Climbing High
Climbing High – 1938 | 78 mins | Comedy | B&W
Plot Synopsis
Carol Reed‘s lightweight romantic comedy. Michael Redgrave stars as Nicky Brooke, a wealthy socialite who runs over a poor model. He falls for he and attempts to win over the object of his affections, down on her luck model Diana Castle (Jessie Matthews) by pretending to be a poor male model. He wins her heart, but when she discovers his true identity she refuses to see him. While on the rebound Nicky almost ends up getting engaged to an aristocratic Lady Constance (Margaret Vyner), but it is Castle who he finally ends up with.
Production Team
Carol Reed: Director
WW Murton: Art Direction
Alfred Junge: Art Direction
Mutz Greenbaum: Cinematography
Norman Hartnell: Costume Design
Michael Gordon: Editing
A Barnes: Editing
Louis Levy: Music Direction
Michael Balcon: Producer
Marion Dix: Script
Lesser Samuels: Script
Stephen Clarkson: Script
Alex Fisher: Sound
Cast
Michael Redgrave: Nicky Brooke
Jessie Matthews: Diana Castle
Margaret Vyner: Lady Constance
Alastair Sim: Max
Noel Madison: Gibson
Mary Clare: Lady Emily
Basil Radford: Reggie
Francis L Sullivan: Madman
