Help Yourself (film)
Encyclopedia
Help Yourself is a 1932 British
comedy film
directed by John Daumery and starring Benita Hume
, Martin Walker
and D.A. Clarke-Smith. It is based on the novel Sinners All by Jerome Kingston.
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 John Daumery and starring Benita Hume
Benita Hume
Benita Hume was an English film actress. She appeared in 44 films between 1925 and 1955.She was married to actor Ronald Colman from 1938 to his death in 1958; they were the parents of a daughter, Juliet...
, Martin Walker
Martin Walker
Martin Walker is a former Director of Hull City football club.He joined Hull City in June 2007 as part of a consortium with Paul Duffen and Russell Bartlett...
and D.A. Clarke-Smith. It is based on the novel Sinners All by Jerome Kingston.
Cast
- Benita HumeBenita HumeBenita Hume was an English film actress. She appeared in 44 films between 1925 and 1955.She was married to actor Ronald Colman from 1938 to his death in 1958; they were the parents of a daughter, Juliet...
- Mary Lamb - Martin WalkerMartin WalkerMartin Walker is a former Director of Hull City football club.He joined Hull City in June 2007 as part of a consortium with Paul Duffen and Russell Bartlett...
- George Quinnock - D.A. Clarke-Smith - Major Fred Harris
- Carol Coombe - Dodie
- Kenneth KoveKenneth Kove-Selected filmography:* Murder! * The Great Game -Selected filmography:* Murder! (1930)* The Great Game -Selected filmography:* Murder! (1930)* The Great Game (1930* Down River (1931)* The Man from Toronto (1933)* Crime on the Hill (1933)* Asking for Trouble (1942)* Golden Arrow (1949)* Innocents...
- Peter Ball - Clifford HeatherleyClifford Heatherley-Selected filmography:* The Tavern Knight * The Autumn of Pride * Mademoiselle from Armentieres * The King's Highway * The Constant Nymph * Champagne * The W Plan...
- Fox-Cardington - Hay PetrieHay PetrieHay Petrie , born David Hay Petrie, was a Scottish actor noted for playing eccentric characters, among them Quilp in The Old Curiosity Shop , the McLaggen in The Ghost Goes West and Uncle Pumblechook in Great Expectations .Hay Petrie went to St Andrew’s Academy, Dundee, and St...
- Sam Short - Helen FerrersHelen Ferrers-Selected filmography:* Sally in Our Alley * Help Yourself * Summer Lightning * Born Lucky * Guest of Honour * The Primrose Path * Get Your Man * Look Up and Laugh...
- Lady Hermione Quinnock - Marie WrightMarie Wright-Selected filmography:* The Kinsman * Mrs. Thompson * Murder! * Up for the Cup * Tilly of Bloomsbury * The Amazing Quest of Ernest Bliss * Sixty Glorious Years...
- Sparrow - Hal GordonHal GordonHal Gordon was a British film actor. A character actor, he appeared in over 90 films in both comic and straight roles.He started off as a lawyer's clerk but finding it dull he decided on the stage, making his music hall debut in 1912...
- Bobby Vane