Take My Tip

1937 British film

Francis de Croisset (play)
Sidney Gilliat
Michael Hogan
Jack Hulbert

Produced byMichael BalconStarring

Jack Hulbert
Cicely Courtneidge
Harold Huth
Frank Cellier

CinematographyBernard KnowlesEdited byCharles SaundersMusic byBretton Byrd

Production
company

Gaumont British

Distributed byGeneral Film Distributors

Release date

7 May 1937 (1937-05-07) (London)

Running time

74 minutesCountryUnited KingdomLanguageEnglish

Take My Tip is a 1937 British musical comedy film directed by Herbert Mason (who stage managed some musical revues in the past), produced by Michael Balcon and starring Jack Hulbert, Cicely Courtneidge, Harold Huth and Frank Cellier.^[1]

It was made at the Lime Grove Studios in Shepherd's Bush.^[2] The film's sets were designed by art director Ernö Metzner. Songs featured include "I Was Anything but Sentimental" and "I'm Like a Little Birdie out of My Cage".^[3]

Premise

A pair of aristocrats adopt various disguises to unmask a confidence trickster.^[4]

Cast

Jack Hulbert as Lord George Pilkington
Cicely Courtneidge as Lady Hattie Pilkington
Harold Huth as Buchan
Frank Cellier as Paradine
Frank Pettingell as Willis
Philip Buchel as Dancing guest
Eliot Makeham as Digworthy
H. F. Maltby as Patchett
Paul Sheridan as Clerk in Hotel
Robb Wilton as Foreman

Critical reception

Britmovie called the film a "hilarious rapid-fire musical farce."^[5]

Halliwell's Film & Video Guide described the film as a "[reasonably] lively comedy musical adapted for the stars."^[6]

References

^ "Take My Tip (1937)". BFI. Archived from the original on 13 January 2009.
^ Wood p.92
^ Sandra Brennan. "Take My Tip (1937) - Herbert Mason - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related - AllMovie". AllMovie.
^ Sutton p.182
^ "Take My Tip". britmovie.co.uk.
^ John Walker (1998). Halliwell's Film & Video Guide (13 ed.). HarperCollins Publishers. p. 753.

Bibliography

Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
Sutton, David R. A chorus of raspberries: British film comedy 1929-1939. University of Exeter Press, 2000.
Walker, John. (ed). Halliwell's Film & Video Guide 1998. HarperCollins Entertainment, 1998. 13th edition
Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.

External links

Take My Tip at IMDb

Films by Herbert Mason

Directed

The First Offence (1936)
His Lordship (1936)
East Meets West (1936)
Take My Tip (1937)
Strange Boarders (1938)
The Silent Battle (1939)
A Window in London (1940)
Dr. O'Dowd (1940)
The Briggs Family (1940)
Mr. Proudfoot Shows a Light (1941)
Fingers (1941)
Once a Crook (1941)
Back-Room Boy (1942)
The Night Invader (1943)
It's in the Bag (1944)
Flight from Folly (1945)

Produced only

Anna Karenina (1948)
Time Gentlemen, Please! (1952)
Background (1953)
Conflict of Wings (1954)
Child's Play (1954)
Cast a Dark Shadow (1955)
John and Julie (1955)
The Blue Peter (1955)

Films of Frank Launder and Sidney Gilliat

Gilliat only

Writer only

Red Pearls (1930)
You'd Be Surprised! (1930)
Lord Richard in the Pantry (1930)
Bed and Breakfast (1930)
Third Time Lucky (1931)
The Ringer (1931)
The Ghost Train (1931)
The Happy Ending (1931)
A Gentleman of Paris (1931)
Rome Express (1932)
Falling for You (1933)
Orders Is Orders (1933)
Friday the Thirteenth (1933)
Jack Ahoy (1934)
Chu Chin Chow (1934)
My Heart is Calling (1935)
Bulldog Jack (1935)
King of the Damned (1936)
Where There's a Will (1936)
The Man Who Changed His Mind (1936)
Strangers on Honeymoon (1936)
Take My Tip (1937)
A Yank at Oxford (1938)
Strange Boarders (1938)
The Gaunt Stranger (1938)
Ask a Policeman (1938)
Jamaica Inn (1939)
The Girl in the News (1940)
Mr. Proudfoot Shows a Light (1941)
Kipps (1941)

Director

Waterloo Road (1945)

Launder only

Writer only

Under the Greenwood Tree (1929)
Children of Chance (1930)
The W Plan (1930)
The Middle Watch (1930)
How He Lied to Her Husband (1931 short)
Hobson's Choice (1931)
Keepers of Youth (1931)
The Woman Between (1931)
Children of Fortune (1931)
After Office Hours (1932)
Josser in the Army (1932)
Old Spanish Customers (1933)
You Made Me Love You (1933)
For the Love of Mike (1932)
Hawley's of High Street (1933)
A Southern Maid (1933)
Those Were the Days (1933)
Happy (1933)
Get Off My Foot (1935)
Rolling Home (1935)
The Black Mask (1935)
Emil and the Detectives (1935)
So You Won't Talk (1935)
Mr. What's-His-Name? (1935)
I Give My Heart (1935)
Educated Evans (1936)
Where's Sally? (1936)
Don't Get Me Wrong (1937)
Oh, Mr Porter! (1937)
A Girl Must Live (1939)
Inspector Hornleigh Goes To It (1941)
We Dive at Dawn (1943)
Ring of Spies (1964)

Director

Together

Writers only	Facing the Music (1933) Twelve Good Men (1936) Seven Sinners (1936) The Lady Vanishes (1938) Inspector Hornleigh on Holiday (1939) They Came by Night (1940) Night Train to Munich (1940) The Young Mr. Pitt (1942) The Green Man (1956)
Directed together	Partners in Crime (1942 short) Millions Like Us (1943) The Great St. Trinian's Train Robbery (1966)
Directed by Gilliat	The Rake's Progress (1945) Green for Danger (1946) London Belongs to Me (1948) State Secret (1950) The Story of Gilbert and Sullivan (1953) The Constant Husband (1955) Fortune Is a Woman (1956) Left Right and Centre (1959) Only Two Can Play (1962) Endless Night (1972)
Directed by Launder	I See a Dark Stranger (1946) Captain Boycott (1947) The Blue Lagoon (1949) The Happiest Days of Your Life (1950) Lady Godiva Rides Again (1951) Folly to Be Wise (1952) The Belles of St. Trinian's (1954) Geordie (1955) Blue Murder at St Trinian's (1957) The Bridal Path (1959) The Pure Hell of St Trinian's (1960) Joey Boy (1965)
Producers only	The Smallest Show on Earth (1957) Ooh… You Are Awful (1972)

Films by Charles Saunders

Feature films

Director	No Exit (1930) Everything Is Thunder (1936) Tawny Pipit (1944) (co-director, Bernard Miles) The Way to the Stars (1945, director of Second Unit) The White Unicorn (1947, location director) Fly Away Peter (1948) Trouble in the Air (1948) Your Witness (1950, assistant to director) Dark Interval (1950) Chelsea Story (1951) One Wild Oat (1951) Death of an Angel (1952) Blind Man's Bluff (1952) Come Back Peter (1952) Black Orchid (1953) Love in Pawn (1953) The Scarlet Web (1954) The Golden Link (1954) Meet Mr. Callaghan (1954) One Jump Ahead (1955) The Hornet's Nest (1955) A Time to Kill (1955) The Narrowing Circle (1956) Behind the Headlines (1956) Find the Lady (1956) Murder Reported (1957) There's Always a Thursday (1957) The Man Without a Body (1957) Date with Disaster (1957) Kill Her Gently (1957) The End of the Line (1957) Womaneater (1958) Nudist Paradise (1958) Naked Fury (1959) Strictly Confidential (1959) Operation Cupid (1959) The Gentle Trap (1960) Dangerous Afternoon (1961) Jungle Street (1961) Danger by My Side (1963)
Editor	Enter the Queen (1930) Bill's Legacy (1931) Immediate Possession (1931) Peace and Quiet (1931) We dine at Seven (1931) Detective Lloyd (1931) The Wrong Mr. Perkins (1931) The Guv'nor (1935) O.H.M.S. (1937) Take My Tip (1937) The Gaunt Stranger (1938) Sweet Devil (1938) The Ware Case (1938) The Four Just Men (1939) Young Man's Fancy (1939) Return to Yesterday (1940) Alibi (1942, supervising editor) The Gentle Sex (1943)
Cutter	Cottage to Let (1941) I Thank You (1941) Hi Gang! (1941) Back-Room Boy (1942) We Dive at Dawn (1943)
Script writer	Tawny Pipit (1944) Come Back Peter (1952)