Jack of All Trades

Jack Hulbert - Jack Warrender
Gina Malo - Frances Wilson
Robertson Hare - Lionel Fitch
Mary Jerrold - Mrs. Warrender
Cecil Parker - Sir Chas. Darrington
Athole Stewart - Bank Chairman
Felix Aylmer - Managing Director
Ian Maclean - The Fire Raiser
H.F. Maltby - Bank Director
Fewlass Llewellyn - Bank Director

Patchy satirical spoof of trade and commerce. The ultimate effect is not exactly populist - Hulbert's persona is too upper middleclass for that - but the overthrowing of the pompous and corrupt of the business world was a resonant theme of the 1930s as it emerged from the depression. Hired as a waiter for a fancy party, jobless Jack Warrender (Jack Hulbert) manages to bluff his way into the world of big business and convinces the inebriated guests that he's a financial wizard. Before he is discovered, he sets up a company to promote one of his hair-brained inventions. This results in the creation of a new shoe factory and Jack finds himself employed as the night watchman. While doing this he finds himself helping to catch a gang of arsonists in his usual haphazard manner.