Simply Terrific
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Anthony Hankey
| Simply Terrific | |
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.jpg) Trade advertisement from The Daily Film Renter (15 February 1938)[1] | |
| Directed by | Roy William Neill |
| Written by | Basil Dillon Anthony Hankey |
| Story by | Basil Woon |
| Produced by | Irving Asher |
| Starring | Claude Hulbert Reginald Purdell Patricia Medina |
| Cinematography | Robert LaPresle |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
Release date |
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Running time | 72 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Simply Terrific is a 1938 British comedy film directed by Roy William Neill and starring Claude Hulbert, Reginald Purdell and Patricia Medina.[2][3] It was written by Basil Dillon and Anthony Hankey and made at Teddington Studios by the British subsidiary of Warner Bros.
The British Film Institute has classed Simply Terrific as a lost film.[4] Its National Archive holds a collection of stills but no film or video.[2]
Plot
Wealthy but gullible Rodney Cherridew wants to marry Heather Carfax but must first satisfy her father, Sir Walter Carfax, that he is a success in business. He meets hard-up Sam Todd and together they open a company called "Socko Ltd", operating from a luxurious office. Sir Walter is impressed and offers to market their product, without knowing what it is – because Cherridew and Todd don't know either. WIth luck they meet a kerbside flower-seller who has a recipe for a miracle hangover cure. This becomes Socko.
Cast
- Claude Hulbert as Rodney Cherridew
- Reginald Purdell as Sam Todd
- Zoe Wynn as Goldie Divine
- Patricia Medina as Heather Carfax
- Aubrey Mallalieu as Sir Walter Carfax
- Glen Alyn as Stella Hemingway
- Hugh French as Dickie
- Laura Wright as Annie Hemingway
- Ian McLean as Foster
- Frederick Burtwell