Me and Marlborough - A woman disguises herself in men's clothes in order to follow her husband to the wars.
Me and Marlborough (1935)
Director: Victor Saville
Writers: Marjorie Gaffney, Ian Hay, W.P. Lipscomb
Stars: Cicely Courtneidge, Tom Walls, Barry MacKay
Genre: Comedy, Musical, Mystery, Romance
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
Release Date: July 23, 1935 (United Kingdom)
Filming Location: Gaumont-British Studios, Lime Grove, Shepherd's Bush, London, England, UK
Synopsis:
Sergeant Cummings searches Kit Ross's pub for a deserter drummer boy. When he finds the lad, Kit leads the pub patrons in attacking the sergeant's men, and the young man gets away, for which she is put in stocks. While there, she plans her impending wedding to Dick Welch. However, Cummings gets his revenge. On the night of the wedding, he tricks Dick into taking a shilling, which means he has enlisted in the army. She watches as a ship takes him to the fighting. Undaunted, she disguises herself as a man named Simon and joins up with the Duke of Marlborough's army in Flanders to find her missing husband.
Reviews:
""Me and Marlborough" is an early British comedy that stars Cicely Courtneidge. Tom Walls, Barry MacKay, and Alfred Drayton round out the leads, followed by a long list of supporting actors. But, this is clearly a Courtneidge film all the way. Most of the comedy is provided by her Kit Ross. Tom Walls usually has a role with clever dialog, but his character as the Duke of Marlborough is a mostly straight role off which Ross plays.
This is the first film I've seen with Courtneidge. She was a very talented performer. Besides her seeming knack for comedy, she could handle the physical aspects of humor antics very well. An aspect of her character in this film is her frequent winking, nods and smiles with a cocksure attitude. Some may not like that silliness, but it's a core part of the humor in Kit's many scenes.
This Gaumont British producers put a lot into this film. The scenes in the towns, use of horses, mules, etc., and the 17th century costumes, especially military, probably added up to a sizable budget. The screenplay is choppy and seems to skip around with abrupt breaks. Some of the technical aspects, possibly direction and editing were not first rate. But overall, this is an entertaining comedy with a silly story. The real Battle of Malplaquet, fought in September of 1709, was anything but humorous. It was one of the bloodiest in modern times, with nearly 30,000 killed. It's outcome is an interesting piece of history.
One can see why Courtneidge and husband, Jack Hulbert, would have been leading entertainers before World War II in England. Both worked mostly on stage, and most often together. They each had fewer than 40 films. They had one of the longest marriages in the realm of stage and screen -- 61 years until his death in 1978."
- written by "SimonJack" on IMDb.com
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