The ebullient comedy films of the 1930s brought escape and laughter to millions of British cinemagoers, enabling veteran stars of the music-hall and theatre to reach out to a wider audience – making household names of performers like Leslie Fuller, Hal Gordon, Bobby Howes, Ernest Lotinga and Gene Gerrard.

Although comedy would prove to be the decade's most successful film genre, many of these classic early talkies have remained unseen since their original release. This ongoing collection showcases a wealth of rare features, each presented uncut, in a brand-new transfer from the best available elements in their as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio.

ME AND MARLBOROUGH (1935)
1710: a feisty young woman disguises herself as a man and joins the Duke of Marlborough's army to rescue her press-ganged husband.

Cast In Alphabetical Order

Alfred Drayton as Sergeant Bull Barry MacKay as Dick Welch Cecil Parker as Colonel of the Greys Cicely Courtneidge as Kit Ross Cyril Smith as Corporal Fox Donald Calthrop as Drunken Yokel George Merritt as Harley Gibb McLaughlin as Old Soldier Henry Oscar as Goultier Iris Ashley as Josephine Ivor McLaren as Sergeant Cummings Mickey Brantford as Ensign Coke Percy Walsh as Naylor Peter Gawthorne as Staff Colonel Randle Ayrton as King Louis XIV Tom Walls as John Churchill - Duke of Marlborough

Crew

Produced by Michael Balcon Directed by Victor Saville Screenplay by W.P. Lipscomb & Marjorie Gaffney Story by W.P. Lipscomb & Reginald Pound Running Time 81 minutes. Theatrical Release 1935