He Found a Star
1941 film
- Bridget Boland (Screenplay)
- Austin Melford (Additional Dialogue)
by Monica Ewer
- Vic Oliver
- Sarah Churchill
Production
company
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John Corfield Productions
Release date
- 20 September 1941 (1941-09-20) (U.K.)
Running time
He Found a Star is a 1941 British musical film directed by John Paddy Carstairs and starring Vic Oliver, Sarah Churchill and Evelyn Dall.[1] It concerns a frustrated stage manager who quits his job and, with his secretary's help, sets up a theatrical agency. Its songs include Waitin' (Manning Sherwin & Harold Purcell) and Salome (Sarah Churchill).[2][1] Its sets were designed by Alfred Junge.[1]
Plot
Theatrical agent Lucky Lyndon (Vic Oliver) and his loyal secretary Ruth Cavour (Sarah Churchill) use their talent agency to discover unknown talents. In his search for the next "big star," Lyndon tries to promote ungrateful nightclub singer Suzanne (Evelyn Dall). Meanwhile, Ruth, who is madly in love with Lyndon, saves the day when the increasingly difficult Suzanne causes a crisis.
Cast
- Vic Oliver as Lucky Lyndon
- Sarah Churchill as Ruth 'Ruthie' Cavour
- Evelyn Dall as Suzanne
- Gabrielle Brune as Diane
- J.H. Roberts as Mr. Victor Cavour
- Barbara Everest as Mrs. Cavour
- Joan Greenwood as Babe Cavour
- David Evans as Jimmy Cavour
- Robert Sansom as Dick Hargreaves
- Jonathan Field as Bob Oliphant
- Mignon O'Doherty as Mrs. Miley
- Peggy Novak as Madame
- Robert Atkins as Frank Forrester
- George Merritt as Max Nagel
- Raymond Lovell as Nick Maurier
- Uriel Porter as George Washington 'Wash' Brown
- Peggy McCormack as Rose, Lucky's date
- Charles Victor as Ben Marsh
- Cyril Chamberlain as Louie
- Jack Kellaway as Jack
- Sylvia Kellaway as Elsie
- Eileen Bennett as Sleepy
- Peter Saunders as Raymond Alvarez
Critical reception
Allmovie noted, "An average subject at best."[3]
References
- ^ a b c "BFI | Film & TV Database | HE FOUND A STAR (1941)". Ftvdb.bfi.org.uk. 16 April 2009. Archived from the original on 14 January 2009. Retrieved 20 February 2012.
- ^ "He Found a Star".
- ^ "He Found a Star (1941) - John Paddy Carstairs | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie".
External links
- He Found a Star at IMDb
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Films directed by John Paddy Carstairs
- Paris Plane (1933)
- Double Exposures (1937)
- Night Ride (1937)
- Missing, Believed Married (1937)
- Holiday's End (1937)
- Incident in Shanghai (1938)
- Lassie from Lancashire (1938)
- The Saint in London (1939)
- Meet Maxwell Archer (1940)
- The Second Mr. Bush (1940)
- Spare a Copper (1940)
- He Found a Star (1941)
- Dancing with Crime (1947)
- Sleeping Car to Trieste (1948)
- Fools Rush In (1949)
- The Chiltern Hundreds (1949)
- Tony Draws a Horse (1950)
- Talk of a Million (1951)
- Treasure Hunt (1952)
- Made in Heaven (1952)
- Top of the Form (1953)
- Trouble in Store (1953)
- Up to His Neck (1954)
- One Good Turn (1955)
- Man of the Moment (1955)
- Jumping for Joy (1956)
- Up in the World (1956)
- The Big Money (1956)
- Just My Luck (1957)
- The Square Peg (1959)
- Tommy the Toreador (1959)
- Sands of the Desert (1960)
- A Weekend with Lulu (1961)
- The Devil's Agent (1962)
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