Romance ·Comedy ·Music · United Kingdom · 1933 · 1h 53m

The Good Companions

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Director
Victor Saville
Cast
Jessie Matthews as Susie Dean Edmund Gwenn as Jess Oakroyd John Gielgud as Inigo Jollifant Mary Glynne as Miss Elizabeth Trant Percy Parsons as Morton Mitcham D.A. Clarke-Smith as Ridvers
Crew
Bernard Knowles — Director of Photography George Posford — Original Music Composer Ian Dalrymple — Writer Angus MacPhail — Writer J. B. Priestley — Novel T.A. Welsh — Producer
Tagline

JOY! MUSIC! MIRTH! "WORTHY OF THE HONOUR of being the first talking picture seen in public by the King and Queen."

Synopsis

Film musical taken from JB Priestley's novel about three musicians joining together to save a failing concert party, the Dinky Doos.

Mood & Themes
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Key Collaborators
Victor Saville Director Bernard Knowles Director of Photography George Posford Original Music Composer Ian Dalrymple Writer Angus MacPhail Writer J. B. Priestley Novel T.A. Welsh Producer Michael Balcon Producer
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