Take a Chance (1937 film)

Take a Chance
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Directed by	Sinclair Hill
Produced by	Harcourt Templeman
Written by	Walter C. Hackett (play) G.H. Moresby-White D.B. Wyndham-Lewis
Starring	Claude Hulbert Binnie Hale Henry Kendall Enid Stamp-Taylor
Music by	John Reynders
Cinematography	John W. Boyle
Edited by	Michael Hankinson
Production company	Grosvenor Films
Distributed by	Associated British Film Distributors
Release dates	January 1937
Running time	73 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Take a Chance is a 1937 British comedy sports film directed by Sinclair Hill and starring Claude Hulbert, Binnie Hale and Henry Kendall. It depicts farcical events in the horse racing world.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Production

The film was based on a play by Walter C. Hackett. It was made at Ealing Studios by the independent production company Grosvenor Films.^[4]^[5]

Synopsis

The cynical Richard Carfax develops a relationship with Cicely Burton, the wife of a race horse owner, in order to get inside information on a horse named 'Take a Chance' which is considered to be the favorite in an upcoming race. Her suspicious husband hires Alastair Pallivant, an incompetent tipster and part-time detective, to tail her and swears that he will scratch the horse from the race if he uncovers evidence about Carfax and his wife. Having his own private arrangement with a betting gang, Pallivant does everything he can to prevent the favourite from running. However, he encounters the equally determined Wilhelmina Ryde, a garage owner who stands to win heavily if the favorite rides to victory.

Main cast

Claude Hulbert as Alastair Pallivant
Binnie Hale as Wilhelmina Ryde
Henry Kendall as Archie Burton
Enid Stamp-Taylor as Cicely Burton
Gwen Farrar as Lady Meriton
Jack Barty as Joe Cooper
Harry Tate as Sergeant Tugday
Guy Middleton as Richard Carfax
Kynaston Reeves as Blinkers Grayson

References

↑ "Take a Chance:Overview". movies.msn.com. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
↑ "Take a Chance (1937)". filmsdefrance.com. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
↑ Sandra Brennan, Rovi. "Take a Chance (1937)". nytimes.com. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
↑ Wood p.92
↑ Goulding, Andy. "Blueprint: Review Reviews Podcasts Features Short Films Videos THE EALING STUDIOS RARITIES COLLECTION VOLUME 7". blueprintreview.co.uk. Retrieved 17 March 2014.

Bibliography

Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.

External links

Take a Chance at the Internet Movie Database

The films of Sinclair Hill

The Tidal Wave (1920)
The Place of Honour (1921)
The Mystery of Mr. Bernard Brown (1921)
The Truants (1922)
The Nonentity (1922)
The Lonely Lady of Grosvenor Square (1922)
The Experiment (1922)
Open Country (1922)
Half a Truth (1922)
Expiation (1922)
One Arabian Night (1923)
The Indian Love Lyrics (1923)
White Slippers (1924)
The Conspirators (1924)
The Squire of Long Hadley (1925)
The Secret Kingdom (1925)
The Qualified Adventurer (1925)
The Presumption of Stanley Hay, MP (1925)
Sahara Love (1926)
The Chinese Bungalow (1926)
A Woman Redeemed (1927)
The King's Highway (1927)
Boadicea (1927)
The Guns of Loos (1928)
The Price of Divorce (1928)
The Unwritten Law (1929)
Greek Street (1930)
Dark Red Roses (1930)
Such Is the Law (1930)
The Great Gay Road (1931)
Other People's Sins (1931)
A Gentleman of Paris (1931)
The First Mrs. Fraser (1932)
The Man from Toronto (1933)
Britannia of Billingsgate (1933)
My Old Dutch (1934)
Hyde Park Corner (1935)
The Cardinal (1936)
The Gay Adventure (1936)
Take a Chance (1937)
Midnight Menace (1937)
Command Performance (1937)
Follow Your Star (1938)

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