We're Going to Be Rich is a 1938 British historical musical comedy film directed by Monty Banks and starring Gracie Fields, Victor McLaglen and Brian Donlevy.
| We're Going to Be Rich | |
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 Publicity brochure | |
| Directed by | Monty Banks |
| Written by | Sam Hellman Rohama Siegel James Edward Grant |
| Produced by | Samuel G. Engel |
| Starring | Gracie Fields Victor McLaglen Brian Donlevy |
| Cinematography | Mutz Greenbaum |
| Music by | Bretton Byrd |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Twentieth Century Fox |
Release date |
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Running time | 78 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Budget | £307,441[1] |
Plot
editDuring the 1880s Kit Dobson, an English music hall singer performing in Australia, has scraped together enough money to buy a passage home to Britain with plans to settle down. However, unknown to her, her unreliable boyfriend has used most of the money to buy a gold mine in South Africa. They arrive in Gold Rush Johannesburg only to find that they have been swindled. The only option left for them is for Kit to seek a job singing in a saloon run by an American known as Yankee Gordon.
Cast
edit- Gracie Fields as Kit Dobson
- Victor McLaglen as Dobbie
- Brian Donlevy as Yankee Gordon
- Coral Browne as Pearl
- Ted Smith as Tim
- Gus McNaughton as Broderick
- Charles Carson as Keeler
- Syd Crossley as Jake
- Hal Gordon as Charlie
- Robert Nainby as Judge
- Charles Harrison as Rat Face
- Tom Payne as Kinch
- Don McCorkindale as Killer
- Joe Mott as Manager
- Alex Davies as Kimberley Kid
Production
editThe film was the first made following Fields switch from Ealing Studios to 20th Century Fox. It was shot at Denham Studios.[2] It was made with a budget of $500,000.[3]
References
edit- ^ Chapman, Llewella. "'The highest salary ever paid to a human being': Creating a Database of Film Costs from the Bank of England". Journal of British cinema and television, 2022-10. Vol. 19, no. 4. Edinburgh University Press. p. 470-494 at 487.
- ^ Wood p.97
- ^ Aubrey Solomon, Twentieth Century-Fox: A Corporate and Financial History Rowman & Littlefield, 2002 p 240
Bibliography
edit- Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
- Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.
External links
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