February 10, 2012

Films

The Midshipmaid – 1932 | 84mins | Comedy | B&W

Plot Synopsis

The Midshipmaid

Comedy with musical interludes in which a pompous economy expert Sir Percy Newbiggin (Fred Kerr) visits the Naval Fleet in Malta to see what cuts can be made in their expenditure. The officers all fall over themselves to woo his beautiful daughter Celia (Jessie Matthews), who accompanies him: she becomes engaged to the son of the First Sea Lord and her father decides to leave economics to the Navy.

Production Team

Albert de Courville: Director
Mutz Greenbaum: Cinematography
Michael Balcon: Producer
Stafford Dickens: Script
Stephen King-Hall: Script

Cast

Jessie Matthews: Celia Newbiggin
Frederick Kerr: Sir Percy Newbiggin
Edwin Lawrence: Tappett
Joyce Kirby: Dora
Albert Rebla: Robbins
Basil Sydney: Cmdr Ffosberry
John Mills: Golightly



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