Oh Boy! (1938 film)
Oh Boy! is a 1938 British comedy film directed by Albert de Courville and starring Albert Burdon, Mary Lawson and Bernard Nedell. It was made at Elstree Studios by ABPC.[1] The film's sets were designed by the art director John Mead.
| Oh Boy! | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Albert de Courville |
| Produced by | Walter C. Mycroft |
| Written by | Douglas Furber Dudley Leslie |
| Starring | Albert Burdon Mary Lawson Bernard Nedell |
| Music by | Harry Acres |
| Cinematography | Claude Friese-Greene |
| Edited by | Flora Newton |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Associated British Picture Corporation |
Release date | 12 September 1938 |
Running time | 76 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Synopsis
Percy Flower, a young chemist, takes his girlfriend to watch his Beefeater father on parade at the Tower of London, but she is stolen away by an assertive, taller man. Percy is then given a secret formula by an eccentric inventor which makes him extremely confident, strong and energetic. However once Percy starts suffering the side effect, which reduces him back to childhood, his father urgently tries to find the Professor again to get the antidote. Eventually Percy is restored to his true self, managing both to win back his girlfriend and to foil a plot by some American gangsters to steal the Crown Jewels.
Cast
- Albert Burdon as Percy Flower
- Mary Lawson as June Messenger
- Bernard Nedell as Angelo Tonelli
- Jay Laurier as Horatio Flower
- Robert Cochran as Albert Bolsover
- Edmon Ryan as Butch
- Maire O'Neill as Mrs. Baggs
- Syd Walker as Sergeant
- Charles Carson as Governor
- Jerry Verno as Shopwalker
- John Wood as Man
- Billy Milton as Conductor
- Edmund D'Alby
- Boris Ranevsky
References
- Wood p.96
Bibliography
- Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
- Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.