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Can You Hear Me, Mother?

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Can You Hear Me, Mother?
Directed byLeslie Pearce
Written bySandy Powell
Paul Thomson
Produced byGeoffrey Rowson
Simon Rowson
StarringSandy Powell
Mary Lawson
Raymond Huntley
CinematographyLeslie Rowson
Production
company
New Ideal Films
Distributed byProducers Distributing Corporation
Release date
  • 2 December 1935 (1935-12-02)
Running time
77 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Can You Hear Me, Mother? is a 1935 British comedy film directed by Leslie Pearce and starring Sandy Powell, Mary Lawson and Raymond Huntley.[1] It was shot at the Riverside Studios in Hammersmith, London.[2] It was produced by members of the Rowson family, who had previously controlled the Ideal Film Company. The film's title was popular catchphrase of the film's star Powell.[citation needed]

Synopsis

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A Yorkshire mill worker quits his job and heads for London to try and make his fortune as a comedian on the music hall stage. However, on the train south he discovers an apparently abandoned baby which he has to look after.

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ Walker p.575
  2. ^ Wood p.85

Bibliography

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  • Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
  • Walker, Brent E. Mack Sennett’s Fun Factory: A History and Filmography of His Studio and His Keystone and Mack Sennett Comedies, with Biographies of Players and Personnel. McFarland, 2013.
  • Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.
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