Looking on the Bright Side

1932 film

15 September 1932 (1932-09-15)^[1]

Running time

81 minutesCountryUnited KingdomLanguageEnglish

Looking on The Bright Side is a 1932 British musical comedy film It was directed by Graham Cutts and Basil Dean and starring Gracie Fields, Richard Dolman and Julian Rose.

Plot summary

Gracie (Fields) and Laurie (Dolman) are lovers who together form a musical act. Gracie sings and Laurie writes the songs, but when Laurie gets a taste of fame, he runs off after a glamorous actress.

Cast

Gracie Fields as Gracie
Richard Dolman as Laurie
Julian Rose as Oscar Schultz
Wyn Richmond as Josie Joy
Tony De Lungo as Delmonico
Betty Shale as Hetty Hunt
Viola Compton as Police Sergeant
Bettina Montahners as Bettina
Charles Farrell as Released criminal

Home media

The film was released on DVD as part of the Gracie Fields collector's edition which, in addition to this film, includes the films Sally in Our Alley (1931), Love, Life and Laughter (1934), Sing As We Go (1934), Look Up and Laugh (1935), Queen of Hearts (1936) and The Show Goes On (1937), these are on 4 discs. Two films each on three of the discs with the other film on disc four.

Bibliography

Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
Perry, George. Forever Ealing. Pavilion Books, 1994.

References

^ Perry p.174

External links

Looking on the Bright Side at IMDB

Films directed by Graham Cutts

The Wonderful Story (1922)
Cocaine (1922)
Flames of Passion (1922)
Paddy the Next Best Thing (1923)
Woman to Woman (1923)
The White Shadow (1923)
The Passionate Adventure (1924)
The Blackguard (1925)
The Rat (1925)
The Prude's Fall (1925)
The Triumph of the Rat (1926)
The Sea Urchin (1926)
The Queen Was in the Parlour (1927)
The Rolling Road (1927)
Chance the Idol (1927)
Confetti (1927)
God's Clay (1928)
Glorious Youth (1929)
The Return of the Rat (1929)
The Temperance Fête (1932)
The Sign of Four (1932)
Love on the Spot (1932)
Looking on the Bright Side (1932)
Three Men in a Boat (1933)
As Good As New (1933)
Oh, Daddy! (1935)
Car of Dreams (1935)
Aren't Men Beasts! (1937)
Let's Make a Night of It (1937)
Over She Goes (1937)
She Couldn't Say No (1939)
Just William (1940)

v t e Films directed by Basil Dean
The Return of Sherlock Holmes (1929) Escape (1930) Birds of Prey (1930) Nine till Six (1932) The Impassive Footman (1932) Looking on the Bright Side (1932) Loyalties (1933) The Constant Nymph (1933) Autumn Crocus (1934) Sing As We Go (1934) Lorna Doone (1934) Look Up and Laugh (1935) Whom the Gods Love (1936) The Show Goes On (1937) 21 Days (1940)