The Midshipmaid
Directed byAlbert de Courville
Written byStafford Dickens
Based onthe play The Midshipmaid by Ian Hay & Stephen King-Hall
Produced byMichael Balcon (uncredited)
StarringJessie Matthews
A. W. Baskcomb
Basil Sydney
CinematographyMutz Greenbaum
Edited byIan Dalrymple
Ralph Kemplen
Music byJack Beaver (uncredited)
Production
company
Distributed byWoolf & Freedman Film Service, England
Release dates
  • 8 December 1932 (1932-12-08) (London, England)
Running time
84 minutes
CountryEngland
LanguageEnglish

The Midshipmaid is a 1932 British comedy film directed by Albert de Courville and starring Jessie Matthews, Frederick Kerr, Basil Sydney and Nigel Bruce.[1] The film is based on the 1931 play of the same title by Ian Hay and Stephen King-Hall.[2] it was released in the U.S. as Midshipmaid Gob.[3] John Mills makes his film debut in a supporting role.[4] It was shot at the Lime Grove Studios, with sets designed by the art director Alfred Junge.[5]

Plot

In this comedy with musical interludes, pompous economy expert Sir Percy Newbiggin (Fred Kerr) visits the Naval Fleet in Malta to see what cuts can be made in their expenditure. The officers all fall over themselves to woo his beautiful daughter Celia (Jessie Matthews), who accompanies him: she becomes engaged to the son of the First Sea Lord and her father decides to leave economics to the Navy.

Cast

References

  1. ^ Denis Gifford, ed. (2016) [1973]. British Film Catalogue: Two Volume Set - The Fiction Film/The Non Fiction Film. Vol. 2. Routledge. p. 382. ISBN 978-1-57958-171-8.
  2. ^ Goble, Alan (1 January 1999). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 9783110951943 – via Google Books.
  3. ^ "Midshipmaid Gob". TVGuide.com.
  4. ^ "John Mills". BFI. Archived from the original on 11 May 2016.
  5. ^ "The Midshipmaid (1933)". BFI. Archived from the original on 13 May 2019.

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The films of Albert de Courville
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