Too Many Millions
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Too Many Millions is a 1934 British
comedy
drama film
directed by Harold Young and starring Betty Compton
, John Garrick and Viola Keats
. In an attempt to attract the attention of the arist she loves a wealthy woman assumes the disguise of a maid.
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
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...
drama film
Drama film
A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...
directed by Harold Young and starring Betty Compton
Betty Compton
Betty Compton was a stage actress who married New York City mayor Jimmy Walker in 1933. She was born as Violet Halling Compton in Sandown, Isle of Wight....
, John Garrick and Viola Keats
Viola Keats
Viola Keats was a British film and television actress. She made her first screen appearance in the 1933 film Too Many Wives, and went on to have starring roles in films such as A Woman Alone. From the 1950s she largely worked in television...
. In an attempt to attract the attention of the arist she loves a wealthy woman assumes the disguise of a maid.
Cast
- Betty ComptonBetty ComptonBetty Compton was a stage actress who married New York City mayor Jimmy Walker in 1933. She was born as Violet Halling Compton in Sandown, Isle of Wight....
- Anne - John Garrick - Bill
- Viola KeatsViola KeatsViola Keats was a British film and television actress. She made her first screen appearance in the 1933 film Too Many Wives, and went on to have starring roles in films such as A Woman Alone. From the 1950s she largely worked in television...
- Viola - Athole StewartAthole Stewart-Selected filmography:Athole appeared in the following films:* Canaries Sometimes Sing * The Speckled Band * The Faithful Heart * The Constant Nymph *Loyalties * The Four Masked Men...
- Mr Olcott - James CarewJames CarewJames Carew was an American actor who appeared in many films, mainly in Britain. He was born in Goshen, Indiana in 1876 and began work as a clerk in a publishing firm...
- Mr Worthing - Martita HuntMartita HuntMartita Hunt was an English theatre and film actress.-Early life:Hunt was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina on 30 January 1900 to British parents Alfred and Marta Hunt...
- Mrs Pilcher - Phyllis StanleyPhyllis Stanley-Selected filmography:* Too Many Millions * Command Performance * Sidewalks of London * There Ain't No Justice * The Law and the Lady * Take Me to Town * The Black Sleep...
- Tamara - Sybil GroveSybil GroveSybil Grove was born Sybil Marian Westmacott. She was a British actress. born 4th October 1891 in Teddington, Middlesex, England, UK. She was also known as Sybil Wingrove....
- Mrs Runcorn