The Fortunate Fool
Encyclopedia
The Fortunate Fool is a 1933 British
comedy film
directed by Norman Walker
and starring Hugh Wakefield
, Joan Wyndham
and Jack Raine
.
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 Norman Walker
Norman Walker
Norman Walker may refer to:*Hugh Norman-Walker , officer in the British Colonial Office*Norman Walker , English bass opera singer*Norman W. Walker , British-American raw food and alternative health advocate...
and starring Hugh Wakefield
Hugh Wakefield
Hugh Wakefield was an English film actor, who played supporting roles. He was often seen wearing a monocle....
, Joan Wyndham
Joan Wyndham
Joan Olivia Wyndham was a British writer and memoirist who rose to literary prominence late in life through the diaries she had kept more than 40 years earlier, which were an account of her romantic adventures during the Second World War, when she was an attractive teenager who had strayed into...
and Jack Raine
Jack Raine
Jack Raine was a British television and film actor. He was married to actress and musician Binnie Hale.-Selected filmography:* Night Birds * The Middle Watch * Fires of Fate * The House of Trent...
.
Cast
- Hugh WakefieldHugh WakefieldHugh Wakefield was an English film actor, who played supporting roles. He was often seen wearing a monocle....
- Jim Falconer - Joan WyndhamJoan WyndhamJoan Olivia Wyndham was a British writer and memoirist who rose to literary prominence late in life through the diaries she had kept more than 40 years earlier, which were an account of her romantic adventures during the Second World War, when she was an attractive teenager who had strayed into...
- Helen - Jack RaineJack RaineJack Raine was a British television and film actor. He was married to actress and musician Binnie Hale.-Selected filmography:* Night Birds * The Middle Watch * Fires of Fate * The House of Trent...
- Gerald - Elizabeth Jenns - Mildred
- Arthur ChesneyArthur ChesneyArthur Chesney was a British actor. He was the brother of the actor Edmund Gwenn and the cousin of the actor Cecil Kellaway.-Selected filmography:* The Lure of Crooning Water * Hindle Wakes * French Leave...
- Batty - Sara AllgoodSara Allgood-Biography:Allgood was born in Dublin, Ireland. Her sister was actress Maire O'Neill.Allgood began her acting career at the Abbey Theatre and was in the opening of the Irish National Theatre Society, appearing in many of their plays all over Britain...
- Rose - Bobbie ComberBobbie Comber-Selected filmography:* Brother Alfred * There Goes Susie * Lilies of the Field * Be Careful, Mr. Smith * Sporting Love * A Romance in Flanders * The Singing Cop -External links:...
- Marlowe - Mary Mayfren - Mrs Falconer