Looking on the Bright Side

Looking on The Bright Side
Directed by	Graham Cutts Basil Dean
Produced by	Basil Dean
Written by	Basil Dean Brock Williams Archie Pitt
Starring	Gracie Fields Richard Dolman Betty Shale
Music by	Carroll Gibbons
Cinematography	Robert Martin
Edited by	Otto Ludwig
Production company	Associated Talking Pictures
Distributed by	RKO Pictures
Release dates	September 1932 (1932-09)
Running time	81 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Looking on The Bright Side is a 1932 British musical comedy film It was directed by Graham Cutts and Basil Dean and starring Gracie Fields, Richard Dolman, and Betty Shale. It was made at Ealing Studios.

Plot summary

Gracie (Fields) and Laurie (Dolman) are lovers who together form a musical act. Gracie sings and Laurie writes the songs, but when Laurie gets a taste of fame, he runs off after a glamorous actress.

Cast

• Gracie Fields as Gracie
• Richard Dolman as Laurie
• Julian Rose as Oscar Schultz
• Wyn Richmond as Josie Joy
• Tony De Lungo as Delmonico
• Betty Shale as Hetty Hunt
• Viola Compton as Police Sergeant
• Bettina Montahners as Bettina
• Charles Farrell as Released criminal

DVD release

This film is currently available as part of the Gracie Fields collector's edition which, in addition to this film, includes the films Sally in Our Alley (1931), Love, Life and Laughter (1934), Sing As We Go (1934), Look Up and Laugh (1935), Queen of Hearts (1936) and The Show Goes On (1937), these are on 4 discs. Two films each on three of the discs with the other film on disc four.

Bibliography

• Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
• Perry, George. Forever Ealing. Pavilion Books, 1994.

External links

• Looking on the Bright Side at IMDB