Don't Get Me Wrong is a 1937 British comedy film co-directed by Arthur B. Woods and Reginald Purdell and starring Max Miller and George E. Stone.[1] It was made at Teddington Studios with sets designed by Peter Proud.[2] The film was made by the British subsidiary of Warner Brothers, made on a considerably higher budget than many of the quota quickies the studios usually produced.
| Don't Get Me Wrong | |
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Australian daybill poster | |
| Directed by | Arthur B. Woods Reginald Purdell |
| Written by | Frank Launder Reginald Purdell Brock Williams |
| Produced by | Irving Asher |
| Starring | Max Miller George E. Stone Olive Blakeney |
| Cinematography | Basil Emmott Robert LaPresle |
| Edited by | Arthur Ridout |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Warner Brothers |
Release date |
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Running time | 80 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Unlike several of Miller's Teddington films which are now lost, this still survives.
Synopsis
editMiller plays a fairground performer who meets a professor who claims to have invented a cheap substitute for petrol. They team up and persuade a millionaire to finance them to develop and market the product, while unsavoury elements are keen to steal the formula and try all means to get their hands on it, involving slapstick chases and double-crosses. It then turns out that the miracle fluid is diluted coconut oil, and the genius professor is an escaped lunatic. The millionaire finds himself taking the brunt of the disappointment.
Main cast
edit- Max Miller as Wellington Lincoln
- George E. Stone as Chuck
- Olive Blakeney as Frankie
- Glen Alyn as Christine
- Clifford Heatherley as Sir George Baffin
- Wallace Evennett as Dr. Rudolph Pepper
- Alexander Field as Gray
References
edit- ^ "Don't Get Me Wrong (1936) - BFI". BFI. Archived from the original on 13 July 2012.
- ^ Wood p.89
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- Don't Get Me Wrong at IMDb
- Don't Get Me Wrong at BFI Film & TV Database
- Miller's Movies at Max Miller information site
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