The Deputy Drummer

1935 film

Stanley Brightman
Peter Cheyney
Reginald Long
Frank Miller
Arthur Rigby

Based onthe musical Darling, I Love You by Stanley Brightman & Arthur RigbyProduced byIan SutherlandStarring

Lupino Lane
Jean Denis
Kathleen Kelly
Syd Crossley

CinematographyAlex BryceEdited bySam SimmondsMusic by

Harold Brewer
Billy Mayerl (songs and lyrics)
Frank Eyton (songs and lyrics)

Production
company

St. George's Pictures

Distributed byColumbia Pictures

Release date

September 1935 (1935-09)

Running time

71 minutesCountryUnited KingdomLanguageEnglish

The Deputy Drummer is a 1935 British musical film directed by Lupino Lane and starring Lane, Jean Denis and Kathleen Kelly.^[1]

The film was based on a stage musical.^[2] It was shot at Wembley Studios as a quota quickie for release by the American company Columbia Pictures.^[3] The film's sets were designed by the art director Andrew Mazzei.^[4]

Synopsis

Drummer and aspiring composer Adolphus Miggs is fired by his exasperated bandleader. A talent agent secures him a job as a drummer at a society party, unaware that his former band have also been hired. To add to the confusion he masquerades as an aristocrat of the same name. Fortunately in the process he manages to foil some jewel thieves.

Reception

In summing up the film, the magazine Picturegoer concluded that "Lupino Lane's dances are its only asset".^[5]

Cast

Lupino Lane as Adolphus Miggs
Jean Denis as Bubbles O'Hara
Kathleen Kelly as Peggy Sylvester
Wallace Lupino as Robbins
Margaret Yarde as Lady Sylvester
Arthur Rigby as Sir Henry Sylvester
Syd Crossley as Curtis
Reginald Long as Captain Hindlemarsh
Fred Leslie as Kabitzer
Hal Gordon as Yokel
Harold Brewer as Baritz
Arthur Clayton as Sir Arthur Paterson
Phyllis Clare as Nightclub singer

References

^ "The Deputy Drummer (1935) - Henry W. George - Cast and Crew - AllMovie". AllMovie.
^ Gifford, Denis (1 April 2016). British Film Catalogue: Two Volume Set - The Fiction Film/The Non-Fiction Film. Routledge. ISBN 9781317740636 – via Google Books.
^ Chibnall p.283
^ "Andrew Mazzei". Archived from the original on 10 March 2016.
^ Dutton p.90

Bibliography

Chibnall, Steve. Quota Quickies: The Birth of the British 'B' Film. British Film Institute, 2007.
Dutton, Julian. Keeping Quiet: Visual Comedy in the Age of Sound. Chaplin Books, 2015.
Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.