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The Laughter of Fools

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The Laughter of Fools
Directed byAdrian Brunel
Written byH. F. Maltby (play)
Adrian Brunel
Reginald Beck
Produced byGeorge Smith
StarringD. A. Clarke-Smith
Derrick De Marney
Helen Ferrers
Eliot Makeham
CinematographyEric Cross
Edited byRoy Lockwood
Production
company
George Smith Productions
Distributed byFox
Release date
  • October 1933 (1933-10)
Running time
47 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

The Laughter of Fools is a 1933 British drama film directed by Adrian Brunel and starring D. A. Clarke-Smith, Derrick De Marney and Helen Ferrers. It was based on a play by H. F. Maltby. The screenplay concerns an ambitious mother who plans to marry her daughter to a sea captain.

The film was a quota quickie made at Nettlefold Studios in Walton by the independent producer George Smith as part of a contract from Fox who needed a supply of films to distribute in order to comply with the terms of the quota.

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Bibliography

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  • Chibnall, Steve. Quota Quickies: The Birth of the British 'B' film. British Film Institute, 2007.
  • Low, Rachael. History of the British Film: Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
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