Things Are Looking Up

Things Are Looking Up - 1935 | 79 mins | Comedy | B&W

The Production Team

Director: Albert de Courville.
Producer: Michael Balcon and Alexander Korda.
Script: Con West and Stafford Dickens. (story by Albert de Courville and Daisy Fisher)
Cinematography: Glen MacWilliams and Charles Van Enger.
Film Editing: R.E. Dearing.
Art Direction: Alex Vetchinsky.
Sound Department: A. O'Donoghue.
Original Music: Noel Gay and Clifford Grey.

The Cast

Cicely Courtneidge - Cicely and Bertha Fytte
Max Miller - Joey
William Gargan - Van Gaard
Mary Lawson - Mary Fytte
Mark Lester - Chairman
Henrietta Watson - Miss McTavish
Cicely Oates - Miss Crabbe
Judy Kelly - Opal

Plot Synopsis

In this British musical comedy, a horse-riding circus performer (Cicely Courtneidge) becomes a teacher at a private girl's school after her twin sister has eloped with a wrestler. Her methods are unorthodox, to say the least, but aided by the music master (William Gargan) she is promoted to headmistress by the time her sister returns. Vivien Leigh makes her film debut as a schoolgirl.