Chick (1936 film)

Chick is a 1936 British comedy crime film directed by Michael Hankinson and starring Sydney Howard, Betty Ann Davies and Fred Conyngham. It is based on the 1923 novel of the same title by Edgar Wallace, which had previously been made into a 1928 silent film. The film was made at Elstree Studios.^[1] The hall porter at an Oxbridge College inherits an Earldom and enjoys a series of adventures.

Chick
Directed by	Michael Hankinson
Written by	Edgar Wallace (novel) Daniel Wheddon D. B. Wyndham-Lewis Gerard Fairlie Cyril Gardner Irving Leroy
Produced by	Jack Raymond
Starring	Sydney Howard Betty Ann Davies Fred Conyngham Cecil Humphreys
Cinematography	Francis Carver
Edited by	John E. Morris
Music by	Percival Mackey
Production company	British & Dominions Film Corporation
Distributed by	United Artists
Release date	September 1936 (1936-09)
Running time	72 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Cast

• Sydney Howard as Chick Beane
• Betty Ann Davies as Peggy
• Fred Conyngham as Sir Anthony Monsard
• Cecil Humphreys as Sturgis
• Mae Bacon as Gert
• Wallace Geoffrey as Latimer
• Aubrey Mather as The Dean
• Arthur Chesney as Lord Frensham
• Edmund D'Alby as Rennie
• Robert Nainby as Mr. Beane
• Merle Tottenham as Maid
• Aubrey Fitzgerald as Banks
• Fred Rains as Warden
• Eric Micklewood as Undergraduate
• Joe Monkhouse as Mason
• Richard Morris as Clerk
• Aubrey Pollock as Lawyer