O-Kay for Sound

1937 British film

Bert Lee (play)
R. P. Weston (play)
Marriott Edgar
Val Guest

Produced byEdward BlackStarring

The Crazy Gang
Fred Duprez
Graham Moffatt
Enid Stamp Taylor

CinematographyJack E. CoxEdited byR. E. DearingMusic byLouis Levy

Production
company

Gainsborough Pictures

Distributed byGaumont British Distributors

Release date

22 April 1937 (1937-04-22)

Running time

86 minutesCountryUnited KingdomLanguageEnglish

O-Kay for Sound is a 1937 British comedy film directed by Marcel Varnel and starring the Crazy Gang troupe of comedians.^[1] After falling on hard times the members of the Crazy Gang are busking on the streets of London. However, they are hired as extras on a film set.^[2] After arriving at the studios they are mistaken for a group of potential investors and given free run of the studios, causing chaos.

The film was based on a stage work by Bert Lee and R. P. Weston.^[3] It was made at Islington Studios by Gainsborough Pictures, with sets designed by the art director Alex Vetchinsky.^[4]

Main cast

Jimmy Nervo as Cecil
Teddy Knox as Teddy
Bud Flanagan as Bud
Chesney Allen as Ches
Charlie Naughton as Charlie
Jimmy Gold as Jimmy
Fred Duprez as Hyman Goldberger
Enid Stamp-Taylor as Jill Smith, secretary
Meinhart Maur as Guggenheimer
Graham Moffatt as Albert, the page boy
Patricia Bowman as Dancer
Peter Dawson as Singer
Jan Gotch as All-In Wrestler
H. F. Maltby as John Rigby
Louis Pergantes as All-In Wrestler
The Sherman Fisher Girls as Dancers
Louis Levy as Conductor

References

^ "Okay for Sound (1940) - Marcel Varnel | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related". AllMovie.
^ Mundy p.80
^ Gifford, Denis (1 April 2016). British Film Catalogue: Two Volume Set - The Fiction Film/The Non-Fiction Film. Routledge. ISBN 9781317740636 – via Google Books.
^ "O-kay for Sound (1937)". BFI. Archived from the original on 10 March 2016.