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Squibs (1935 film)

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Squibs
Betty Balfour working as a flower sellerinPiccadilly Circus is confronted by policeman Stanley Holloway (far left)
Directed by	Henry Edwards
Written by	Michael Hogan H. Fowler Mear R. P. Weston Bert Lee
Produced by	Julius Hagen
Starring	Betty Balfour Gordon Harker Stanley Holloway
Cinematography	Sydney Blythe
Edited by	Jack Harris
Music by	W.L. Trytel
Production company	Real Art Productions
Distributed by	Gaumont British Distributors
Release date	June 1935 (1935-06)
Running time	77 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Squibs is a 1935 British musical romantic comedy film directed by Henry Edwards and starring Betty Balfour, Gordon Harker and Stanley Holloway.^[1]

It was produced by Twickenham Film Studios with sets designed by James A. Carter. It was a remake of the 1921 film Squibs which also starred Balfour.

Synopsis[edit]

In this musical comedy, a Cockney flower girl is in love with a policeman whom she wants to marry. Her father opposes the union because he is involved in a little crooked investing. The young woman wins a lottery and is able to find wealth and marital bliss.^[2]

Cast[edit]

Betty Balfour as Amelia "Squibs" Hopkins
Gordon Harker as Sam Hopkins
Stanley Holloway as Constable Charley Lee
Margaret Yarde as Mrs. Lee
Morris Harvey as Inspector Lee
Michael Shepley as Colin Barratt
Drusilla Wills as Mrs. Parker
O. B. Clarence as Sir John Barratt
Ronald Shiner as Bill
Thomas Weguelin as Alf
Vivienne Chatterton
William Daunt
Aubrey Fitzgerald
Henryetta Edwards as Susan
Olive Sloane as Barmaid

References[edit]

^ BFI.org

^ "Squibs (1935) - Henry Edwards | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie".

Bibliography[edit]

Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.

External links[edit]

SquibsatAllMovie
Squibs at the British Film Institute^{[better source needed]}
SquibsatIMDb

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Films directed by Henry Edwards

A Welsh Singer (1915)
Doorsteps (1916)
East Is East (1916)
Merely Mrs. Stubbs (1917)
If Thou Wert Blind (1917)
Broken Threads (1917)
The Failure (1917)
What's the Use of Grumbling (1918)
Towards the Light (1918)
The Poet's Windfall (1918)
The Hanging Judge (1918)
The City of Beautiful Nonsense (1919)
Possession (1919)
His Dearest Possession (1919)
The Kinsman (1919)
The Amazing Quest of Mr. Ernest Bliss (1920)
John Forrest Finds Himself (1920)
Aylwin (1920)
A Temporary Vagabond (1920)
Tit for Tat (1921)
The Lunatic at Large (1921)
The Bargain (1921)
Simple Simon (1922)
Lily of the Alley (1923)
Boden's Boy (1923)
The Naked Man (1923)
The World of Wonderful Reality (1924)
Owd Bob (1924)
King of the Castle (1925)
A Girl of London (1925)
The Island of Despair (1926)
One Colombo Night (1926)
The Girl in the Night (1931)
Stranglehold (1931)
Brother Alfred (1932)
The Flag Lieutenant (1932)
The Barton Mystery (1932)
General John Regan (1933)
Discord (1933)
One Precious Year (1933)
Lord of the Manor (1933)
Anne One Hundred (1933)
Purse Strings (1933)
The Lash (1934)
The Man Who Changed His Name (1934)
Lord Edgware Dies (1934)
Are You a Mason? (1934)
The Rocks of Valpre (1935)
The Lad (1935)
D'Ye Ken John Peel? (1935)
Vintage Wine (1935)
Squibs (1935)
The Private Secretary (1935)
Scrooge (1935)
Eliza Comes to Stay (1936)
In the Soup (1936)
Juggernaut (1936)
Beauty and the Barge (1937)
Song of the Forge (1937)
Vicar of Bray (1937)

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