Get Off My Foot
| Get Off My Foot | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | William Beaudine |
| Written by | Frank Launder Robert Edmunds |
| Based on | "Money by Wire" (play) Edward A. Paulton |
| Produced by | Irving Asher |
| Starring | Max Miller Chili Bouchier |
| Cinematography | Basil Emmott |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
Release date |
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Running time | 82 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Get Off My Foot is a 1935 British comedy film, directed by William Beaudine and starring Max Miller and Chili Bouchier.[1] It was written by
Frank Launder and Robert Edmunds based on the play Money by Wire by Edward A. Paulton.[2]
The film was a quota quickie production.[citation needed]
It is classed as a lost film.[3] [better source needed]
Plot
A Smithfield Market porter believes he was responsible for his friend's death. He flees to the country and obtains the position of butler with a wealthy family, and falls in love with one of the maids, played by Bouchier.
Cast
- Max Miller as Herbert Cronk
- Chili Bouchier as Marie
- Jane Carr as Helen Rawlingcourt
- Norma Varden as Mrs. Rawlingcourt
- Morland Graham as Mr. Rawlingcourt
- Reginald Purdell as Joe
- Vera Bogetti as Matilda
- Wally Patch as tramp
Reception
The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "The few opening Smithfield and waterside scenes are made with an air of some reality and the butlering scenes give Max Miller opportunities for knockabout humour and a few digs at the huntin' and ridin' crowd – not very much is made of his fear of arrest. The situations include a bedroom scene and a farcical hunt. As a whole the film is amusing although the humour is slightly ponderous."[4]
Kine Weekly wrote: "Robust, hilarious comedy, this film deserves to succeed because nothing has been left to chance; all the tried and trusted gags are in and a few good new ones."[5]
References
- ^ "Get Off My Foot". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 13 March 2025.
- ^ Goble, Alan (8 September 2011). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 978-3-11-095194-3.
- ^ Missing Believed Lost British Pictures Article Archive.
- ^ "Get Off My Foot". The Monthly Film Bulletin. 2 (13): 170. 1 January 1935. ProQuest 1305803691.
- ^ "Get Off My Foot". Kine Weekly. 224 (1489): 29. 31 October 1935. ProQuest 2338322965.
External links
- Get Off My Foot at IMDb
- Get Off My Foot at BFI Film & TV Database
- Miller's Movies at Max Miller information site
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