters and backgrounds

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