• Source: Jack of All Trades (1936 film)

      • Jack of All Trades is a 1936 British comedy film directed by Robert Stevenson and Jack Hulbert and starring Hulbert, Gina Malo and Robertson Hare. It is based on the 1934 play Youth at the Helm. The film was made at Islington Studios, with sets designed by Alex Vetchinsky.


      Plot


      Jack, out of work and responsible for an aged mother, takes a succession of jobs, bluffing his way through them all.


      Cast


      Jack Hulbert as Jack Warrender
      Gina Malo as Frances Wilson
      Robertson Hare as Lionel Fitch
      Mary Jerrold as Mrs. Warrender
      Cecil Parker as Sir. Chas Darrington
      Athole Stewart as Bank Chairman
      Felix Aylmer as Managing Director
      Ian McLean as The Fire Raiser
      H. F. Maltby as Bank Director
      Fewlass Llewellyn as Bank Director
      Marcus Barron as Williams
      C. M. Hallard as Henry Kilner
      Peggy Simpson as Typist
      Betty Astell as Dancer
      Arnold Bell
      Harry Crocker
      Henry B. Longhurst as Party Guest
      Frederick Piper as Jimmy, Employment Clerk
      Victor Rietti as Head Waiter
      Bruce Seton as Dancer
      Cyril Smith
      Netta Westcott


      Critical reception


      Writing for The Spectator in 1936, Graham Greene gave the film a mildly negative review. After giving high praise to the board meeting scene in the first half of the film, and describing it as an "excellent sequence" of "pointed fooling", Greene comments that the remainder of the film "degenerates into nothing but [...] an awful eternal disembodied Cheeriness".


      References




      Bibliography


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


      External links


      Jack of All Trades at IMDb

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