Up for the Cup (1950 film)
Encyclopedia
Up for the Cup is a 1950 British
comedy film
directed by Jack Raymond
and starring Albert Modley
, Mae Bacon
, Helen Christie
and Harold Berens. It is a remake of the 1931 film Up for the Cup, also directed by Jack Raymond.
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 Jack Raymond
Jack Raymond
Jack Raymond was a British actor and film director. Born in Wimborne, Dorset in 1886, he began acting before the First World War in A Detective for a Day. In 1921 he directed his first film and gradually he wound down his acting to concentrate completely on directing - making more than forty films...
and starring Albert Modley
Albert Modley
Albert Modley was a variety entertainer and comedian.-Works:* Babes in the Wood...
, Mae Bacon
Mae Bacon
-Selected filmography:* The Public Life of Henry the Ninth * Riding High * Second Best Bed * Ten Days in Paris * Pool of London...
, Helen Christie
Helen Christie
Helen Christie was an Indian-born British film and television actress. She was married to Patrick Crean.-Selected filmography:Film* Up for the Cup * Wide Boy * Castle in the Air * The Beggar's Opera...
and Harold Berens. It is a remake of the 1931 film Up for the Cup, also directed by Jack Raymond.
Cast
- Albert ModleyAlbert ModleyAlbert Modley was a variety entertainer and comedian.-Works:* Babes in the Wood...
- Albert Entwhistle - Mae BaconMae Bacon-Selected filmography:* The Public Life of Henry the Ninth * Riding High * Second Best Bed * Ten Days in Paris * Pool of London...
- Maggie Entwhistle - Helen ChristieHelen ChristieHelen Christie was an Indian-born British film and television actress. She was married to Patrick Crean.-Selected filmography:Film* Up for the Cup * Wide Boy * Castle in the Air * The Beggar's Opera...
- Jane - Harold Berens - Auctioneer
- Wallas EatonWallas EatonWallas Eaton , sometimes credited as Wallace Eaton or Wallis Eaton, was an English film, radio, television and theatre actor....
- Barrowboy - Jack MelfordJack MelfordJack Melford was a British film and television actor. He was the brother of screenwriter and film director Austin Melford.-Selected filmography:* Find the Lady * Luck of the Turf * Scruffy...
- Barrowboy - Fred GrovesFred Groves (actor)-Selected filmography:* Maria Marten * The Idol of Paris * The Loss of the Birkenhead * Florence Nightingale * The Firm of Girdlestone * The Manxman * The Labour Leader...
- Hardcastle - John Warren - Cartwright