Riding High (1937 film)
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Riding High is a 1937 British
comedy film
directed by David MacDonald
and starring Claude Dampier
, John Garrick, Kathleen Gibson
and Helen Haye
. It is based on the story of the inventor Thomas McCall
who came up with a radically new design for a bicycle
in Victorian Britain.
Cinema of the United Kingdom
The United Kingdom has had a major influence on modern cinema. The first moving pictures developed on celluloid film were made in Hyde Park, London in 1889 by William Friese Greene, a British inventor, who patented the process in 1890. It is generally regarded that the British film industry...
comedy film
Comedy film
Comedy film is a genre of film in which the main emphasis is on humour. They are designed to elicit laughter from the audience. Comedies are mostly light-hearted dramas and are made to amuse and entertain the audiences...
directed by David MacDonald
David MacDonald (director)
David MacDonald was a British film director, writer and producer. His first major film as director was The Brothers.-Select filmography:*The Last Curtain...
and starring Claude Dampier
Claude Dampier
Claude Dampier was a British film actor. He was born in Clapham as Claud Conolly Cowan.-Filmography:* Hullo Marmaduke * The Adventures of Algy * Mr...
, John Garrick, Kathleen Gibson
Kathleen Gibson
rightKathleen Gibson was a British actress, born in 1916.Though just five feet tall, she was given an audition by C. B. Cochran and became one of Cochran's Young Ladies in his show. She was later seen singing and dancing on stage and was chosen for the feminine lead in touring Company of Mr...
and Helen Haye
Helen Haye
Helen Haye was a British stage and film actress.She began acting on the stage in 1898 and debuted in London in 1911 as Gertrude in Hamlet. Her film career began in 1917. She often worked with director Alexander Korda...
. It is based on the story of the inventor Thomas McCall
Thomas McCall
Thomas McCall was a Scottish cartwright. Born in Penpont he came to Kilmarnock at age 20, where he lived until his death ....
who came up with a radically new design for a bicycle
Bicycle
A bicycle, also known as a bike, pushbike or cycle, is a human-powered, pedal-driven, single-track vehicle, having two wheels attached to a frame, one behind the other. A person who rides a bicycle is called a cyclist, or bicyclist....
in Victorian Britain.
Cast
- Claude DampierClaude DampierClaude Dampier was a British film actor. He was born in Clapham as Claud Conolly Cowan.-Filmography:* Hullo Marmaduke * The Adventures of Algy * Mr...
- Septimus Earwicker - John Garrick - Tom Blake
- Kathleen GibsonKathleen GibsonrightKathleen Gibson was a British actress, born in 1916.Though just five feet tall, she was given an audition by C. B. Cochran and became one of Cochran's Young Ladies in his show. She was later seen singing and dancing on stage and was chosen for the feminine lead in touring Company of Mr...
- Grace Meadows - Helen HayeHelen HayeHelen Haye was a British stage and film actress.She began acting on the stage in 1898 and debuted in London in 1911 as Gertrude in Hamlet. Her film career began in 1917. She often worked with director Alexander Korda...
- Miss Broadbent - John WarwickJohn WarwickJohn Warwick was an Australian film and television actor.-Selected filmography:* On Our Selection * In the Wake of the Bounty * The Squatter's Daughter * Riding High...
- George Davenport - Billy Mersing - Popping
- Mae BaconMae Bacon-Selected filmography:* The Public Life of Henry the Ninth * Riding High * Second Best Bed * Ten Days in Paris * Pool of London...
- Mrs Winterbottom - Peter GawthornePeter GawthornePeter Gawthorne was an Irish actor, probably best known for his roles in Will Hay films. Gawthorne was one of Britain's most called-upon bit part actors during the 1940s and 50s....
- Sir Joseph Wilmot