Friday the Thirteenth (1933 film)

Friday the Thirteenth
Directed by	Victor Saville
Produced by	Michael Balcon
Written by	Sidney Gilliat ; Emlyn Williams ; George Moresby-White
Starring	Jessie Matthews; Ralph Richardson; Max Miller ; Robertson Hare
Music by	Bretton Byrd
Cinematography	Charles Van Enger
Edited by	R.E. Dearing
Production; company	Gainsborough Pictures
Distributed by	Gaumont British Distributors
Release date	November 1933 (London, UK);
Running time	89 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Friday the Thirteenth is a 1933 British drama film directed by Victor Saville and starring Jessie Matthews, Sonnie Hale and Muriel Aked.^[1] The film depicts the lives of several passengers in the hours before they are involved in a bus crash.^[2]

Cast

Jessie Matthews - Millie
Sonnie Hale - Alf the Conductor
Muriel Aked - Miss Twigg
Cyril Smith - Fred the Driver
Richard Hulton - Johnny
Max Miller - Joe
Alfred Drayton - The Detective
Hartley Power - American tourist
Percy Parsons - American tourist
Ursula Jeans - Eileen Jackson
Eliot Makeham - Henry Jackson
D. A. Clarke-Smith - Max
Gibb McLaughlin - Florist
Edmund Gwenn - Mr Wakefield
Mary Jerrold - Flora Wakefield
Gordon Harker - Hamilton Briggs
Emlyn Williams - William Blake
Frank Lawton - Frank Parsons
Belle Chrystall - Marry Summers
O. B. Clarence - Clerk
Robertson Hare - Ralph Lightfoot
Martita Hunt - Agnes Lightfoot
Leonora Corbett - Dolly
Ralph Richardson - Horace Dawes
Donald Calthrop - Hugh Nicholls
Ivor McLaren - Dancing instructor
Wally Patch - Bookmaker

Critical reception

Allmovie wrote, "Extraordinarily well cast for a mid-1930s British film, Friday the 13th affords excellent acting opportunities for the likes of Jessie Mathews, Ursula Jeans, Frank Lawton, Ralph Richardson, Max Miller, O.B. Clarence and Emlyn Williams, among many many others. While American critics were impressed by the film, British reviewers were less kind, commenting that the constant switch from one character to another only results in confusion (PS: It doesn't)."^[3]

Home Media

On 6 April 2015, Friday the Thirteenth was released on DVD as part of Volume 1 of The Jesse Matthews Revue.^[4]

References

↑ "BFI | Film & TV Database | FRIDAY THE THIRTEENTH (1933)". Ftvdb.bfi.org.uk. 2009-04-16. Retrieved 2011-05-13.
↑ "BFI Screenonline: Friday the Thirteenth (1933)". www.screenonline.org.uk.
↑ "Friday the 13th (1933) - Victor Saville - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related - AllMovie". AllMovie.
↑ "The Jessie Matthews Revue Vol. 1 [DVD]". amazon.co.uk. Amazon.com. Retrieved 11 May 2015.

External links

Friday the Thirteenth on IMDb
Friday the Thirteenth at the BFI's Screenonline

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[1] "BFI | Film & TV Database | FRIDAY THE THIRTEENTH (1933)". Ftvdb.bfi.org.uk. 2009-04-16. Retrieved 2011-05-13.

[2] "BFI Screenonline: Friday the Thirteenth (1933)". www.screenonline.org.uk.

[3] "Friday the 13th (1933) - Victor Saville - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related - AllMovie". AllMovie.

[4] "The Jessie Matthews Revue Vol. 1 [DVD]". amazon.co.uk. Amazon.com. Retrieved 11 May 2015.

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